Black History Inventions
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Black History Trivia
300
Who was known for creating the world's first hair-straightening formula?
Madam C.J Walker
300
Who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
300
Who was the first African American to become president in 2009?
Barack Obama
300
What ingredient did George Washington Carver make 300 foods with?
Peanuts
300
Who created the Black Panthers?
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
400
Which African American Inventor added the carbon filament to the light bulb?
Lewis Latimer
400
What African American track star received 4 gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936?
Jesse Owens
400
Who was the first African American in the Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshal
400
Who was the first African American to earn a medical degree?
Dr. James McCune Smith
400
What Harlem theatre is a showcase for African-American talent, since 1934
The Apollo Theatre
500
What African American Inventor created potato chips?
George Crum
500
This African American gymnast has dominated the Summer Olympics the last 8 years.
Simone Biles
500
What was the name of the first Black owned and operated medical institution in the US?
Provident Hospital
500
What year and who was the first African American woman go to space?
Mae Jamison; 10/17/1956
500
Booker T Washington was the founder and president of what educational institution?
Tuskegee Institute
600
What African American Inventor created the induction telegraph system?
Granville T. Woods
600
Which African American athlete was first known as Cassius Clay?
Muhammad Ali
600
Who was the first African American police officer?
Samuel Jesse Battle
600
What African American scientist created the blood bank
Dr. Charles Drew
600
What poet shared a poem at President Obama's inauguration?
Maya Angelou
800
What African American Inventor created automatic refrigerated air-cooling units for trucks, trains, ships, and planes?
Frederick McKinley Jones
800
He was the first African American player selected to the United States Davis Cup team, and the only African American man ever to win the singles titles at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open. He retired in 1980.
Arthur Ashe
800
What year was Black History Month officially recognized?
1976
800
What African American scientist performed the first open heart surgery in 1893?
Daniel Hale Williams
800
Who developed the Blalock Taussig shunt for cyanotic congenital heart disease?
Vivien Thomas
1000
Who invented the 3-way traffic light?
Garrett A. Morgan
1000
Who was the first African American golfer in the PGA?
Charlie Sifford
1000
What organization, in Oakland, implemented the countries first free breakfast in school in 1969.
Black Panthers
1000
He was the first person to identify the chemical composition of bioluminescence
Emmett Chappelle
1000
What is the name of the first Black Greek fraternity for college students?
Alpha Phi Alpha