| Question | Answer |
| Who delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, DC in 1965? | Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice? | Thurgood Marshall
| Which war ended slavery in the United States? | Civil War 1861-1865
| What recent film depicted the contributions of African-American women to NASA and space exploration? | Hidden Figures
| Who was the first African-American major league baseball player? | Jackie Robinson in 1947
| Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter? | Greensboro, North Carolina
| How many people were enslaved in the United States in 1860? | 4 million
| Who was the first African-American to win the Nobel Peace Prize? | Ralph Bunche in 1950
| Who was the first African-American to win an Academy Award? | Hattie McDaniel
| In what year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery? | 1865
| Who signed The Emancipation Act? | Abraham Lincoln in 1862
| What did African-Americans gain in 1870 when the 15th Amendment was ratified? | Right to Vote
| Sarah Goode was the first African-American woman to receive a patent for an invention. What did she invent? | folding bed
| Arthur Ashe was famous in what sport? | tennis
| Who holds the record of 100 points scored in a single NBA game? | Wilt Chamberlain
| Which U.S. Army Air Corps group escorted bombers on 1,578 missions during World War II? | Tuskegee Airmen
| Which African-American was arrested for not giving up her bus seat to a white man? | Rosa Parks |
