Black History Trivia

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Black History Challenge

Test your knowledge of African American history with our engaging quiz! From Juneteenth to the Civil Rights Movement, challenge yourself and learn more about the influential figures and pivotal events shaping the African American experience.

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Juneteenth, which became an official federal holiday in 2021, commemorates this:

The service of black troops in the U.S. Army during the Civil War.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively ended 'separate but equal' education.

He signing into law of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the U.S.

What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?

ACLU-American Civil Liberties Union

SCLC-Southern Christian Leadership Conference

CORE-Congress of Racial Equality

SNCC-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?

Hospital orderly

Drugstore clerk

High school cafeteria worker

Department store seamstress

Which of these influential authors became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

Maya Angelou

August Wilson

Lorraine Hansberry

Toni Morrison

Before he was elected president of the United States, Barack Obama served as a U.S. Senator of which Midwestern state?

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Ohio

In addition to his influential campaigns to become president of the United States, in 1984 and 1988, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson is known for his leadership roles with which civil rights organizations?

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

People United to Save Humanity (Operation PUSH)

Rainbow Coalition

All of the above

In 1960, four African American college students staged a sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.

Woolworth's

W.T. Grant

G.C. Murphy

S.S. Kresge

In 1968 she became the first African American woman elected to Congress:

Barbara Jordan

Maxine Waters

Shirley Chisholm

Carol Moseley Braun

Members of what labor union helped to build the nation’s black middle class and civil rights movement?

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

American Federal of Teachers

Communications Workers of America

International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union

Who was elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966?

Charles E. Cobb Jr.

John Lewis

Stokely Carmichael

Bobby Seale

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