Music
Who was the first black woman to win a Grammy in the country music category?
Beyonce
Who was the poet who wrote and recited "The Hill We Climb" at President Biden's inauguration?
Amanda Gorman
Who was the first black female vice president?
Kamala Harris
Simone Biles is the most decorated athlete in which sport?
Gymnastics
What was the network of secret routes used by enslaved African Americans to escape into free states?
The Underground Railroad
Which artist released the groundbreaking album "To Pimp a Butterfly" in 2015
Who was the star in the first Black Panther movie?
Chadwick Boseman
What amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
Who holds the men's 100-meter sprint world record with a time of 9.58 seconds?
Usain Bolt
Who was the first black woman in space?
Mae C. Jemison
Which music genre, known for turntables and sampling, was started in Bronx, New York, during the 1970s?
Hip Hop
Which poet, memorist, and author wrote "Still I Rise" and "I Know Why the Caged Birds Sing"
Maya Angelou
Which cultural movement centered in New York City during the 1920s and 1930s was a revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics, and scholarship?
The Harlem Renaissance
Who was the first African-American to win the Most Valuable Player award in baseball?
Jackie Robinson
Which court case ended legal segregation in public schools?
Brown v. Board of Education
Who is the famous jazz musician known for his trumpet playing and his songs "What a Wonderful World" and "Hello, Dolly"?
Louis Armstrong
Who wrote the book "Roots," which was later turned into a TV series, and also wrote "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"?
Alex Haley
Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Which American heavyweight fighter, formerly named Cassius Clay, is considered the best of all time?
Muhammad Ali
Which president offically recognized Black History Month?
President Gerald Ford
Who was the first black woman to be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame?
Aretha Franklin
Which Black director is known for the movies "Selma," "13th," and "A Wrinkle in Time"?
Ava DuVernay
What year was black history MONTH officially recognized?
1976
Which basketball player did Lebron James surpass in all time career points?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People