Black History Month

Juneteenth, which became an official federal holiday in 2021, commemorates this:

• The day the last slaves in Texas found out that the Civil War was over and that they were free

• The service of black troops in the U.S. Army during the Civil War

• The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively ended 'separate but equal' education

• The signing into law of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?

• ACLU-American Civil Liberties Union

• SCLC-Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• CORE-Congress of Racial Equality

• SNCC-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?

• Hospital orderly

• Drugstore clerk

• High school cafeteria worker

• Department store seamstress

Which of these influential authors became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

• Maya Angelou

• August Wilson

• Lorraine Hansberry

• Toni Morrison

Before he was elected president of the United States, Barack Obama served as a U.S. senator of which Midwestern state?

• Illinois

• Indiana

• Iowa

• Ohio

In addition to his influential campaigns to become president of the United States, in 1984 and 1988, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson is known for his leadership roles with which civil rights organizations?

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• People United to Save Humanity (Operation PUSH)

• Rainbow Coalition

• All of the above

In 1960, four black college students staged a sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.

• Woolworth's

• W.T. Grant

• G.C. Murphy

• S.S. Kresge

In 1968 she became the first black woman elected to Congress:

• Barbara Jordan

• Maxine Waters

• Shirley Chisholm

• Carol Moseley Braun

Members of what labor union helped to build the nation’s black middle class and civil rights movement?

• Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

• American Federal of Teachers

• Communications Workers of America

• International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union

Who was elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966?

• Charles E. Cobb Jr.

• Stokely Carmichael

• John Lewis

• Bobby Seale