DPHIE Black History Quiz

Who was the first black woman to graduate medical school in 1864?

• Hattie McDaniel
• Jackie Robinson
• Rebecca Lee Crumpler
• Langston Hughes

Who was the first person to refuse to give up their seat on the bus?

• Jackie Robinson
• Rosa Parks
• Harriet Tubman
• Claudette Colvin

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

• Fredrick Douglas
• Barack Obama
• Abraham Lincoln
• Harriet Tubman

Who Built much of the West campus of Duke?

• Robert Robinson Taylor
• Vertner Woodson Tandy
• Clarence W. Wigington
• Julian Abele

Who established a nursing home for African Americans on their property in Auburn, NY?

• Karen Wagner
• Cheryl Copeland
• Harriet Tubman
• Roy Copeland

Who was the first person to desegregate schools? And When?

• Ruby Bridges (1960)
• Sandra Parks (1890)
• Ruby Bridges (1928)
• Sandra Parks (1934)

What year did Black History Month become a month-long celebration?

• 1964
• 1976
• 1926
• 1955