21 Little-Known Black History Trivia Questions and Answers

1. The civil rights movement included 1960 sit-ins at what Greensboro, North Carolina lunch counter?

2. Which black scholar and author was accused of being a Russian agent in the 1950s?

3. In 1829, more than 1,000 African-Americans were forced to leave Cincinnati because of what?

4. Who became a millionaire by inventing and marketing a hair-straightening device?

5. Who founded the Southern Poverty Law foundation?

6. Which activist and religious leader was the 1st African American Bishop in the US?

1. Who was the first black author to win a Pulitzer Prize?

2. What was the name of Booker T. Washington's autobiography?

3. What African-American tennis superstar died of AIDS on Feb. 6, 1993?

4. In 1996, Barack Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate for what Chicago district?

5. Colin Powell said the State Department made a "big mistake" when it reported what?

6. Where did Robert Kennedy give a speech the day Martin Luther King was killed?

1. Which United States President signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

2. Who coached Grambling University's Tigers for 56 years to set a college-football record of 408 wins?

3. What is the Detroit soul music institution founded by Berry Gordy in 1959?

4. Which of these is the oldest black women's college in the United States?

5. In 2006, Barack Obama won a Grammy Award in what category?

6. What African-American woman's arrest launched the Montgomery bus boycott?

1. What was the 1st US newspaper to be owned and operated by African Americans?

2. What civil rights pioneer and "Little Rock Nine" advisor was later honored with a state holiday?

3. After the assassination of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., who took over as head of the SCLC?