Quiz  /  How Well Do You Know Your African American History? Education, Politics, and Protest Quiz

  • 1. 
    In 1966 who was appointed secretary of Housing and Urban Development, becoming the first African American to hold a cabinet position in U.S. history?

  • William Thurston
  • Robert C. Weaver 
  • Andre Dupree
  • Charles B. Garner

  • 2. 
    In 1967 who was the first African American popularly elected to the U.S. Senate? 

  • Steven Thomas
  • Edward Brooke
  • Carl Parker
  • John P. Williams

  • 3. 
    Who was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in economics?

  • Wilhemina Creamer
  • Dorothy Bonds
  • Alexandra Watkins
  • Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander

  • 4. 
    In 1967 who became the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?

  • Thurgood Marshall
  • Thomas Elkins
  • Clarence Thomas
  • William H. Hastie

  • 5. 
    In 1905 what protest movement was launched in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada?

  • New Jersey Movement
  • Niagara Movement
  • New York Movement
  • Buffalo Movement

  • 6. 
    In 1870 who became the first African American to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives?

  • Joseph Hayne Rainey
  • Robert Triste
  • John Devereaux
  • William R. Marshall

  • 7. 
    In 1865 who became the first African American commissioned as a line field officer in the U.S. Army?

  • Martin Delany
  • Martin Toomey
  • Robert Turner, Jr.
  • James Biddle

  • 8. 
    In 1821 who established the first American anti-slavery newspaper, The Genius of Universal Emancipation?

  • Henry Foote
  • Francis Clay
  • Benjamin Lundy
  • William Seward

  • 9. 
    Which African American institution was elevated to national prestige by Booker T. Washington?

  • Knoxville College
  • Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
  • North Carolina A&T State University
  • Morgan State University

  • 10. 
    What was the first newspaper owned and operated by African Americans in the United States?

  • Maryland Journal
  • The Appeal
  • The Liberator
  •  Freedom’s Journal
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