Black History Month
Women
Women
As a 6-year-old, I entered an all-white school.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
He was the first black President.
Who is Barack Obama?
Which baseball team did Jackie Robinson play for?
What is the Brooklyn Dodgers?
Who had a dream that all people will be equal?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century. He can be thanked for PB&J's
Who is George Washington Carver?
Who was the first Black model to be featured on the cover of GQ magazine?
Who is Tyra Banks
Who started Negro History Week in 1926?
A. Martin Luther King Jr.
B. Malcom X
C. Carter G. Woodson
Carter G. Woodson
Gymnastic legend, who won 14 World Gymnastics medals, (most in U.S. history), won five gold medals at the World Championships in 2019 and broke the record of 25 medals by any male or female gymnast.
Who is Simone Biles?
These are the colors that represent Black History Month.
What is red, green, black and yellow.
Who created the Carbon Filament for the Light Bulb?
A. Lewis Latimer
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Thomas Edison
Who is Lewis Latimer?
Who is the first Black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice?
A. Ketanji Brown
B. Sonia Sotomayor
C. Ilhan Omar
Who is Ketanji Brown
Who was a self-taught engineer that became the first major Black video game engineer and designer. He also created the first cartridge-based video game console :
A. Lewis Latimer
B. Jerry Lawson
C. Guion Bluford
Who is Jerry Lawson?
How many times did Kobe Bryant win the NBA Championship?
What is 5 times?
What year was the Loving Act (Loving v. Virginia) passed?
What is 1967?
Who is the self-educated astronomer, mathematician, and farmer? He is perhaps best known for a series of almanacs he published.
A. Garrison Keillor
B. Benjamin Banneker
C. Eli Whitney
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
Who was NASA's first black woman engineer?
Who is Mary Jackson?
Who is the first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first black head of state?
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This famous Black athlete won 4 medals in the Berlin Olympics
A. Usain Bolt
B. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens
C. George Poage
Who is James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens ?
Which President officially recognized Black History Month?
A. President Gerald Ford
B. President Jimmy Carter
C. President Richard Nixon
President Gerald Ford
Who blazed a trail for Black inventors with their patents, including those for a hair-straightening product, a breathing device, a revamped sewing machine and an improved traffic signal.
A. Alexander Miles
B. Marie Van Brittan Brown
C. Garrett Morgan
Who is Garrett Morgan?
The “Queen of Soul" ranked No.1 in Rolling Stone’s “200 Greatest Singers of All Time”. Her music inspired generations of singers after her, including Mary J. Blige and Whitney Houston
Who is Aretha Franklin?
Who was the Black leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of Black nationalism.
Who was Malcolm X?
At what age did Serena Williams win her first U.S. Open?
What is 17 years old
Which state was the last to abolish slavery?
Double Jeopardy: What year was it OFFICIALLY ratified in that state?
What is Mississippi
Which black inventor coined the term that included his name? "The real ____"
Elijah “The Real” McCoy