Black History Month Quiz

Who was the first Black American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard?

• Carter G. Woodson

• Frederick Douglass

• Thurgood Marshall

• Barack Obama

In which year did President Gerald Ford officially decree Black History Month as an official observation?

• 1992

• 1976

• 1967

• 1985

Who was the first Black person to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?

• Barack Obama

• Clarence Thomas

• Thurgood Marshall

• Ketanji Brown Jackson

Which museum is exclusively dedicated to documenting the life, history, and culture of African American citizens?

• National Museum of African American History and Culture

• Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• The Louvre

Who was the first Black person to win an Academy Award?

• Hattie McDaniel

• Denzel Washington

• Halle Berry

• Viola Davis

Which iconic speech by Martin Luther King Jr. included some unscripted passages?

• I Have a Dream

• The Drum Major Instinct

• I've Been to the Mountaintop

• Letter from Birmingham Jail

Who was the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?

• Janis Joplin

• Aretha Franklin

• Tina Turner

• Diana Ross

In which year was Juneteenth declared a federal holiday?

• 1976

• 2002

• 2021

• 1992

What was the reason Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat?

• She was physically exhausted

• She was tired of giving in

• She was tired after work

• She was old and couldn't stand

What did Harriet Tubman do during the Civil War?

• Served as a spy

• All of the above

• Served as a scout

• Served as a nurse