African American History Trivia Page - 2

Trivia Questions

Which organization, co-founded by W.E.B. Du Bois in 1909, is the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the United States?

Which influential playwright wrote 'A Raisin in the Sun,' the first play by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway?

What collective term refers to the hundreds of thousands of African Americans who moved from the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West between 1916 and 1970?

Who was the first African American woman to self-made millionaire, creating a highly successful line of hair care products for Black women?

Which African American regiment famously fought at the Battle of Fort Wagner during the Civil War, displaying immense bravery despite heavy casualties?

Who delivered the iconic 'Ain't I a Woman?' speech at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in 1851, advocating for both abolition and women's suffrage?

Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award, receiving Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy in 'Gone with the Wind'?

What 1920s artistic and cultural explosion in a New York City neighborhood celebrated Black identity and creativity through literature, music, and art?

Which early American poet, a former slave, published 'Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral' in 1773, becoming the first African American woman to publish a book of poetry?

Who was the first African American woman to travel to space, serving as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992?