African American History Month

In 1926 African American History Month started as

• Negro HIstory Month

• Negro History Week

• Black History Week

• Colored History Month

2020 is the 100th anniversary of which amendment that gave women the right to vote?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 19th

2020 is the 150th anniversary of which amendment?

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 19th

This woman aided in the founding of two of the most important black political action groups, the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She fought for women's suffrage and for integration in public education.

• Shirley Chisolm

• Marian Anderson

• Mary Church Terrell

• Michelle Obama

As a practicing attorney, this African American argued a record-breaking 32 cases before the Supreme Court, (more than any other person in history) winning 29 of them. In fact, he represented and won more cases before the high court than any other person.

• Clarence Thomas

• Barack Obama

• John Lewis

• Thurgood Marshall

This person was an African American abolitionist and women's rights activist best-known for her speech on racial inequalities. She was born into slavery but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826.

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Sojourner Truth

• Fannie Lou Hamer

• Ida B. Wells

What is the name of the Jamaican-born man that created the largest black organization in America as well as a popular movement for African American self-reliance, racial pride, and economic power?

• Marcus Garvey

• Thurgood Marshall

• Malcolm X

• Hosea Williams

This person was an educator and activist and was called the "First Lady of the Struggle" for her influence on the Roosevelt administration on civil rights issues. In 1904, she founded a small school for black girls in Florida that she quickly built into a thriving college-prep and vocational training program. Today it is private university and HBCU.

• Sojourner Truth

• Mary Church Terrell

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Johnetta B. Cole

Who invented the refrigerator?

• Alexander Miles

• John Standard

• Jan E. Matzelinger

• George T. Samon

Who is responsible for inventing the heating furnace?

• Lee Burridge

• John Burr

• Sarah Boone

• Alice Parker