Black History Dates

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In what year did Abraham Lincoln issue his Emancipation Proclamation? 1867 1863 1852 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? 1910 1909 1922 1902

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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