Q 01/05

In what year did a seamstress's refusal to give up her bus seat spark the Montgomery bus boycott?

A) 1953

B) 1955

C) 1957

D) 1960

Answer · why

B) 1955

The arrest came on December 1, and the boycott that followed lasted 381 days, ending only when bus segregation was ruled unconstitutional.

Q 02/05

Who delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the 1963 March on Washington?

A) Bayard Rustin

B) John Lewis

C) Martin Luther King Jr.

D) Medgar Evers

Answer · why

C) Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial to over 250,000 people.

Q 03/05

What genre originated in New Orleans' African American communities around 1900?

A) Blues

B) Gospel

C) Jazz

D) R&B

Answer · why

C) Jazz

Jazz originated in the African American communities of New Orleans in the late 19th century, blending elements of blues, ragtime, and European harmoni...

Q 04/05

Who was the first African American President of the United States?

A) Colin Powell

B) Condoleezza Rice

C) Barack Obama

D) Jesse Jackson

Answer · why

C) Barack Obama

Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President on January 20, 2009, becoming the first African American to hold the office.

Q 05/05

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that flourished primarily during which decade?

A) 1900s

B) 1920s

C) 1940s

D) 1960s

Answer · why

B) 1920s

Langston Hughes later called those years Manhattan's Black Renaissance, and the movement carried on into the 1930s.