In what year did Black History Month become a month long celebration
1955
1964
1926
1976
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed in ___?
1909
1989
1898
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.
False
True
_____ was the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives.
Rosa Parks
Mary Lou Little
Oprah Winfrey
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
February 9, 1948
March 15, 1962
April 8, 1943
Hattie McDaniel was the first African American performer to receive an Academy Award in 1940.
True
False
Who was the first African American President of the United States?
Thurgood Marshall
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Barack Obama
Michael Jordan
