Black History Trivia
Who was the first African American to win a Nobel Peace Prize?
Ralph Bunche
Who invented a machine to make shoes quickly?
Jan nErnst Matzeliger
She was the Lady World Figure Skating Championship in 1986
Debbie Thomas
In 1953, Ralph Ellison received the National Book Award for what book
Invisible Man
The journey from Africa across the Atlantic Ocean was known as
The Middle Passage
Who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin Germany
Jesse Owens
He was held in such high regard, his invention was called the "real McCoy"
Elijah McCoy
Who holds the record of 100 points in a single NBA game
Wilt Chamberlain
Boasting twelve number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, what female singing group was the most successful American vocal group af all times
The Supremes
What crop was most profitable for slaves to work?
Cotton
What former slave published the newspaper "the North Star"
Frederick Douglass
African American who invented the lawn mower
Edward Beard Budding
Who was the pitcher in the Negro Baseball League elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971
Satchel Paige
What was Chubby Checker's longest-running song on there top "40" chart?
The Twist
Which slaves did the Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863n legally free?
It freed slaves where their owners were in rebellion
Who founded Then Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
Booker T. Washington
She invented the folding cabinet bed
Sarah Goode
What tennis c champion and golfer earned her place in the Black Hall of Fame
Althea nGibson
She was the first African American to publish her writings
Phyllis Wheatly
Who brought the first African Americans to American
Spanish
In February, he was elected the first Black President of Harvard Law School Review
Barack Obama
Received a patent for his invention of the mop
Thomas W Stewart
What African American sports legend was commemorated by a postage stamp in 1982
Jackie Robinson
SHE WAS AN AMERICAN SINGER, SONG WRITER, ACTRESS, PIANIST AND A CILVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST
ARETHA LOUISE FRANKLIN
What was there first state to abolish slavery
Rhode Island in 1774