African American History and Achievement Quiz

Test your knowledge of African American history with this quiz featuring questions about prominent figures, civil rights milestones, and cultural achievements.

#1

Who was the first African American to serve as President of the United States?

Barack Obama
Martin Luther King Jr.
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
2 answered
#2

What was the name of the African American woman who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Civil Rights Movement?

Rosa Parks
Coretta Scott King
Fannie Lou Hamer
Sojourner Truth
2 answered
#3

Which African American athlete famously won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, defying Adolf Hitler's notion of Aryan supremacy?

Jackie Robinson
Jesse Owens
Muhammad Ali
Wilma Rudolph
1 answered
#4

Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?

Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sonia Sotomayor
1 answered
#5

Which African American musician was known as the 'King of Pop'?

Stevie Wonder
Prince
Michael Jackson
James Brown
1 answered
#6

What was the name of the first African American woman to travel in space?

Mae Jemison
Katherine Johnson
Valerie Thomas
Evelyn Boyd Granville
1 answered
#7

Which African American poet is known for her works such as 'Still I Rise' and 'Phenomenal Woman'?

Nikki Giovanni
Rita Dove
Audre Lorde
Maya Angelou
1 answered
#8

Who was the African American inventor known for developing the gas mask and traffic signal?

Elijah McCoy
Granville T. Woods
Garrett Morgan
Lewis Latimer
#9

Which event marked the end of legalized racial segregation in the United States?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Brown v. Board of Education decision
1 answered
#10

Who was the prominent African American leader who advocated for civil rights through nonviolent resistance?

Malcolm X
Marcus Garvey
Medgar Evers
Martin Luther King Jr.
1 answered
#11

Which African American scientist is famous for his work on peanut agriculture and promoting alternative crops to cotton?

George Washington Carver
Benjamin Banneker
Lewis Howard Latimer
Elijah McCoy
#12

Which landmark Supreme Court case declared that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal?

Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Marbury v. Madison
#13

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

Sidney Poitier
Denzel Washington
Forest Whitaker
Jamie Foxx
#14

What was the name of the African American abolitionist who escaped slavery and became a leading advocate for the abolition of slavery through her speeches and writings?

Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Ida B. Wells
#15

Who was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize?

Gwendolyn Brooks
Richard Wright
Langston Hughes
James Baldwin
#16

Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Martin Luther King Jr.
Nelson Mandela
Ralph Bunche
Desmond Tutu
#17

Which African American artist is known for his iconic paintings depicting African American life, including 'The Migration Series'?

Jacob Lawrence
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Kehinde Wiley
Kerry James Marshall
#18

Who was the African American playwright known for works like 'Fences' and 'The Piano Lesson', winning Pulitzer Prizes for Drama?

August Wilson
Lorraine Hansberry
Tennessee Williams
Augusta Savage
#19

Who was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal?

Jesse Owens
Jackie Robinson
Althea Gibson
Fritz Pollard
#20

Which African American astronaut became the first woman of color in space?

Mae Jemison
Guion Bluford
Jeanette Epps
Ronald McNair
#21

Who was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Maya Angelou
Toni Morrison
Zora Neale Hurston
Alice Walker
#22

Who authored the groundbreaking book 'The Souls of Black Folk' in 1903, which addressed the issues of race and equality in America?

Langston Hughes
W. E. B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
James Weldon Johnson
#23

Who was the first African American woman to become a billionaire?

Oprah Winfrey
Madam C. J. Walker
Beyoncé
Ursula Burns
#24

Which African American boxer became the first to hold the world heavyweight title in three different decades?

Joe Louis
Muhammad Ali
Jack Johnson
Mike Tyson
#25

Which African American author wrote 'Invisible Man', a groundbreaking novel exploring racial identity?

Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
Richard Wright
Zora Neale Hurston

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