1. When it opened on 4 July 1881, which school had Booker T. Washington as its principal? Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute Howard University Fisk University Tuskegee Normal School Washington was the founding principal of Tuskegee Normal School, later Tuskegee Institute. Read more 2. In 1909–1910 W. E. B. Du Bois helped found the NAACP and launched which magazine? The Messenger The Crisis Negro World Survey Graphic Du Bois edited The Crisis from 1910 to 1934. Read more 3. What did Carter G. Woodson launch in February 1926? Negro History Week The Journal of Negro History The American Negro Academy Associated Publishers Woodson launched the first Negro History Week in February 1926. He had founded The Journal of Negro History in 1916 and Associated Publishers in 1921. Read more 4. Before which congressional committee did George Washington Carver testify on the peanut in January 1921? The Senate Committee on Agriculture The House Judiciary Committee The House Ways and Means Committee The Senate Finance Committee Carver testified on the peanut before the House Ways and Means Committee in January 1921. Read more 5. In 1910 Madam C. J. Walker moved her company’s headquarters and factory to which city? Denver St. Louis Pittsburgh Indianapolis Walker developed her scalp treatment in Denver, opened Lelia College in Pittsburgh in 1908, and moved headquarters and factory to Indianapolis in 1910. Read more 6. What organization did A. Philip Randolph launch on 25 August 1925? The United Mine Workers The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters The National Negro Business League The March on Washington Movement Randolph launched the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1925; it signed its first contract with the Pullman Company in 1937. Read more 7. Where did Bessie Coleman go to attend flight school before earning her international pilot’s license in 1921? France England Germany Canada Coleman sailed for France in November 1920 and received her license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale on 15 June 1921. Read more 8. In 1896 Mary Church Terrell became the first president of which organization? The National Council of Negro Women The Alpha Suffrage Club The National Association of Colored Women The Independent Order of St. Luke Terrell was the first president of the National Association of Colored Women, serving from 1896 to 1901. Read more 9. In October 1904 Mary McLeod Bethune opened a school for Black girls in which city? Savannah, Georgia Daytona, Florida Mayesville, South Carolina Jacksonville, Florida Bethune’s Daytona school merged with Cookman Institute in 1923 and grew into Bethune-Cookman University. Read more 10. Matthew Henson spent more than eighteen years on the expeditions of which explorer, whose party claimed the North Pole in April 1909? Roald Amundsen Richard E. Byrd Frederick Cook Robert E. Peary Henson was a member of the six-man party that Robert Peary said reached the North Pole on 6 April 1909. Read more Check my answers ← All quizzes