Black History 1
Black History 2
Black History 3
100

Invented the gas mask and the 1st traffic signal


Who is Garrett Morgan ?

100

The recognition of Black history began as

A. A week

B. A day

C. It was always a month

What is a week

100

 When did Rosa Parks’ bus boycott happen?

What is December 1955

200

The first African American to play in the MLB.

Who is Jackie Robinson?

200

This 6 year old is responsible for desegregating schools in 1960.


Who is Ruby Bridges?

200

First Black woman to enter space

Who is Mae Jemison?

300

The first Black writer to win a Nobel Prize in Literature

Who is Toni Morrison?

300

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

300

The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress.

Who is Halle Berry?

400

When did Martin Luther King Jr. give his “I Have A Dream Speech”?

What is Aug. 28, 1963



400

What year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?

What is 1863?

400

He won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany.

Who is Jesse Owens?



500

Who didn't give up their seat to a white man on a Montgomery Bus in 1955?

Who is Rosa Parks

500

During her run for president, three separate assassination attempts were made this candidate... 

Who is Shirley Chisholm

500

This black hair entrepreneur invented the hot comb.

Who is Madame CJ Walker?

600

This is what HBCU stand for.

What is "Historically Black College and University?"

600

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


600

Who wrote Lift Every Voice and Sing, The Negro National Anthem? 

Who is James Weldon Johnson?

700

The inventor of peanut butter.

Who is George Washington Carver?


700

The first black woman to own a TV studio.

Who is Oprah Winfrey?

700

The first woman and first Black American to run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.

Who is Shirley Chisholm?

800

Booker T. Washington was the founder and president of what educational institution?


Tuskegee Institute

800

This movie told the story of African-American women and their role at NASA

What is Hidden Figures?

800

When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?

What is 1926

900

He started the "Back to Africa Movement" and was later deported back to his homeland in Jamaica.



Who is Marcus Garvey?


900

Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?

Who is Jackie Robinson

900

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

1000

First African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.

Who is Thurgood Marshall?

1000

This Constitutional Amendment gave Blacks equal protection under the law....



What is the 14th amendment

1000

What organization formed Feb. 12, 1909?

What is "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"

M
e
n
u