Multiple choice general knowledge

Name the first colored woman to run for a public office in the US.

  1. Carol Moseley-Braun

  2. Ida B. Wells-Barnett

  3. Coretta Scott King

  4. Harriet Tubman

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Ida B. Wells-Barnett ran for the Illinois State Senate in 1930, making her one of the first African American women to seek public office. She was a pioneering journalist and civil rights activist who fought against lynching and for women's suffrage.