Question 1

Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award?

Accepted Answer

Hattie McDaniel

Answer

Sidney Poitier

Answer

Denzel Washington

Answer

Dorothy Dandridge

Question 2

Which HBCU did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. attend?

Accepted Answer

Morehouse College

Answer

Hampton University

Answer

Howard University

Answer

Spelman College

Question 3

Who was the first Black woman to travel to space?

Accepted Answer

Mae Jemison

Answer

Nichelle Nichols

Answer

Bessie Coleman

Answer

Katherine Johnson

Question 4

Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

Accepted Answer

13th Amendment

Answer

1st Amendment

Answer

15th Amendment

Answer

14th Amendment

Question 5

Which civil rights leader was instrumental in the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Accepted Answer

Rosa Parks

Answer

Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer

Malcolm X

Answer

Medgar Evers

Question 6

Who was the first Black woman to serve as Vice President of the United States?

Accepted Answer

Kamala Harris

Answer

Condoleezza Rice

Answer

Stacey Abrams

Answer

Michelle Obama

Question 7

Which legendary musician is known as the 'Godfather of Soul'?

Accepted Answer

James Brown

Answer

Otis Redding

Answer

Ray Charles

Answer

Sam Cooke

Question 8

What was the first historically Black Greek-letter fraternity?

Accepted Answer

Alpha Phi Alpha

Answer

Kappa Alpha Psi

Answer

Phi Beta Sigma

Answer

Omega Psi Phi

Question 9

Which Black poet read at President Bill Clinton’s inauguration in 1993?

Accepted Answer

Maya Angelou

Answer

Gwendolyn Brooks

Answer

Langston Hughes

Answer

Nikki Giovanni

Question 10

What year was Juneteenth officially recognized as a federal holiday?

Accepted Answer

2021

Answer

1980

Answer

1865

Answer

2019

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