Black History Month

Who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington DC on August 28, 1963?

• Booker T. Washington

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Harriet Tubman

Who was the first professional (Major League Baseball) African American baseball player in the United States?

• Derek Jeter

• Alex Rodriguez

• Babe Ruth

• Jackie Robinson

Who founded Tuskegee University?

• Booker T. Washington

• Marcus Garvey

• Frederick Douglass

• Jesse Jackson

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

• Bill Clinton

• Thurgood Marshall

• Barack Obama

• Clarence Thomas

Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Clarence Thomas

• Lyndon Johnson

• William Brennan

Who refused to give up her seat on the bus which started a boycott led by MLK Jr.?

• Rosa Parks

• Lena Horn

• Josephine Baker

• Anita Hill

Who was the first African American Vice President of the United States?

• Colin Powell

• Shirley Chisolm

• Kamala Harris

• Hillary Clinton

Who was a famous scientist and inventor who created 100s of uses for peanuts?

• Booker T. Washington

• Frederick Douglass

• Jackie Robinson

• George Washington Carver

Who was a famous business woman who invented a line of hair products that made her very rich?

• Madame C. J. Walker

• Sojourner Truth

• Ella Baker

• Zora Neale Hurston

What is Juneteenth?

• the hottest day of the year

• father's day

• A day celebrating liberation of African Americans

• the first day of summer