Black Historical Figures

Who is known for being a conductor on the Underground Railroad?

• W. E. B. Du Bois

• Harriet Tubman

• Rosa Parks

• Fredrick Douglas

Answer explanation

Harriet Tubman!

What was the title of MLK's famous speech?

• "I Dreamed a Dream"

• "I Still Have a Dream"

• "I Had a Dream"

• "I Have a Dream"

Who was a vocal advocate for black empowerment and promoting Islam within the black community?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King

• Malcom X

• George Wallace

Which African American author won numerous awards for her first best selling novel, "Beloved"?

• Phillis Wheatley

• Claudette Colvin

• Ida B. Wells

• Toni Morrison

Fredrick Douglas did not learn to read until after escaping slavery

• True

• False

• X

• X

who is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance?

• Langston Hughes

• Don Cornelius

• Johnson H. Johnson

• Kanye

Who was the lawyer who fought against segregation/Jim Crow laws?

• Thurgood Marshall

• C. L. Franklin

• Ron Stallworth

• Clarence Darrow

Which African American Track and Field Athlete won 4 medals in the 1936 Summer Olympics?

• Muhammad Ali

• Cassius Clay

• Carl Lewis

• Jesse Owens

Who was the South African anti-apartheid activist who recieved the nobel peace prize?

• Nelson Mandela

• Martin Luther King

• John Robert Lewis

• Ernest Green

Aaron Douglas was an influential painter during the Harlem Renaissance

• True

• False

• x

• x