Black History

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1. Who didn't give up their seat to a white man on a Montgomery Bus in 1955? Rosa Parks Ida B. Wells Sojourner Truth Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr.

2. Who gave the "I have a dream" speech? Crispus Attucks Jesse Jackson Martin Luther King Christopher Columbus

3. Which President signed the Emancipation Proclamation? Georgge Bush Abraham Lincoln Lyndon B. Johnson Theodore Roosevelt

4. What is the fifteenth amendment? Blacks were given the right to vote Black men were given the right to vote Women were given the right to vote Black women were given the right to vote

5. When was Martin Luther King assassinated? 1967 1963 1964 1968

6. Who is the poet, diplomat, and anthologist of black culture? James Weldon Johnson Martin Luther King Frederick Douglass Jesse Jackson

7. Who was the former American slave, the first black to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives? James Weldon Johnson Elizabeth Catlett Edward Kennedy Joseph Hayne Rainey

8. Who was the first African American player in Major League Baseball? Satchel Paige Joe Louis Jack Johnson Jackie Robinson

9. What team did the first MLB African American baseball player play for? Miami Heat Angels Cardinals Brooklyn Dodgers

10. What Negro slave who became a naval hero for the Union in the American Civil War? Duke Ellington Langston Hughes Robert Smalls Jim Crow