Black History Dates

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What year did the first Africans arrive in the Americas? 1526 1601 1524 1582

2. What year was slavery introduced in the Americas? 1611 1619 1632 1602

3. Where was the first formal protest against slavery? Germantown, Pennsylvania St. Augustine, Florida Jamestown, Virginia Southampton County, Virginia

4. What state was the first to abolish slavery? Virginia Vermont Pennsylvania Florida

5. In what state was there a failed effort to overthrow slavery? Vermont Virginia South Carolina North Carolina

6. How many slaves did Harriet Tubman rescue between 1840-61? About 200 Over 300 178 250

7. In what year did Abraham Lincoln issue his Emancipation Proclamation? 1863 1852 1867 1893

8. In what year was slavery abolished in America? 1867 1865 1890 1900

9. In what year was the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) founded? 1902 1910 1909 1922

10. Did President Truman abolish segregation in the military? Yes No

11. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do in 1955? Led a road march Led a yearlong boycott Became a minister He and his wife had another child

12. In what year were Federal troops ordered to Oxford, Mississippi? 1961 1965 1964 1962

13. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his famous "I have a dream" speech? 1966 1963 1960 1959

14. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. win in 1964? Alabama Lottery Nobel Peace Prize Mayoral election A seat in the senate

15. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated? 1968 1964 1965 1966

16. When did the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama take place? 1966 1965 1967 1964

17. In what year was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated? 1969 1967 1970 1968

18. In what year was the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. first celebrated as a national holiday? 1986 1990 1988 1984

19. In what year was the Million Man March? 1998 1993 1995 1996

20. What does Kwanzaa mean? celebrate love first fruits togetherness harvest festival