PBI Quiz: African Americans in California - Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs

1. California’s Fair Housing Act of 1963 was named after which African-American Assemblymember?

Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

Bill Greene

William Byron Rumford

Willie Brown

2. Which California-based representative currently serves as the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus?

Maxine Waters

Karen Bass

Barbara Lee

Kamala Harris

3. About what percentage of California’s population is African American?

3%

15%

6%

11%

4. How many terms did Tom Bradley serve as the Mayor of Los Angeles?

3

4

5

6

5. Who was the first African American elected to statewide office in California?

Wilson Riles

Mervyn Dymally

Diane Watson

Augustus Hawkins