Quiz: Black History Milestones

The Woolworth’s store where the sit-in happened was in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina.

Chisolm represented the 12th district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1983. Though she was unsuccessful in her campaign to become the Democratic Party’s 1972 presidential nominee, her “Unbought and Unbossed” slogan has influenced Black leaders for decades since then.

Thousands of Pullman porters created the first labor union for African Americans and exemplified the possibility of upward mobility for Black people.

Carmichael replaced John Lewis and began advocating Black power.

Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the first African American to be elected governor in 1990, followed by Deval Patrick in Massachusetts in 2007. While they were not elected, Oscar Dunn and P.B.S. Pinchback were lieutenant governors of Reconstruction-era Louisiana who served as acting governors. David Paterson of New York is another lieutenant governor who assumed acting governor duties in 2008.

Poitier became the first Black actor to win the best actor Oscar for his performance in Lilies of the Field (1963) in 1964. He was previously nominated for best actor in 1958 for his performance in The Defiant Ones.