What is the name of the first black Greek fraternity for college students?
Alpha Phi Alpha
The recognition of Black history began as
A. A week
B. A day
C. It was always a month
What is a week
Hip Hop was birthed in this city in New York
What is the Bronx?
Invented the gas mask and the 1st traffic signal
Who is Garrett Morgan ?
When did Rosa Parks’ bus boycott happen?
What is December 1955
The first African American to play in the MLB.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This 6 year old is responsible for desegregating schools in 1960.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
First Black woman to enter space
Who is Mae Jemison?
What was the first Black-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
What is BET Black Entertainment Television?
When did Martin Luther King Jr. give his “I Have A Dream Speech”?
What is Aug. 28, 1963
The first Black writer to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This 1963 march brought over 250,000 people together in support of human civil rights and is where Martin Luther King Jr gave his now iconic "I Have a Dream" speech
What is the March on Washington
The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
Booker T. Washington was the founder and president of what educational institution?
Tuskegee Institute
What organization formed Feb. 12, 1909?
What is "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
Set in Chicago, this show celebrates the African American family dynamic with daily visits from their nerdy neighbor, Steve Urkel.
What is “Family Matters"
What year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
What is 1863?
He won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany.
Who is Jesse Owens?
The first black woman to own a TV studio.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Who wrote the bestselling memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?
Who is Maya Angelou
Finish this quote "Float Like a butterfly..."
What is "Sting like a bee"
During her run for president, three separate assassination attempts were made this candidate...
Who is Shirley Chisholm
This black hair entrepreneur invented the hot comb.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
This African American 16-year old girl led a student strike for equal education at R.R. Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia
What is Barbara Johns?
Before Barack Obama became President (2009-2017), he served as what?
What is U.S. Senator
This is what HBCU stand for.
What is "Historically Black College and University?"
He started a Muslim newspaper with the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Muhammad Speaks. Also, well known for the slogan "By Any Means Necessary"...
Who is Malcom X
Who wrote Lift Every Voice and Sing, The Negro National Anthem?
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
This movie told the story of African-American women and their role at NASA
What is Hidden Figures?
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Who is Jackie Robinson
In this 1988 film, Eddie Murphy plays the son of a King who relocated to Queens, NY.
What is Coming to America
The inventor of peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver?
The first woman and first Black American to run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
The first Black governor of Virginia
Who is Douglas Wilder
Who didn't give up their seat to a white man on a Montgomery Bus in 1955?
Who is Rosa Parks
This case resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that no black-free or slave could be a US citizen?
What is the Dred Scott case?
In 1857, this thriving community of predominantly African-American homeowners were forced to move after the city of New York acquired the land through eminent domain to build what we now know as Central Park.
What is Seneca Village or Seneca Falls Village?
In 1959 he founded the Motown Record corporation, the first recording home of The Temptations, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Smoky Robinson, and Stevie Wonder...
Who is Berry Gordy Jr.?
The first group of students integrated a high school located in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
Which person was born in Massachusetts, was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D from Harvard and wrote 'Souls of Black Folk'?
Who is W.E.B. DuBois
He started the "Back to Africa Movement" and was later deported back to his homeland in Jamaica.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
In America, slaves used this hairstyle as a map on their journey to freedom.
What are cornrows?
Known for their Gospel hit with the lyrics "take the shackles off my feet so I can dance"
Who is Mary Mary?
When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?
What is 1926
The name that makes up all of the Black Greek Letter Organizations.
*Hint* There are 9
What is the Divine 9?
First African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This Constitutional Amendment gave Blacks equal protection under the law....
What is the 14th amendment
This 1956 autobiography entitled "Lady Sings The Blues", is based on this singer's life
Who is Billie Holiday?
Which President officially recognized Black History Month?
Who is President Gerald Ford
NAACP stands for this
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?