Higher Education
Who founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama?
Booker T. Washington
What boxer's original name was Cassius Clay?
Muhammed Ali
Who was the first African American ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was the first Black woman to speak out publicly against slavery?
Sojourner Truth
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Ralph Bunche
Who became the first African American to receive a Ph.D.?
WEB Du Bois
Who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany?
Jesse Owens
At its height, what was the slave population in the U.S.?
About 4 million
Who was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Toni Morrison
Who was the first African-American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp?
Booker T. Washington
What is the name of the first black Greek fraternity for college students?
Alpha Phi Alpha
Which Black woman athlete is considered “the fastest woman of all time” and set the record for the 100 and 200 meters in 1988?
Delorez Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith Joyner (1959 - 1998)
Which President officially recognized Black History Month?
President Gerald Ford
Who helped black artists and disadvantaged children while winning 13 Grammys and being honored as the "First Lady of Song"?
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (1917 - 1996)
Who was the first black woman to write a Broadway play (1959) which was made into a movie (1961), “A Raisin in the Sun”?
Lorraine Hansbury
What college, originally established as the August Institute, was organized by three ministers in the basement of a Baptist church in 1867?
Morehouse College
The first African American to play in the MLB.
Jackie Robinson (1947)
What year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?
1865
What is the name of the novel that earned author Alice Walker a Pulitzer Prize?
The Color Purple
Who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award?
Hattie McDaniel, 1939. (Best supporting actress)
Who was elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966?
Stokely Carmicheal
Retired 3x NFL champion who was a wide receiver for 20 seasons (49ers), played college football for four seasons with the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (HBCU)
Jerry Rice
Federal Policy that forced states to either provide separate educational facilities for Black students or admit them to existing colleges.
Morrill Land Grant of 1890
Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?
Ms. Lauryn Hill
Who was the first African-American woman to become an ordained minister, a lawyer who helped found the first legal periodical about women's rights, and co-founded the National Organization of Women?
Pauli Murray