A Celebration of Black History Month

Who was the First African American President

• Thurgood Marshall
• Oprah Winfrey
• Michelle Obama
• Barack Obama

What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in 1800s led by Harriet Tubman?

• The Underground Railroad
• The Pony Express
• The Righteous Road
• The Fleet to Freedom

What war between the North and South was fought over the future of slavery in America?

• The Civil War
• The Revolutionary War
• The Spanish-American War
• World War II

When the 15th Amendment passed in 1870, what did African Americans gain in the United States?

• Voting Rights
• Citizenship
• Equal Protection Under the Law
• Freedom to partake in any activity that whites could

The Supreme Court declared that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional in this case

• Loving v. Virginia (1967)
• Marbury v Madison
• Brown v. Board of Education

Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?

• Ernie Banks
• Ty Cobb
• Jackie Robinson
• Satchel Paige

He discovered hundreds of uses for previously useless foods, most notably: the peanut.

• Michael Steele
• George Washington Carver
• Dr. Charles Drew
• Reggie Jackson

Who is quoted saying "Man, if you gotta ask what jazz is, you'll never know".

• Ella Fitzgerald
• Aretha Franklin
• Louis Armstrong
• Frank Sinatra

This term means refusing to buy a good or use a service as a punishment or form of protest

• Sit-In
• Boycott
• Smuggle
• March

Which civil rights activist is famous for his "I Have A Dream Speech" on August 28th, 1963?

• Malcolm X
• Roy Wilkins
• Bayard Rustin
• Martin Luther King Jr.