The Boston
Tea Party
Q1: An estimated 9,000 Black patriots fought against the British in the Revolutionary War. Even before the war began, Black patriot Crispus Attucks is considered a hero for his efforts during what event?
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BLACK HISTORICAL FIGURES
The Gaspee Affair
The Boston Massacre
Battles of Lexington and Concord
ANSWER: The Boston Massacre
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This quiz, from the Ashbrook Center, was created by David Krugler, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin Platteville. Associated photos and Library of Congress above.
"Crispus Attucks," by Herschel Levit, mural at the Recorder of Deeds building, built in 1943. 515 D St., NW, Washington, D.C.
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Q2: Which famous abolitionist was the first African-American confirmed for a presidential appointment by the Senate?
Sojourner Truth
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
A woman walks past a mural in tribute to Frederick Douglass on the exterior wall of the Black-owned Slade's Bar and Grill in the South End neighborhood of Boston.
Associated Press photo
ANSWER: Frederick Douglass
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Q3: Who was the first African-American governor and what state did he serve?
P.B.S. Pinchback
of Louisiana
David Paterson
of New York
Douglas Wilder
of Virginia
Deval Patrick
of Massachusetts
Library of Congress photograph of Gov. Pinchback, between 1870 and 1880
ANSWER: P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana
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Q4: The first two African-American U.S. senators represented which state?
New Jersey
Illinois
Mississippi
Massachusetts
Chromolithograph entitled "Heroes of the Colored Race", 1881, from the Firestone Library, Princeton University
ANSWER: Mississippi
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Sen. Blanche K. Bruce
1875
Sen. Hiram Revels
1870
(Frederick Douglass)
Q5: African-American volunteers comprised which of the following famous World War II military units?
The Ghost Army
Tuskegee Airmen
Yellowjackets
Monuments Men
Members of the 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps during a recognition ceremony in Albany, N.Y., 2016.
Associated Press photos
ANSWER: Tuskegee Airmen
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Q8: Who successfully argued the landmark desegregation case
Brown v. Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court and later served as the first African-American justice on the court?
Earl Warren
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
William Brennan Jr.
Q6: Which African-American co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party?
Fannie Lou Hamer
Carol Moseley Braun
Bobby Seale
Stokely Carmichael
Members of the Freedom Democratic Party delegation to the Democratic National Convention await the start of a hearing in 1964. Fannie Lou Hamer speaks before the credentials committee.
Associated Press photos
ANSWER: Fannie Lou Hamer
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Q7: Who was the first African-American woman elected to Congress?
Shirley Chisholm
Maxine Waters
Corrine Brown
Kamala Harris
Rep. Shirley Chisholm, D-NY, also became the nation's first black major-party presidential candidate, competing in 12 state primaries and
winning 28 delegates.
Associated Press photos
ANSWER: Shirley Chisholm
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1969
1972
ANSWER: Thurgood Marshall
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Associated Press photos
1971
1954
Q9: Who was the first African-American to serve as U.S. secretary of state?
Condoleezza Rice
Cordell Hull
John Foster Dulles
Colin Powell
Associated Press photo
2004
ANSWER: Colin Powell
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Q10: How many African-American women were elected or re-elected to serve in Congress in the 2020 elections?
14
17
26
21
Associated Press photo
ANSWER: 26
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"Crispus Attucks," by Herschel Levit, mural at the Recorder of Deeds building, built in 1943. 515 D St., NW, Washington, D.C.
ANSWER:
The Boston Massacre
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A woman walks past a mural in tribute to Frederick Douglass on the exterior wall of the Black-owned Slade's Bar and Grill in the South End neighborhood of Boston.
Associated Press photo
ANSWER:
Frederick Douglass
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Library of Congress photograph of Gov. Pinchback, between 1870 and 1880
ANSWER:
P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana
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Details from chromolithograph entitled "Heroes of the Colored Race", 1881, from the Firestone Library, Princeton University
ANSWER:
Mississippi
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Members of the 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps during a recognition ceremony in Albany, N.Y., 2016.
Associated Press photos
ANSWER:
Tuskegee Airmen
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Members of the Freedom Democratic Party delegation to the Democratic National Convention await the start of a hearing in 1964. Fannie Lou Hamer speaks before the credentials committee.
Associated Press photos
ANSWER:
Fannie Lou Hamer
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ANSWER:
Shirley Chisholm
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1969
ANSWER:
Thurgood Marshall
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ANSWER:
Thurgood Marshall
Q1: An estimated 9,000 Black patriots fought against the British in the Revolutionary War. Even before the war began, Black patriot Crispus Attucks is considered a hero for his efforts during what event?
Q2: Which famous abolitionist was the first African-American confirmed for a presidential appointment by the Senate?
Q3: Who was the first African-American governor and what state did he serve?
Q4: The first two African-American U.S. senators represented which state?
Q5:African-American volunteers comprised which of the following famous World War II military units?
Q5: Which African-American
co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party?
Q7: Who was the first African-American woman elected to Congress?
Q8: Who successfully argued the landmark desegregation case
Brown v. Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court and later served as the first African-American justice on the court?
Q9: Who was the first African-American to serve as U.S. secretary of state?
2004
1964