Black History Trivia

Who was the first school for Black Deaf children?

• Alabama School for Negro Deaf—Mutes and Blind

• Tennessee School for the Colored Deaf and Dumb

• Georgia School for the Negro Deaf

• North Carolina School for Colored Deaf and Blind

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas on which date?

• April 4, 1968

• May 17, 1954

• April 15, 1865

• June 19, 1865

Who was the first deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School?

• Marie Heurti

• Helen Keller

• Haben Girma

• Louis Braille

Is known as the “I Have a Dream” speech, a spirited call for peace and equality that many consider a masterpiece of rhetoric. Who am I?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Malcolm X

• Nelson Mandela

I created specialized hair products for African-American hair and was one of the first American women to become a self-made millionaire. Who am I?

• Mary Mahoney

• Alexa Canady

• Patricia Bath

• Madam C.J. Walker

Who was the first deaf-blind African American to earn a college degree in the United States of America?

• Stevie Wonder

• Ray Charles

• Geraldine Jerrie Lawhorn

• Helen Keller

Who founded the NAACP in 1909? (check all that apply)

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Ida Bell Wells-Barnett

• Mary White Ovington

• William English Walling

• Charles Edward Russell

 

I was the first African-American child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South. Who am I?

• Hattie McDaniel

• Jackie Robinson

• Ruby Bridges

• Oprah Winfrey

• Thurgood Marshall

I was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", I am regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. Who am I?

• Michael Jordan

• Muhammad Ali

• Kobe Bryant

• Mike Tyson

• Floyd Mayweather

Who was the last school for the deaf to become integrated?

• Louisiana School for the Deaf (Baton Rouge, LA)

• Southern School for the Negro Deaf (Baton Rouge, LA)

• Maryland School for the Colored Blind and Deaf (Frederick, MD)

• Texas Blind, Deaf, and Orphan School (Austin, TX)