December Review

Which United States Supreme Court case upheld segregation laws by deciding that the 'separate but equal' doctrine should be followed in cases pertaining to race?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Roe v. Wade

• Marbury v. Madison

Which African American inventor had as many as sixty patents in his name, many of which were related to electrical systems and train transportation?

• Lewis Latimer

• George Washington Carver

• Granville T. Woods

• Elijah McCoy

Who was a prominent journalist, activist, and researcher during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was one of the founders of the National Association of Colored Women's Club?

• Sojourner Truth

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Ida B. Wells-Barnett

• Harriet Tubman

Which American poet, novelist, and short-story writer became famous around the globe after the publication of his first collection of poetry, 'Oak and Ivy'?

• Paul Laurence Dunbar

• Maya Angelou

• Phillis Wheatley

• Langston Hughes

Who was the first African American awarded a Ph.D. degree from Harvard University and later became a professor of economics and history at Atlanta University?

• Marcus Garvey

• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Frederick Douglass

Which Civil Rights activist became one of the most notable women of her generation and was the first Black woman to be appointed to the Board of Education in Washington, D.C.?

• Mary Church Terrell

• Dorothy Height

• Ella Baker

• Fannie Lou Hamer

Who was the inventor and scientist who developed hundreds of household uses of peanuts, sweet potatoes, and other products?

• Lewis Latimer

• Madam C.J. Walker

• Elijah McCoy

• George Washington Carver

Which song, often called the 'Black National Anthem,' was written by Rosamond Johnson and his brother, James Weldon Johnson, in 1901?

• Lift Every Voice and Sing

• Strange Fruit

• We Shall Overcome

• A Change Is Gonna Come

Who became the first Black woman to head a bank when she oversaw the St. Luke Bank and Trust Company in Richmond, Virginia?

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Sojourner Truth

• Ida B. Wells-Barnett

• Maggie Lena Walker

Who founded a college and served as an advisor to several Presidents, and was a champion of racial and gender equality?

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• Ida B. Wells-Barnett