Black Women
Who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus?
Rosa Parks
Who said "I have a dream"?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What movement protested against police brutality and gained more traction in 2020?
Black Lives Matter
Who was the first black woman vice president?
Kamala Harris
What movie highlighted the black "human computers" at NASA?
Hidden Figures
Name one original member of Destiny's child (multiple answers accepted)
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Kelly Rowland, LeToya Luckett, or LaTavia Roberson
Who said "You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right"?
Rosa Parks
What movement fought against slavery in the United States?
Abolitionism
Who was the first African American woman to win in the Olympics?
Gabby Douglas
Who developed over 300 uses for the peanut and developed methods to prevent soil depletion? He was also born into slavery and later became a botanist inventor and teacher.
George Washington Carver
Who hosts one of the most famous talk shows?
Oprah Winfrey
Who said "Ain't I a woman?"
Sojourner Truth
This movement fought for the everyday rights of African Americans in the 1960's.
The Civil Rights Movement
Name the first African American to play in Major League Baseball.
Jackie Robinson
Who was voted sexiest astrophysicist alive and responsible for responsible for popularizing science and being a great communicator as the host of the Cosmos and directing the Hayden Planetarium?
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Who is considered the best gymnast of all time?
Simone Biles
Who said "If there is no struggle, there is no progress"?
Barack Obama
What party was founded in 1966 to combat police brutality?
The Black Panther Party
Who was the first African American woman to go to space?
Mae Jemison
An African American mathematician helped NASA to put astronauts into orbital. The movie Hidden Figures was based on her.
Katherine Johnson
Who wrote the autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Maya Angelou
Who said "If there is no struggle, there is no progress"?
Frederick Douglass
Which movement led to the development of African American Studies in colleges and universities?
The Black Student Movement
Name the first black woman to run for president.
Shirley Chisholm
This Black physician and pioneering researcher developed surgical techniques for the treatment of glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness.
Dr. Patricia Bath