Black History in Entertainment
Who is the first Black woman to win the award for "Song of the Year" at the Country Music Awards? (BONUS 100 points: In what year, and for what song?)
Tracy Chapman was the first Black woman to win the award for "Song of the Year" at the Country Music Awards, for her song "Fast Car" in 2023.
Who was the first African American player in Major League Baseball?
Jack Roosevelt ("Jackie") Robinson
Who was the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress?
Shirley Chisholm (1968)
In what year did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington?
1963
Who said, "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Beyoncé is the first Black woman to have a number 1 song on the Billboard Country Music charts, for her song "Texas Hold 'Em."
Who was the first Black athlete to win a Professional Golf Association (PGA) championship?
Tiger Woods
Who was the first African American to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State?
A major catalyst for the Civil Rights movement occurred when this Black activist was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on the bus to a white man.
Rosa Parks
Who said, "The cost of liberty is less than the cost of oppression"?
W.E.B. DuBois
Who was the first African American to win an Oscar for Best Actor at the Academy Awards?
Who was the first Black professional tennis player to win the U.S. Open?
Arthur Ashe (1968)
Who was the first African American to be featured on a U.S. postage stamp?
Booker T. Washington
2013
Michelle Obama
Who was the first African American to win a Grammy?
Ella Fitzgerald (1958)
What famous Black athlete is the all-time leading scorer in the NBA?
Lebron James
Which author became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature? (Hint: She's well-known for her classic novels "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye"!)
Toni Morrison
Who changed history by being the first Black child to start integration by attending an all-white school in the South? (BONUS: In what year?)
Ruby Bridges (1960)
Who said, "Nothing in life that's worth anything is easy"?
Barack Obama
The first African American to win an EGOT was Whoopi Goldberg in 2002. The first Black man to win an EGOT was John Legend in 2018.
What gymnast has the most Olympic medals in the history of U.S. gymnastics, male or female?
Maya Angelou
In what year was the Civil Rights Act, which outlawed segregation, enacted?
1964
Who said, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress"?
Frederick Douglass