Black American Civil Rights Leaders

1. Who was the iconic civil rights leader known for his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963? 

• Myrlie Evers

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• James Meredith

• Daisy Bates

2. In what year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott? 

• 1940

• 1965

• 1955

• 1945

8. Which Black woman became the first major-party Black candidate for President of the United States in 1972? 

• W.C. Handy

• Shirley Chisholm

• Kamala Harris

• Sister Rosetta Tharpe

What prominent Black American abolitionist and women’s rights advocate gave the “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech in 1851?

• Harriet Tubman
• Sojourner Truth
• Ida B. Wells
• Maya Angelou

What 2017 film, directed by Jordan Peele, addresses issues of race in America through a horror-thriller narrative?

• Us
• Get Out 2
• The Purge: Election Year
• Get Out

What popular television show, which originally aired from 1990 to 1996, starred Will Smith as a street-smart teenager from Philadelphia living with his wealthy relatives in Los Angeles? 

• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• Family Matters
• Living Single
• Everybody Hates Chris

Who was the Black American mathematician and NASA scientist portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures” for her pivotal role in the early days of the U.S. space program? 

• Katherine Johnson
• Mae Jemison
• Dorothy Vaughan
• Mary Jackson

What Black American neurosurgeon, known for his pioneering work in pediatric neurosurgery, became the first person to successfully separate conjoined twins joined at the head? 

• Dr. Ben Carson
• Dr. Mae Jemison
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Dr. Charles Drew

What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional? 

• Loving v. Virginia
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Miranda v. Arizona

Who was the first Black American Supreme Court Justice, appointed in 1967? 

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Clarence Thomas
• Thurgood Marshall
• Sonia Sotomayor