In what year did Black History Month become a month long celebration
1964
1955
1926
1976
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed in ___?
1989
1898
1909
2019
Langston Hughes was the first black man to become a lawyer in 1854.
False
True
Claudette Colvin was arrested 9 months before Rosa Parks for not giving up her seat on the bus to white passengers.
True
False
_____ was the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives.
Mary Lou Little
Oprah Winfrey
Rosa Parks
Shirley Chisholm
Madam C.J. Walker was the first woman to become a self-made millionaire.
True
False
George Washington Carver created peanut butter.
True
False
When did Jackie Robinson become the first African American Major League Baseball player?
April 5, 1947
March 15, 1962
April 8, 1943
February 9, 1948
Hattie McDaniel was the first African American performer to receive an Academy Award in 1940.
False
True
Who was the first African American President of the United States?
Barack Obama
Michael Jordan
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Thurgood Marshall
