bhm 2022

Who was the first Black person to win a Nobel prize for literature?

• Langston Hughes

• Toni Morrison

• Maya Angelou

• James Baldwin

Who was the first Black person to receive a PHD from Harvard University?

• W.E.B Du Bois

• Cornell West

• Barack Obama

• Frank Wilderson

Who wrote the famous novel, “If Beale Street could talk”?

• Langston Hughes

• Maya Angelou

• Richard Wright

• James Baldwin

What university does the highly respected writer, research, and university professor Saidiya Hartman currently teach at?

• Spelman College

• Harvard University

• Columbia University

• Howard University

Who is the Black trailblazer that played an active role in the stonewall riots and Black LGBTQ rights?

• Marsha P Johnson

• James Baldwin

• Lorraine Hansberry

• Alvin Ailey

When was Black Lives Matter established?

• 2020

• 2013

• 2018

• 2015

What famous poet wrote “Still I rise”?

• Nikki Giovanni

• Maya Angelou

• Langston Hughes

• Gwedolyn Brooks

What is the name of the former black panther and prison abolitionist who is currently a professor at the University of California- Davis?

• Huey P Newton

• Joyce Means

• Angela Davis

• Fred Hampton

Which black organization inspired free breakfast in schools?

• NAACP

• Black Panthers

• Black Wall street USA

• Rainbow Push

What was the first Historically Black College/University in the U.S?

• Cheney College

• Howard University

• Spelman College

• Morehouse College