Women Making History
HBCUs
Who Am I?
Music & Entertainment
100
Who was the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field - in the 1960 Olympics for the 100 and 200 meters and the 400 meter relay?
1. Wilma Glodean Rudolph
2. Cathy Freeman
3. Marion Jones
4. Shelly Ann Fraser- Pryce
Wilma Glodean Rudolph (1940 - 1994)
Wilma Glodean Rudolph was an American sprinter born in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee, who became a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.
100
What does HBCU stand for?
Historically Black College and University
100
I am an American Civil Rights activist, I began using the phrase, “Me too,” on Twitter in an effort to raise awareness about sexual assault and sexual abuse. Who am I?
1. Angela Davis
2. Ida B. Wells
3. Kathleen Cleaver
4. Tarana Burke 
4. Tarana Burke
Tarana Burke In 2006, Tarana Burke, an American Civil Rights activist, began using the phrase, “Me too,” on Twitter in an effort to raise awareness about sexual assault and sexual abuse. However, it was something that she wishes she had said to other survivors of sexual assault before then- that they were not alone. That she too had survived. It is what moved her to create Just Be, Inc. to help promote mental and physical wellness amongst marginalized women and young girls. “Me too,” became a movement after the use of the hashtag gained popularity when actresses began coming forward with their experiences in Hollywood. Along with others, Tarana Burke was named “Person of the Year” by Time Magazine in 2017. As the Senior Director of the non-profit Girls for Gender Equality in Brooklyn, New York, she helps create opportunities for young Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) to overcome the many hurdles that they face. Through GGE, Ms. Burke tackles issues of sexism, poverty, racial injustices, transphobia, homophobia, and harassment.
100
Which of the following songs is NOT a song by TLC?
1. Creep
2. Waterfalls
3. Say My Name
4. No Scrubs
3. Say My Name
200
Who is the dancer, singer, fund raiser, author, and poet who read a specially-composed poem at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993?
1. Marita Koch
2. Maya Angelou
3. Gwendolyn Brooks
4. Langston Hughes
Maya Angelou (1928)
Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.
200
What was the first historically black college in America?
1. Lincoln University
2. Howard University
3. Cheyney University
4. Wiley College
3. Cheyney University (founded in February of 1837)
200
At the age of three, I began playing the piano by ear. During the period in the United States known as the Civil Rights Era my music reflected the anger that other Black Americans felt as they fought for their freedom and rights. I recorded more than forty albums, earning four Grammy Award nominations and received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2002. Who am I?
1. Lauryn Hill
2. Nina Simone
3. Aretha Franklin
4. Patti Labelle
2. Nina Simone
Dr. Nina Simone (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) At the age of three, Nina Simone, born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, began playing the piano by ear. Her talent was undeniable as she could play almost anything she heard on the piano. Her parents allowed her to play the piano at her mother’s church. Soon she began studying classical piano with Muriel Mazzanovich, an Englishwoman who was living in the town of Tyron, North Carolina, where Nina Simone was born and raised. Under Mazzanovich’s instruction, Nina became well-versed in the classical music of Johann Sebastian Bach whose style she fused with pop, jazz, and gospel to create her unique sound. And during the period in the United States known as the Civil Rights Era (1064 – 1974), her music reflected the anger that she and other Black Americans felt as they fought for their freedom and rights. The existence of racism had been obvious to Dr. Simone at a young age. Despite her talent (she studied at Julliard in New York) and her intelligence – Simone was valedictorian of her class in high school – she was denied admission to the Curtis Institute of Music because she was Black. But she did not let that stop her. In fact, Simone went on to record more than forty albums, earning four Grammy Award nominations and receiving a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2002 for her work. Additionally, she received three honorary degrees from Malcolm X College and Amherst College, and a third which was granted nine days before she died, from the school that rejected her, the Curtis Institute of Music.
200
Which city is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of Hip Hop?
1. The Bronx, NYC
2. Compton, LA
3. Brooklyn, NYC
4. Houston, TX
1. The Bronx, NYC
300
She was a revolutionary American educator. This former Black Panther has fought for race, class and gender equality over the years. She authored one of the of the most distinguished books in the field of women’s studies called Women, Race & Class.
1. Susan Rice
2. Angela Davis
3. Kathleen Cleaver
4. Val Demings
Who is Angela Davis?
300
Which is not a historically black medical school?
1. Meharry Medical College
2. Morehouse School of Medicine
3. Howard University School of Medicine
4. Tuskegee University
4. Tuskegee University
300
I was a pioneer of the 1950 civil rights movement. On March 2, 1955 I was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up my set to a white women. Who am I?
1. Rosa Parks
2. Claudette Colvin
3. Ida B. Wells
4. Ella Baker
2. Claudett Colvin
Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin Claudette Colvin is a retired American nurse aide who was a pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus
300
1. Secretary for the Department of Defense
2. Invented America First Clock
3. Her Calculations helped NASA Space Program
4. She was the first Black Female Astronaut
Her Calculations helped NASA Space Program
400
Which of the following was the first African American female elected to the U.S. Senate?
1. Carol Moseley Braun
2. Kamala D. Harris
3. Karen Bass
4. Sheila Jackson Lee
Moseley Braun was the first African-American female elected to the U.S. Senate, the first African-American U.S. Senator from the Democratic Party, the first woman to defeat an incumbent U.S. Senator in an election, and the first female U.S. Senator from Illinois.
400
Which HBCU did Oprah Winfrey attend?
1. North Carolina A&T
2. Tennessee State University
3. Tuskegee
4. Fisk
2. Tennessee State University
400
I was the first African-American woman Pilot. Who am I?
1. Bessie Coleman
2. Asli Hassan Abade
3. Madeline Swegle
4. Stephanie Johnson
1. Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman pilot. She had humble beginnings. Her father was a sharecropper (one who pays living expenses by farming on land owned by someone else) in Texas and she was a one of 13 children. She walked four miles every day to school. As an adult, Bessie became interested in aviation (flying) after hearing stories from World War I veterans. Aviation schools in the United States would not admit women or black people so Bessie studied and earned her pilot’s license in Europe. When she returned, she was known as Queen Bessie and earned a living by doing air acrobatics. She died at the age of 34, doing the thing she loved most – flying
400
The phrase "Bye Felicia" came from which movie?
1. Waiting to Exhale
2. Friday
3. Us
4. Crooklyn
2. Friday
500
She sang at the 1963 March on Washington right before Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have A Dream” speech.
1. Josephine Baker
2. Lena Horne
3. Billie Holiday
4. Mahalia Jackson
Who is Mahalia Jackson?
The Queen of Gospel, is known as one of the greatest musicians in American history. Jackson sang at the 1963 March on Washington right before Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have A Dream” speech. While giving his speech, Jackson interjected with “Tell them about the dream, Martin.” Jackson’s words led King to improvise the pivotal latter part of his speech.
500
Which HBCU is located in the state of Texas?
1. Langston University
2. Morehouse College
3. Prairie View A & M University
4. Selma University
3. Prairie View A & M University
500
I was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana on November 14, 1960. Who am I?
1. Shirley Chisholm
2. Ruby Nell Bridges
3. Mary Church Terrell
4. Angela Davis
2. Ruby Nell Bridges
Ruby Nell Bridges Hall is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960.
500
What was the first Black owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
1. Telfar
2. BET Black Entertainment Television
3. Oprah Winfrey Network OWN
4. AJ Crimson Beauty
2. BET Black Entertainment Television
600
Who was the First and only Black Woman serve as Vice President of the United States of America.
1. Oprah Winfrey
2. Michelle Obama
3. Kamala Harris
4. Maxine Waters
Who is Kamala Harris?
Kamala Harris born on October 20, 1964 is an American politician and attorney serving as the 49th and current vice president of the United States. She is the United States' first female vice president, the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, and the first African American and first Asian American vice president.
A member of the Democratic Party, she served as a United States senator from California from 2017 to 2021, and as the attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017.
600
Which two historically black colleges played in the first college football game between black schools in 1892?
1. Morehouse College vs. Clark College
2. Howard University vs. Hampton Institute
3. Biddle University vs. Livingstone College
4. Fisk University vs. Tennessee State University
3. Biddle University vs. Livingstone College
600
I was a medical doctor and a scientist. I was very interested in solving the problem of storing and using blood for transfusions (a transfusion is done when a person is hurt or ill and needs blood restored in their body). I developed a process for removing plasma (blood without cells) from blood. Plasma can be stored much longer than whole blood. I was credited with heading two blood banks – The American Red Cross and Blood for Britain. Blood for Britain provided blood for soldiers injured in World War II.
1. James Baldwin
2. Charles Drew
3. Frederick Douglas
4. W. E. B. Du Bois
2. Dr. Charles Drew
Dr, Charles Drew (1904-1950) was a medical doctor and scientist. He was very interested in solving the problem of storing and using blood for transfusions (a transfusion is done when a person is hurt or ill and needs blood restored in their body). He developed a process for removing plasma (blood without cells) from blood. Plasma can be stored much longer than whole blood. He is credited with heading two blood banks – The American Red Cross and Blood for Britain. Blood for Britain provided blood for soldiers injured in World War II.
600
Which popular rap artist's real name is Nayvadius Wilburn?
1. Young Thug
2. Future
3. Pop Smoke
4. Snoop Dogg
2. Future
700
She was the first black artist to perform at the White House, Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera.
1. Aretha Franklin
2. Ella Fitzgerald
3. Marian Anderson
4. Della Reese
3. Marian Anderson
700
What HBCU did Kamala Harris graduate from?
1. Hampton
2. Morris Brown
3. Clark Atlanta
4. Howard
Howard University
700
I was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. I was born Sarah Breedlove. She was “the first Black woman millionaire in America” and made her fortune thanks to her homemade line of hair care products for Black women. Who am I?
1. Mary McLeod Bethune
2. Shirley Chisholm
3. Phillis Wheatley
4. Madam C.J. Walker
4. Madam C. J. Walker
Madam C.J. Walker (1867-1919) was born Sarah Breedlove. She was the first female self-made millionaire. She was one of five children and the first to be born after the end of slavery. In her early years, she did not receive formal education and was married at the age of 14. She worked as a washerwoman and at 35 decided she wanted something better for her life. Suffering from balding and other hair ailments, she developed a product for straightening and growing her hair – Madam CJ Walker’s Wonderful Hair Grower. She took on the name Madam CJ Walker after her second marriage to Charles Walker. Her business grew and she established the Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company.
700
Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball?
1. Jackie Robinson
2. Moses Fleetwood “Fleet” Walker
3. Willie Mays
3. Satchel Page
2. Moses Fleetwood “Fleet” Walker
On May 1, 1884, the 26-year-old Walker was the catcher for the Toledo Blue Stockings in their opening game in the then-major league American Association.
800
Who is the author who wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
1. Toni Morrison
2. Maya Angelou
3. James Baldwin
4. Terry McMillan
2. Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.
800
Alabama has the largest number of HBCU's. How many are located there?
1. 32
2. 18
3. 7
4. 15
4. 15
800
I was an American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist. His essays, collected in Notes of a Native Son, explore intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in the Western society of the United States during the mid twentieth-century
1. George Washington Carver
2. Garrett Morgan
3. James Baldwin
4. Benjamin Banneker
3. James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin was an American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist. His essays, collected in Notes of a Native Son, explore intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in the Western society of the United States during the mid twentieth-century
800
Groundbreaking director Spike Lee has made both comedies and dramas. Which of these is NOT a Spike Lee movie?
1. Boyz in the Hood
2. He Got Game
3. Miracle at St. Anna
4. Da 5 Bloods
1. Boyz in the Hood
900
Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?
1. Da Brat
2. Foxy Brown
3. Lauryn Hill
4. Missy Elliott
Lauryn Hill
900
What percent of all engineering degrees earned by African Americans come from HBCUs?
1. 25%
2. 44%
3. 60%
4. 72%
3. 60%
900
I was the first woman and first black american to run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Prior to my run for the Presidency. I made history by becoming the first black congresswoman, representing New York State in the House of Representatives for seven terms. I graduate of Brooklyn College, and earned a Masters degree in education from Columbia University. As a former teacher, I spent her political career fighting for equal opportunities in education and social justice (equality for all people no matter what our differences). Who am I?
1. Althea Gibson
2. Constance Baker Motley
3. Shirley Chisholm
4. Mae Jemison
3. Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) Before Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, there was Shirley Chisholm. Shirley Chisholm was the first woman and first black American to run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Prior to her run for the Presidency, Shirley Chisholm made history by becoming the first black Congresswoman, representing New York State in the House of Representatives for seven terms. A graduate of Brooklyn College, she earned her Masters degree in education from Columbia University. As a former teacher, she spent her political career fighting for equal opportunities in education and social justice (equality for all people no matter what our differences).
900
As a student at the Baltimore School of Performing Arts, rapper TUpac Shakur took these classes...
1. Hip-hop and poetry
2. Theater and modern dance
3. Music appreciation and film
4. Ballet and poetry
4. Ballet and poetry
(Fun fact: Jada Pinkett Smith was a classmate of his!)