Black history
What is the name of the first black Greek fraternity for college students?
A. Alpha Phi Alpha
B. Big Bad Boys
C. The Boys and Girls Club
What is Alpha Phi Alpha?
Which Black American President won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 for his efforts in international diplomacy and cooperation?
Who is Barack Obama?
What popular television show, which originally aired from 1990 to 1996, starred Will Smith as a street-smart teenager from Philadelphia living with his wealthy relatives in Los Angeles?
What is "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
Who was the first African American model to be featured on the cover of GQ magazine? (and is a producer of America's Next Top Model)
Who is Tyra Banks?
What does R&B stand for?
Which sport is Simone Biles known for?
Gymnastics
(Ice-skating is not a correct answer)
Which boxer is known for their slogan "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Who are the American sisters, whom are both tennis players, of which one of them has won a Golden Slam in both singles and doubles?
Who are Venus and Serena Williams?
What state was Barack Obama senator of before his presidency?
What Black American artist is often called the “King of Pop” and is famous for his albums “Thriller” and “Off the Wall”?
Who is Michael Jackson?
Who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Who is Rosa Parks?
Whose assassination in 1968 resulted in nationwide protests and is often seen as a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement?
The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Who is the actor known for his role as Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and his work in films like “42” and “Get On Up”?
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
Who was the celebrated conductor of the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses and secret routes that helped enslaved people escape to freedom?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Which artist is remembered as the “Queen of Jazz”?
Phillis Wheatley is famous for being the
a. first African American woman millionaire
b. first African American female senator
c. first published African American poet
d. first woman in America to vote in an election
c. First published African American poet
Who was the Black American actor and comedian known for his roles in “The Nutty Professor” and “Coming to America”?
Who is Eddie Murphy?
What famous Black American abolitionist and former enslaved person gave the “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” speech in 1852?
a. Dred Scott
b. David Walker
c. Phillis Wheatley
d. Frederick Douglass
Who is Frederick Douglass
What year did the Apollo Theater open?
1914
Which author wrote a poem and read it at Bill Clinton’s first presidential inauguration and was later given the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
A. Alice Walker
B. Toni Morrison
C. Maya Angelou
D. Daisy Bates
E. Fannie Lou Hamer
Who is Maya Angelou?
Ida B. Wells-Barnett is best known for her work
a. against lynching
b. against woman suffrage
c. for public housing
d. for education for women
a. against lynching
What 2017 film, directed by Jordan Peele, addresses issues of race in America through a horror-thriller narrative?
What is "Get Out"
Who was the Black American educator, author, and orator who founded Tuskegee Institute, a school dedicated to the education of Black Americans in the post-Civil War era?
Booker T. Washington
Which legendary guitarist is known for his virtuosic skills and played a crucial role in the development of rock and roll?
Who is Jimi Hendrix?