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Last Updated: Jan 21st, 2008 - 19:26:41
Black History Month
February - Black History Quiz
By Sarah Lane
Jan 21, 2008, 11:45 PST
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Black History Month: How Much Do You Really Know?
Black History Month: How Much Do You Really Know?
It's important when learning to remember the facts. Here's your chance to test your knowledge. Choose one answer for each question. Take your time and good luck!
| 1. Frederick Douglass published which newspaper?
Atlantic NewsNorth Star
Freedom Today
The Douglass Times
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| 2. W.E.B. Du Bois was the founder and general secretary of what movement?
African-American Scholar MovementThe Justice Movement
Equal Rights Movement
The Niagara Movement
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| 3. Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa in what year?
19941988
1999
1984
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| 4. Social reformer Harriet Tubman guided approximately how may slaves to freedom?
30150
300
222
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| 5. In July of 1999, who was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal?
Jackie RobinsonRosa Parks
Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson
Spike Lee
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| 6. Who was the first African-American to be honored on a U.S. postage stamp?
Booker T. WashingtonFrederick Douglass
Charles Drew
Langston Hughes
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| 7. As a result of what case did the Supreme Court rule that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional?
United States v. LouisianaBrown v. Board of Education
Levers v. Anderson
Brown v. Elliott
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| 8. About how many people listened to Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his famous "I Have a Dream" speech?
50,000500
1,200
250,000
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| 9. What is the definition of lynching?
To mix poisonous chemicalsTo hand deliver something
To execute without due process of law
To wear a disguise
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| 10. Who wrote the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Ralph Waldo EmersonFrancis Scott Key
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mark Twain
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Check your answers when you're finished to see how much you really know!
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