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BLACK HISTORY QUIZ

1. What we now call Black History Month was originated in 1926 as Negro History month by:

 A. Carter G. Woodson B. Dr William Edward Dubois C. Marcus Garvey D. Martin Luther King

2. Hundreds of Black men and women produced so many substantial inventions (from the development of crop rotation, the traffic light, the mail box, gas mask, typewriter, telegraph, automatic gear shift, the electric lamp, bulb filament, blood plasma, the automatic car coupler, air brake for the railroad, etc.

How many Black Inventors have been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in America?

 A. 24 B. 84 C. 4 D. 104

3. What country has the highest number of Black population in the world?

 A. South Africa B. Jamaica C. Nigeria D. Brazil

Dr Charles Drew was a world renowned surgeon and medical scientist who pioneered the science of blood preservation left mankind the legacy of “the blood bank”.
Millions of lives have been saved by his ingenious invention. Dr. Drew was killed in an automobile accident in 1950. The irony of his death is that his life could have been saved had he received immediate medical attention following the accident. However, discrimination at nearby White hospitals did not allow him the blood transfusions needed to save his life.

4. Dr Drew was born in 1904 in the city of:

 A. Chicago B. Washington DC C. New York D. Philadelphia

5. What is the name of the black woman who sparked off the Civil Right Movement demonstrations in Montgomery, Alabama, by refusing to relinquish her seat to a white man in 1955?

 A. Maya Angelou B. Rosa Parks C. Daisy Bates D. Fannie Lou Hamer

6. Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-19400) advocated economic independence and Black Internationalism as an answer to the Black man’s plight returned to Jamaica in1914 and founded:

 A. Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) B. United Negro International Movement (UNIM) C. Universal African-Caribbean Association (UACA) D. Unity Movement Of Negro People (UMNP)

7. What is the name of the first South African black president who spent 28 years in prison for his fight against apartheid regime?

 A. Julius Nyerere B. Nelson Mandela C. Walter Sisilu D. General Yakubu Gowon

8. Who is the African writer that won a Nobel Prize for Literature?

 A. Chinua Achebe B. J P Clarks C. Chukwuemeka Ike D. Wole Shoyinka

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