African American Pioneers and Politicians Quiz

Who was the first African American woman to earn a medical degree?

• Mae Jemison

• Bessie Coleman

• Rebecca Lee Crumpler

• Gerald Lawson

Who was the first African-American woman to earn a pilot’s license?

• Barack Obama

• Richard Allen

• Katherine Johnson

• Bessie Coleman

Who was the first African American woman in space?

• Barbara Jordan

• Thurgood Marshall

• Mae Jemison

• Karen Bass

Who was the first African American elected President of the United States?

• Charles Bolden, Jr.

• Barack Obama

• Richard Allen

• Gerald Lawson

Who was the first African American and first woman to be elected Vice President of the United States?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Marian Wright Edelman

• Kamala Harris

• Barbara Jordan

Who is the U.S. Representative for California’s 37th congressional district?

• Marian Wright Edelman

• Barbara Jordan

• Karen Bass

• Thurgood Marshall

Who is the founder, president emerita, and highly effective spokesperson for the Children’s Defense Fund?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Barbara Jordan

• Marian Wright Edelman

• Kamala Harris

Who was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice?

• Kamala Harris

• Thurgood Marshall

• Karen Bass

• Marian Wright Edelman

Who presented the Keynote Address at the Democratic National Convention in 1976?

• Kamala Harris

• Marian Wright Edelman

• Thurgood Marshall

• Barbara Jordan

Who led the team that developed the first cartridge-based home video game console system?

• Gerald Lawson

• Mae Jemison

• Bessie Coleman

• Richard Allen