Black American History

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What famous American was presented with the Medal of Freedom by President John F. Kennedy in 1963? Ralph Bunche Thurgood Marshall Martin Luther King Jr. W.E.B. DuBois

2. Which female athlete won silver in the heptathlon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympcis, then gold in 1988 and 1992, earning her the accolade of "the greatest multi-event female athlete in history"? (She was the first female to break 7,000 points in this event in July 1986). Jackie Joyner Kersee Mae Johnson Judith Jameson Josephine Baker

3. Who completed the novel 'Go Tell It On the Mountain' in 1953? Wynton Marsalis W.E.B.DuBois James Baldwin Ralph Bunche

4. Who earned a Master's Degree in Agriculture in 1896 at Iowa State Agricultural College? Alex Haley Booker T. Washington George Washington Carver Dred Scott

5. Who did President Kennedy nominate for Judge of the 2nd Court of Appeals in 1961? Ralph Bunche Colin Powell Thurgood Marshall Clarence Thomas

6. Who was the first African-American to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? Clarence Thomas Ralph Bunche Colin Powell Ralph Abernathy

7. Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'? Sojourner Truth Ida B. Wells-Barnett Mae Johnson Harriet Tubman

8. Who was born Caryn Elaine Johnson? Josephine Baker Lena Horne Whoopi Goldberg Dorothy Dandridge

9. Who said,'Certainly I don't want to die, but if anyone has to die let it be me'? Colin Powell Ralph Abernathy Martin Luther King Jr. Jesse Jackson

10. What journalist and writer was born in Ithaca N.Y. and grew up in Tennessee? James Baldwin Alex Haley W.E.B. DuBois Jesse Jackson