Question 1

Which Amendment abolished Slavery?

Accepted Answer

13th Amendment

Question 2

Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?

Accepted Answer

Thurgood Marshall

Question 3

What did the Black Panther Party advocate for?

Accepted Answer

Social Justice

Question 4

Which famous singer was known as the 'Queen of Soul'?

Accepted Answer

Aretha Franklin

Question 5

Which African American woman won the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Accepted Answer

Toni Morrison

Question 6

Who was the first African American to win an Oscar?

Accepted Answer

Hattie McDaniel

Question 7

Which event marked the end of slavery in the USA?

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 8

In what year was interracial marriage legalized in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

1967

Question 9

Who was the first African American Senator and what state did they represent?

Accepted Answer

Hiram Rhodes Revels, Mississippi

Question 10

Alexa Irene Canady was the first ______________ in 1981

Accepted Answer

African American woman neurosurgeon

Question 11

Who co-discovered the alpha helix protein structure and conducted research on sickle cell anemia

Accepted Answer

Herman Branson

Question 12

____ was the co-founder and the first president of the National Medical Association

Accepted Answer

Robert F. Boyd

Question 13

____ manufactured beauty products for African-American women using formulas she developed after working for a pharmacist

Accepted Answer

Madame C.J. Walker

Question 14

The first Black-owned hospital opened in

Accepted Answer

1891

Question 15

Early Black inventors held more than ____ patents in the United States from 1870 to 1940!

Accepted Answer

50,000

Black History Month Trivia

2) Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?