Black History

What year was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

• 1875

• 1863

• 1854

• 1867

What law outlaws segregation and discrimination on the basis of race?

• 14th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Civil Rights Act of 1960

Who most notably led the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa?

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Malcolm X

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Nelson Mandela

Who was the first black person to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?

• Clarence Thomas

• Thurgood Marshall

• Sonia Sotomayor

• Greg Mathis

Who was the first woman to run for president of the United States

• Shirley Chisholm

• Hillary Clinton

• Elizabeth Warren

• Cynthia McKinney

Who was the first self-made female millionaire in the United States?

• Oprah Winfrey

• Mary Ellen Pleasant

• Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

• Madam C.J. Walker

Who was the first black person to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era?

• Adam Jones

• Andrew McCutchen

• Jackie Robinson

• David Price

True or False- Black History Month started out as “Negro History Week” in 1926 until it became Black History Month in 1976.

• True

• False

Who was the first black president of the United States?

Who was the wealthiest person of the Middle Ages?

• Musa I of Mali AKA Mansa Musa

• Aliko Dangote

• Bob Johnson

• King Tutankhamun