African American Civil Rights Leaders and Educators Quiz

Who organized 'The Niagara Movement' and was a founding member of the N.A.A.C.P.?

• James Baldwin

• W.E.B. DuBois

• John Lewis

• Malcolm X

Who was known as 'the mother of the movement' for her courage in defying custom and law to uphold her personal rights and dignity?

• Dorothy Height

• Rosa Parks

• Anna Julia Cooper

• Euphemia Lofton-Haynes

Who led the first of three Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge?

• W.E.B. DuBois

• John Lewis

• Malcolm X

• Booker T. Washington

Who crusaded for African American economics and political power, and inspired millions with his message of African American pride and nationalism?

• Carter G. Woodson

• Malcolm X

• W.E.B. DuBois

• James Baldwin

Who was known as the 'Father of Modern Black History' and initiated Negro History Week?

• Carter G. Woodson

• Frederick D. Patterson

• James Rosser

• Booker T. Washington

Who was the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in math in the United States?

• Dorothy Height

• Euphemia Lofton-Haynes

• Anna Julia Cooper

• Frederick D. Patterson

Who was the founder of the United Negro College Fund and organized a cooperative fund-raising organization to provide financial assistance to predominately black colleges and universities?

• W.E.B. DuBois

• John Lewis

• Frederick D. Patterson

• Anna Julia Cooper

Who served as the 6th president of California State University, Los Angeles for more than 3 decades?

• Carter G. Woodson

• Malcolm X

• Rosa Parks

• James Rosser

Who wrote 'Go Tell It on the Mountain' and 'The Fire Next Time'?

• Malcolm X

• Carter G. Woodson

• W.E.B. DuBois

• James Baldwin

Who was the longest-serving president in the 23-campus Cal State University system's history?

• James Rosser

• Frederick D. Patterson

• Dorothy Height

• Euphemia Lofton-Haynes