Women
The first Black vice president of the United States.
a) Kamala Harris
b) Shonda Rhimes
c) Michelle Obama
Who is a)Kamala Harris
She is the first Black woman to headline Coachella, the first solo artist to chart number one on the album charts six times in a row; the first woman to win six Grammy Awards in one night; has the most total Grammy nominations of any female artist; is the first Black entertainer to cover Sports Illustrated amongst many other accolades.
a) Aretha Franklin
b) Lauryn Hill
c) Beyonce
Who is c) Beyonce
Who was the first black man to win a NASCAR race?
a) Dale Jarrett
b) Dale Earnhardt Jr.
c) Wendell Scott
Who is c) Wendell Scott
He founded the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), attended Harvard and also wrote the book, "The Souls of Black Folk"
a) Malcom X
b) Fredrick Douglass
c) Dr. W.E.B. DuBois
Who is c) Dr. W.E.B. DuBois
He portrayed James Evans Jr. ("J.J."), the older son of Florida and James Evans Sr., on the CBS television series Good Times, which ran from 1974 to 1979.
a) Jimmie Walker
b) Emmanuel Lewis
c) Ralph Walker
Who is a) Jimmie Walker
She wrote the poem "Still I Rise" and the book, I know why the caged bird sings.
a) Lauryn Hill
b) Maya Angelou
c) Toni Morrison
Who is b) Maya Angelou
What is the name of the influential record label founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. in Detroit, which played a pivotal role in the development of Motown music?
a) Uptown Records
b) Motown Records
c) Downtown Records
What is b) Motown Records
This famous African-American won 4 medals in the Berlin Olympics.
a) Larry Bird
b) Jesse Owens
c) Lebron James
Who is b) Jesse Owens
This group was the first Black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps (AAC), a precursor of the U.S. Air Force. They flew more than 15,000 individual flights in Europe and North Africa during World War II. Their impressive performance earned them more than 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses, and helped encourage the eventual integration of the U.S. armed forces.
a) AirForce Airmen
b) Tuskegee Airmen
c) Sky Airmen
Who are the b) Tuskegee Airmen
Who became the first Black American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film “Lilies of the Field” in 1963 also playing Walter Lee Younger in the 1961 movie film "Raisin in the Sun"?
a) Chadwick Boseman
b) Denzel Washington
c) Sidney Poitier
Who is c) Sidney Poitier
She helped 300 slaves escape to freedom and was known as the conductor of the Underground Railroad.
a) Coretta Scott King
b) Suge Avery
c) Harriet Tubman
Who is c) Harriet Tubman?
This superstar developed his stage name as a reference to New York's J/Z Subway which has a stop in Brooklyn.
a) LL Cool J
b) 50 cent
c) Jay-Z
Who is c) Jay-Z
In 19676 and 1967, he became the first Black umpire in Major League Baseball and to work an All-Star Game. 1970 he earned the same distinction in the World Series, appearing in all five games.
a) Emmett Ashford
b) Hank Aaron
c) Barry Bonds
Who is a) Emmett Ashford
This historian started Negro history week, later renamed Black History Month in 1976. He was also notably the second African American to graduate from Harvard University with a doctorate degree.
a) Martin Luther King Jr.
b) Carter G. Woodson
c) Booker T. Washington
Who is b) Carter G. Woodson
American television producer and screenwriter, Inducted into the Television Hall of Fame and NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame. The showrunner—creator, head writer, and executive producer of "Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, and Scandal becoming the first woman to create three television dramas that have achieved the 100 episode milestone.
a) Tasha Smith
b) Oprah Winfrey
c) Shonda Rhimes
who is c) Shonda Rhimes
The first female African-American Billionaire.
a) Janice Bryant
b) Melody Gibson
c) Oprah Winfrey
Who is c) Oprah Winfrey
Who is known as the “Godfather of Soul” and is famous for hits like “I Got You I Feel Good” and “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”?
a) Jay-Z
b) Stevie Wonder
c) James Brown
Who is c) James Brown
This African American sports television personality, sports radio host, and sports journalist of "First Take" on ESPN and graduated from HBCU Winston Salem State University.
a) Jalen Rose
b) Shannon Sharpe
c) Stephen A. Smith
Who is c) Stephen A. Smith
Beginning in the 1870, this was a legal system that mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in states of the former Confederate States of America and in some others.
a) Potato Chip Law
b) Marshall Law
c) Jim Crow Laws
What are c) Jim Crow Laws
What movie is a historical war drama about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the Union Army's earliest African-American regiments in the American Civil War. Starred Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, and Denzel Washington.
a) Remember the Titans
b) The Help
c) Glory
What is c) Glory
The year Loretta Lynch become the first African American women to be a U.S Attorney General.
a) 1981
b) 2002
c) 2015
What is 2015
Which Civil Rights Movement activist, known for her powerful singing voice, was also called the “Queen of Gospel”?
a) Lorreta Scott King
b) Patrisse Cullors
c) Mahalia Jackson
Who is c) Mahalia Jackson
Virginia Tech Football athlete, 3 time ACC championship winner, and Lexington, NC native.
a) Josh Bush
b) Cory Holt
c) Cameron Newton
Who is b) Cory Holt
In the wake of the assassination of Black nationalist Malcolm X, this political organization was founded in 1966, dressed in black berets and black leather jackets.
a) Black Panthers/Black Panther Party
b) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
c) Freedom Writers
Who are the a) Black Panthers/Black Panther Party
In 2018, this person became the first athlete and black person to win an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film for his film, Dear Basketball. He was a credited writer for the project.
a) Kobe Bryant
b) Damian Lillard
c) Shaquille O' Neal
Who is a) Kobe Bryant