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Black History Month Is An Annual Observance Originating In The United States Which Honors The Contributions Of African Americans To U.S. History. There Are So Many Ways To Find Meaning. Take Our Black History Month Quiz To See How Much You Know. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

This person launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat?
a) Rosa Parks
b) Diane Nash
c) Dorothy Vaughan
d) Booker T. Washington

In what city did the National Guard try to prevent nine black students from attending a segregated school in 1957?
a) Oxford, Mississippi
b) Columbia, South Carolina
c) Little Rock, Arkansas
d) Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Who was the first African-American to win a gold medal at the Olympics?
a) William DeHart Hubbard
b) Jesse Owens
c) George Poage
d) John Taylor

Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
a) Jackie Robinson
b) Larry Doby
c) Sammy Sosa
d) Ernie Banks

When did Martin Luther King Jr. give his 'I Have A Dream Speech'?
a) 1965
b) 1968
c) 1963
d) 1960

Which President officially recognized Black History Month?
a) President Gerald Ford
b) President Jimmy Carter
c) President Richard Nixon
d) President Ronald Reagan

When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?
a) 1926
b) 1955
c) 1963
d) 1919

What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?
a) ACLU-American Civil Liberties Union
b) SCLC-Southern Christian Leadership Conference
c) CORE-Congress of Racial Equality
d) SNCC-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

What was the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's church?
a) Ebenezer Baptist
b) Atlanta Southern Baptist
c) Southern Church of the People
d) Atlanta Tabernacle

Who was the first black man appointed to the Supreme Court?
a) Collin Powell
b) Barrack Obama
c) Thurgood Marshall
d) W.E.B Du. Bouis

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