Walls Chapel Black History Quiz 2024

Clotel: The President’s Daughter was the first novel published by an African American, in 1853. It was written by

• Phillis Wheatley

• Lucy Terry

• William Wells Brown

• Ralph Ellison

In 1908, after winning the 4 x 400 meter relay, _________ became the first African American to win gold in the Olympics.

• LeRoy Walker

• John Taylor

• George Poage

• Junius Kellogg

Which African American inventor was responsible for developing the three-light traffic signal?

• Garrett Morgan

• George Washington Carver

• Madam C.J. Walker

• Lewis Latimer

In what year did Ruby Bridges become the first African American child to integrate an all-white public elementary school in the South?

• 1954

• 1960

• 1964

• 1970

What year was the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) founded?

• 1909

• 1919

• 1929

• 1939

Which African American artist is known for his series of paintings of the Great Migration?

• Jean-Michel Basquiat

• Jacob Lawrence

• Romare Bearden

• Kerry James Marshall

Who was the first African-American head coach in the NFL?

• Tony Dungy
• Fritz Pollard
• Ray Rhodes
• Art Shell

The March on Washington on August 1963 was organized by this individual

• Shirley Chisolm

• A. Phillip Randolph

• William C. Sullivan

• Mangle Rivers

Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?

• Lauryn Hill

• Betty Wright

• Jill Scott

• Janet Jackson

Which civil rights activist gained notoriety in the late nineteenth century for her scathing editorials denouncing racial injustice?

• Toni Morrison

• Sojourner Truth

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Ida B. Wells