Black History Month Trivia - Coppell Book Club

Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award?

• Dorothy Dandridge

• Sidney Poitier

• Hattie McDaniel

• James Baskett

What year did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his "I have a Dream" speech?

• 1958

• 1965

• 1961

• 1963

Who was the first African American woman elected to Congress?

• Cardiss Collins

• Shirley Chisholm

• Barbara Jordan

• Condoleezza Rice

Which state was the last to abolish slavery?

• Delaware

• Mississippi

• Georgia

• Kentucky

Who was the first African American Secretary of State?

• Condoleezza Rice

• Ron Brown

• Hazel O'Leary

• Colin Powell

Who was the first African American woman to become a self-made millionaire?

• Oprah Winfrey

• Madam C.J. Walker

• Ida B. Wells

• Maya Angelou

What was the name of the Supreme Court case that declared school segregation unconstitutional in 1954?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Loving v. Virginia

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

What historical event is associated with the date June 19, 1865, known as Juneteenth?

• The end of the Civil War

• The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

• The end of slavery in Texas

• The beginning of Reconstruction

Which African American poet wrote Phenomenal Woman?

• Toni Morrison

• Audre Lorde

• Gendolyn Brooks

• Maya Angelou

Who was the first African American tennis player to win a Grand Slam tournament?

• Althea Gibson

• Arthur Ashe

• Venus Williams

• Serena Williams