Politics
Who was the first black man to run for President?
Jessie Jackson
Name of the person who owned and operated Soul Train?
Don Corneilus
What artist was killed by his father in a dispute over money?
What does HBCU stand for?
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
What is the name of the person who led slaves to freedom and later served as a spy and scout for the Union Army?
Harriet Tubman
What year did Obama run for President
2008
Who was the first African American woman to own a TV show?
Oprah Winfrey
She is often named the Queen of Soul and the song RESPECT and Natural women
Aretha Franklin
True/ False
Bessie Coleman was the first woman to fly in the army.
False. She was the First African American to earn her pilot's license.
What is the name of the man who won Brown v. Board of Education and became the first Black Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
What are Barack and Michele Obama's daughters' names? Must name both
Sasha and Malia Obama
What is the name of the person who invented the hot comb?
Madame CJ Walker
This African American rapper made millions off his hit songs . Many men and stared in the hit show Power
50 cent
True or False
Vermont was the first state to abolish slavery in 1777.
True, they were the first state to abolish slavery.
What is the name of the party that led a protest against police brutality and that challenged police misconduct
Black Panther Party
Who was the first woman to run for President?
Shirley Chisholm
What is the name of the person who invented peanut butter?
George Washington Carver
She is formally known for being in a girls group known as Destiny child
Beyonce
What 2 Amendments granted citizenship and voting rights?
14th and 15th Amendments
Who was a slave who escaped and became one of the most powerful abolitionists in U.S. history?
Fredrick Douglass
Who was the first African American vice President?
Kamala Harris
Who was the first African American woman to work as a NASA mathematician?
Katherine Johnson
She is the baby sister of one of the biggest pop stars to ever live.
Janet Jackson
True or False: Fred Sanford was the first African American to win an Oscar?
False. Hattie McDaniels was the first African American woman to win an Oscar in 1940.
While in prison, he educated himself by reading nonstop and copying dictionary entries word for word. He later began advocating for global human rights, not just civil rights in the U.S.
Malcolm X