Black Trailblazers
Who was the first Black president of the United States?
Barack Obama
Which music genre, created in the Bronx, became a global movement and culture?
Hip-Hop
Which billionaire entrepreneur is also known as the founder of Roc Nation?
Jay-Z
Black History Month takes place during which month?
February
Which Black inventor created the modern traffic light?
Garrett Morgan
Who was the first Black woman to become a millionaire through her own business success?
Madam C.J. Walker
Which Black athlete broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
Which tennis superstar has won more Grand Slam singles titles than any other player in the Open Era?
Serena Williams
Which U.S. president officially recognized Black History Month in 1976?
Who invented the Super Soaker water gun?
Lonnie Johnson
Who was the first Black justice appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Which Black artist is known as the “Queen of Soul”?
Aretha Franklin
Which Black woman became the first vice president of the United States?
Kamala Harris
What year did slavery officially end in the United States?
1865
Which Black woman helped develop technology used in GPS systems?
Gladys West
Who was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress?
Shirley Chisholm
Which Black designer became the first African American creative director at Louis Vuitton?
Virgil Abloh
Which filmmaker directed Black Panther and Creed?
Ryan Coogler
What was the name of the 1963 march where Dr. King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech?
The March on Washington
Who invented the refrigerated truck, changing how food is transported?
Frederick McKinley Jones
Who was the first Black woman to earn a pilot’s license and later co-founded the National Airmen’s Association?
Bessie Coleman
Which Black athletes famously raised a fist during the 1968 Olympics to protest racial injustice?
Tommie Smith and John Carlos
Which Black-owned media company focuses on uplifting Black voices and culture and was founded by Issa Rae?
Hoorae Media
What historically Black college did Martin Luther King Jr. attend?
Moorehouse College
Which Black inventor held over 180 patents and helped improve the gas mask, sewing machine, and elevator systems?
Garrett Morgan