February is the African-American History Month.

February is the month to celebrate African-American History in the United States. Why don’t we test our knowledge of achievements and historic moments in African-American history?

1. Who was the first African-American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp?

a. Martin Luther King Jr.

b. Jackie Robinson

c. Harriet Tubman

d. Booker T. Washington

 

2. What state was the first to elect a black governor, doing so in 1989?

a. Delaware

b. Mississippi

c. Virginia

d. Washington

 

3. Which of these honors was Martin Luther King Jr. not awarded?

a. Nobel Peace Prize

b. Congressional Gold Medal

c. Presidential Medal of Freedom

d. Freedom Award

 

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

a. Tony Dungy

b. Fritz Pollard

c. Ray Rhodes

d. Art Shell

 

5. True or false: The first president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was white.

a. True    b. False

 

6. Who was the plaintiff in the Supreme Court decision that upheld the legal doctrine of "separate but equal?"

a. Oliver Brown

b. Homer Plessy

c. Dred Scott

d. Theodore S. Wright

 

7. Who was the first African-American to win a gold medal at the Olympics?

William DeHart Hubbard

a.   William DeHart Hubbard

b.   Jesse Owens

c.   George Poage

d.   John Taylor

 

8. In what city did the National Guard try to prevent nine black students from attending a segregated school in 1957?

a. Oxford, Miss.

b. Columbia, S.C.

c. Little Rock, Ark.

d. Tuscaloosa, Ala.

 

9. How many African-Americans have served in the United States Senate since it first convened in 1789?

a. 6     b. 27     c. 81     d. 112

 

10. Juneteenth, which became an official federal holiday in 2021, commemorates this:

a. The emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the U.S.

b. The service of black troops in the U.S. Army during the Civil War.

c. The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively ended 'separate but equal' education.

d. The signing into law of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

 

Answer Keys

    1.  d. Booker T. Washington

    2.  c. Virginia

    3.  d. Freedom Award

    4.  b. Fritz Pollard (Head Coach of the Akron Pros in 1921)

    5.  a. True(Moorfield Storey)

    6.  b. Homer Plessy (Plessy v. Ferguson)

    7.  d. John Taylor (1908 Men's Medley Relay)

    8.  c. Little Rock, Ark.

    9.  a. 6

    10.  a. The emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the U.S. The name comes from the June 19, 1865 date when federal troops arrived in Texas after the Civil War and proclaimed that the state's slaves were free.

 

 

(*source from https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/02/07/quiz-celebrating-african-american-history-month and https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/info-10-2011/black-history-trivia-quiz.html#quest1 )