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How much do you know about African-American achievements in civil rights, technology, sports and more? Take our quiz and don’t forget to share your results on social media!
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was a mathematician and physicist who helped send John Glenn around the Earth. She performed her duties with the NASA space agency.
- Katherine Johnson
- Annie Easley
- Billie Holiday
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was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later secretary of state.
- Ralph J. Bunche
- Colin Powell
- Booker T. Washington
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launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat to a white man.
- Rosa Parks
- Diane Nash
- Dorothy Vaughan
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became the first U.S. track and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympiad.
- Jackie Robinson
- Michael Jordan
- Jesse Owens
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was the founder of Negro History Week, which eventually became Black History Month.
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Carter G. Woodson
- John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie
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is considered by many to be the greatest tennis player of all time.
- Florence Griffith Joyner
- Serena Williams
- Sheryl Swoopes
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is one of the most important writers of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, which celebrated black life and culture.
- Langston Hughes
- Miles Davis
- Alex Haley
Freelance writer Lenore T. Adkins contributed to this quiz.
This quiz was originally published February 26, 2019.
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