Black History 101
Who was the first African American to sail around the world?
Bill Pickney
Her book Color Purple won the Pulitzer prize. Who is the author?
Alice Walker
What did the proclamation do?
Free the slaves
Thousands attend the funeral for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. At what church was the memorial service held?
Ebenezer Baptist Church
What was the historic march on Washington in 1963 called?
The march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Jesse Jackson founded the organization called PUSH, what does the name stand for?
People united to save humanity
Who was considered a pioneer for African American writers? He is best known for his novels Native Son, Black Boy and The Outsider.
Richard Wright
Name the research chemist who invented medicines to treat the eye disease Glaucoma and developed inexpensive ways to make cortisone.
Percy Lavon Julian
The first Black-owned and operated hospital in America, was founded by whom in 1891?
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
What was the slave voyage to the Americas known as?
Middle Passage
Tommie Smith and John Carlos were best known for.
Black power salute
Who was the first African American woman to hold a pilot license and first American to earn an international pilot's license?
Bessie Coleman
What was one of the most successful Black economies in American history known as?
Black Wall Street
Who wrote the book Roots that was made into a TV series lol
Alex Haley
Who was the first black person to become an admiral in the U.S. Navy?
Samuel L. Gravely, Jr.
I scored 100 points in an NBA game.
Wilt Chamberlain
In 1978, at the age of 19, he became the youngest record producer in Warner Bros. history.
Bill Bentley
November 1945 was the date this well-known black magazine went on sale. Name the magazine.
Ebony
Langston Hughes is known for his what?
Leader of the Harlem Renaissance
Stevie Wonder blind writer, composer and singer helped to make this a national holiday
MLK Day
This woman was a seamstress by trade. She refused to give her seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
Rosa Parks
Who was the first black person to win an (Oscar) academy award?
Hattie McDaniel
What do Thomas Bradley, Harold Washington and Coleman Young have in common?
They are the first African American mayors of Los Angeles, Chicago and Detroit.
Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation?
President Abraham Lincoln
Name the NBA star that was picked number 1 in the basketball draft. He went from high school basketball to the pros without playing any college ball
Moses Malone