Basic Facts
Black History Month is celebrated in this month.
What is February?
He was a civil rights leader famous for his “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
This term describes doctors, nurses, and other trained medical workers.
What is healthcare professionals?
This woman created more than 20 beauty and hair care products, becoming the first female self-made millionaire in America.
Who is Madame C.J Walker?
What was the name of the musician group with the members: Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill, Ronnie DeVoe, Michael Bivins, and Ricky Bell?
Who is New Edition?
This song is considered the Black National Anthem.
What is Lift Every Voice and Sing?
She co-founded the National Council of Negro Women and worked to improve education and rights for Black women. She also have a university named after her.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
What is the name of the cell line that came from Henrietta Lacks to create the Polio vaccine?
A.) HL cells
B.) HeLa cells
C.) HLC cells
D.) Lacks cells
What is HeLa cells?
Who invented the three-position traffic light in 1923?
A) Garrett Morgan
B) Black Panther
C) Elijah McCoy
D) Lonnie Johnson
Who is Garrett Morgan?
Muhammad Ali is one of the world greatest boxer. What was his birth name?
A) Cassius Clay
B) Curtis Carter
C) Clifford the Big Red Dog
D) Calvin Crawford
Who is Cassius Clay?
This activist help founded the NAACP and was a sociologist and historian.
A.) Malcolm X
B.) Chris Brown (love him!!)
C.) Frederick Douglass
D.) W.E.B Du Bois
Who is W.E.B Du Bois?
She was the first African American woman to earn a medical degree in the United States.
A) Rebecca Lee Crumpler
B) Delena Johnson
C) Mae Jemison
D) Hazel Johnson-Brown
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
This pediatric neurosurgeon became the first Black chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins:
A) Dr. Ben Carson
B) Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
C) Dr. Charles Drew
D) Dr. Dre
Who is Dr. Ben Carson?
Who invented peanut-based products like peanut oil and peanut butter innovations?
A) George Washington Carver
B) Garrett Morgan
C) Lovell Philips
D) Quincy Carter Thomas
Who is George Washington Carver?
This African American mathematician and engineer helped NASA send astronauts to space, and her calculations were critical for the success of the Mercury and Apollo missions.
A) Mae Jemison
B) Katherine Johnson
C) Bessie Coleman
D) Kira Brown
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Which of these influential authors became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
A. Maya Angelou
B. August Wilson
C. K. Michelle
D. Toni Morrison
Who is Toni Morrison?
She was a nurse and activist who founded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses in 1908.
A) Mary Eliza Mahoney
B) Martha Minerva Franklin
C) Lillian Wald
D) Janet Jackson
Who is Martha Minerva Franklin?
Which Black woman pioneered laser cataract surgery and advocated for vision care in underserved communities?
A) Dr. Martha Franklin
B) Dr. Patricia Bath
C) Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler
D) Dr. I Don't Know
Who is Dr. Patricia Bath?
Who invented a portable refrigeration unit for trucks to transport perishable food safely?
A) Frederick McKinley Jones
B) Garrett Morgan
C) Usher
D) Lewis Latimer
Who is Frederick McKinley Jones?
This American poet and social activist was one of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry and is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Langston Hughes?
This African American scientist pioneered research on sickle cell anemia and discovered it is a genetic disorder prevalent in African-descended populations.
A) Dr. Ernest Everett Just
B) Dr. James B. Herrick
C) Dr. Louis T. Wright
D) Dr. Anthony Higgins
Who is Dr. James B. Herrick?
He was a pioneering African American chemist who synthesized medicinal steroids and cortisone in the 1930s–40s.
A) Ernest Everett Just
B) Percy Lavon Julian
C) George Washington Carver
D) Steve Urkel
Who is Percy Lavon Julian?
This surgical pioneer developed the modern blood bank and organized the first large-scale blood donation program for the American Red Cross, later resigning over segregation policies.
A.) Dr. Lebron James
B.) Dr. Charles Drew
C.) Dr. Louis Wright
D.) Dr. James McCune Smith
Who is Dr. Charles Drew?
Who invented an automatic elevator door for safer use in buildings?
A) Elijah McCoy
B) Granville Woods
C) Kordell from LI
D) Jeremiah Jones
Who is Elijah McCoy?
This Black physician was a neurologist who studied Alzheimer’s in African Americans and improved mental health care access.
A) Solomon Carter Fuller
B) Rodarius Green
C) James McCune Smith
D) Bryson D. Barrington
Who is Solomon Carter Fuller?