BLACK HISTORY 1
This is first black Greek fraternity for college students?
a. Phi Beta Sigma
b. Alpha Phi Alpha
c. Omega Psi Phi
What is Alpha Phi Alpha?
She was the first African-American chosen as Miss America?
a. Misty Copeland
b. Dominique Dawes
c. Vanessa Williams
Who is Vanessa Williams?
This President recognized Black History Month in 1976?
a. Barack Obama
b. Gerald Ford
c. Bill Clinton
Who is Gerald Ford?
This person is the First African American to be on a U.S. postage stamp
a. Booker T. Washington
b. Medgar Evers
c. Harriet Tubman
Who is Booker T. Washington?
She was the first Black woman to own a TV studio?
A. Michelle Obama
B. Oprah Winfrey
C. Zendaya
B. Oprah Winfrey
This person invented the three-position traffic signal in 1923 that includes the yellow light?
a. Elon Musk
b. Garrett Morgan
c. Benjamin Franklin
Who is Garrett A. Morgan?
This person invented 100 of products using peanuts, but not peanut butter.
a. Garrett Morgan
b. George Washington Carver
c. Booker T. Washington
Who is George Washington Carver?
She was the first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress?
a. Berry
b. McDaniel
c. Houston
Who is Halle Berry?
Booker T. Washington was the founder and president of this educational institution.
Tuskegee Institute
She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Dreamgirls?
Who is Jennifer Hudson?
This Harlem theatre is a showcase for African- American talent
A. The Apollo
B. The Hollywood Bowl
C. The Ryman
The Apollo
This amendment to the constitution abolished slavery?
A. The 5th Amendment
B. The 26th Amendment
C. The 13th Amendment
C. The 13th Amendment
She was the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet?
a. Dominique Dawes
b. Janet Jackson
c. Misty Copeland
Who is Misty Copeland?
This was the first Black owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
a. Nickelodeon
b. BET-Black Entertainment Television
c. Oprah Winfrey Network OWN
BET- Black Entertainment Television
Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play major league baseball for what team?
What is the Brooklyn Dodgers?
He is the first African American to win an Academy Award in a leading role?
a. Poitier
b. Glover
c. Davis, Jr.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
He supported the "Back to Africa Movement", and was later deported to his homeland of Jamaica.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
This American author and historian was responsible for starting Black History week?
a. Wilson
b. Woodson
c. Douglass
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This was the nickname for the all Black 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps which escorted Allied Bombers through European airspace on 1,578 missions during World War II?
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?
Who is Lauryn Hill?
They were the black soldiers who primarily fought in the West after the Civil War.
Who were Buffalo Soldiers?
This case resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that no black-free or slave could be a US citizen?
What is the Dred Scott case?
I was a medical doctor and a scientist. I was very interested in solving the problem of storing and using blood for transfusions. I developed a process for removing plasma from blood.
Who is Charles Drew?
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 my political career fighting for equal opportunities in education and social justice. Who am I?
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This scientist and mathematician helped design the blueprints for Washington DC.
a. Washington-Carver
b.Redding
c. Banneker
Who is Benjamin Banneker?