African American History Quiz

Who is commonly referred to as the "Man with gifted hands" and is a renowned pediatric neurosurgeon?

• Charles Drew

• Booker T. Washington

• Dr. Benjamin "Ben" Carson

• President Barack H. Obama

Who was the first African American woman to become a self-made millionaire due to her work with beauty products?

• Rosa Parks

• Madame C.J. Walker

• Sarah Boone

• President Barack H. Obama

Who received a patent for what is now our modern-day ironing board?

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Sarah Boone

• Rosa Parks

• Madame C.J. Walker

Which scholar and activist was the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard and co-founded the NAACP?

• Booker T. Washington

• Charles Drew

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Malcom X

Who was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a White male and is known as the "Mother of Civil Rights"?

• Madame C.J. Walker

• Sarah Boone

• Rosa Parks

• President Barack H. Obama

Who was a prominent figure in the Nation of Islam and an African American civil rights activist?

• Malcom X

• Dr. Benjamin "Ben" Carson

• Booker T. Washington

• Charles Drew

Who was an escaped slave from the New England area and was killed during the Boston Massacre?

• Crispus Attucks

• Malcom X

• Rosa Parks

• W.E.B. DuBois

Who pioneered research with plasma and created the first blood bank?

• Dr. Benjamin "Ben" Carson

• Charles Drew

• Booker T. Washington

• President Barack H. Obama

Who was born to a slave mother but became an educator and founder of Tuskegee University?

• Charles Drew

• Booker T. Washington

• Malcom X

• W.E.B. DuBois

Who is a civil rights attorney and served as the former US President for two terms?

• Rosa Parks

• Malcom X

• Booker T. Washington

• President Barack H. Obama