African American History Quiz

Test your knowledge on African American history with questions about civil rights, leaders, and cultural movements. Discover pivotal moments in the struggle for equality.

#1

Who is often referred to as the 'Father of Black History'?

Malcolm X
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Carter G. Woodson
#2

Which African American woman is known for her contributions to the Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape to freedom?

Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Rosa Parks
Fannie Lou Hamer
#3

Which African American author wrote the novel 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'?

Zora Neale Hurston
Toni Morrison
Alice Walker
Maya Angelou
#4

Which African American athlete broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947?

Jackie Robinson
Muhammad Ali
Jesse Owens
Wilma Rudolph
#5

Who was the African American civil rights activist and labor leader known for organizing the Pullman Palace Car Company porters?

Bayard Rustin
A. Philip Randolph
John Lewis
Ella Baker
#6

Which event marked the end of legal segregation in the United States?

Brown v. Board of Education
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Emancipation Proclamation
#7

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

Barack Obama
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Thurgood Marshall
#8

In 1955, whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Rosa Parks
Coretta Scott King
Fannie Lou Hamer
Dorothy Height
#9

Which historical Supreme Court case declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?

Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Loving v. Virginia
#10

Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice, appointed in 1967?

Thurgood Marshall
Constance Baker Motley
Clarence Thomas
John Marshall Harlan II
#11

What organization, founded by Marcus Garvey, aimed to promote black economic and political power and was associated with the concept of 'Black Nationalism'?

NAACP
UNIA
CORE
SCLC
#12

What was the significance of the Harlem Renaissance?

It was a period of economic prosperity for African Americans
It marked a cultural, social, and artistic movement among African Americans
It led to the end of slavery
It was a military campaign during the Civil Rights Movement
#13

Who was the prominent African American leader and spokesperson for the Nation of Islam during the 1950s and 1960s?

Marcus Garvey
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
W.E.B. Du Bois
#14

Who delivered the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963?

Malcolm X
W.E.B. Du Bois
Martin Luther King Jr.
Jesse Jackson
#15

Which African American mathematician and NASA space scientist played a crucial role in the success of the early U.S. space missions?

Benjamin Banneker
Katherine Johnson
Dorothy Vaughan
Mae Jemison
#16

Which African American activist and scholar wrote the influential work 'The Souls of Black Folk'?

Booker T. Washington
Frederick Douglass
W.E.B. Du Bois
Ida B. Wells
#17

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

Toni Morrison
Maya Angelou
Alice Walker
Gwendolyn Brooks

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