Black History Inventions
Black History Sports
Black History Accomplishments
Black History Science
General
100
This self made millionaire invented a cream to help hair grow back
Madam C.J Walker
100
Who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
100
Who was the first African American to become president in 2009?
Barack Obama
100
What ingredient did George Washington Carver make 300 foods with?
Peanuts
100
Who is the main character in the Black Panthers?
T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman)
200
Which African American Inventor added the carbon filament to the light bulb?
Lewis Latimer
200
What African American track star received 4 gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936?
Jesse Owens
200
What was Rosa Parks arrested for on December 1, 1955?
Not giving up her seat on a city bus for a White person
200
Who was the first African American to earn a medical degree?
Dr. James McCune Smith
200
What Harlem theatre is a showcase for African-American talent, since 1934
The Apollo Theatre
300
What African American Inventor created potato chips?
George Crum
300
This African American gymnast has dominated the Summer Olympics the last 8 years.
Simone Biles
300
Where was Martin Luther King, Jr. born?
Atlanta, Georgia
300
What year and who was the first African American woman to go to space?
Mae Jamison; 10/17/1956
300
Booker T Washington was the founder and president of what educational institution?
Tuskegee Institute
400
What African American Inventor created the induction telegraph system?
Granville T. Woods
400
Which African American athlete was first known as Cassius Clay?
Muhammad Ali
400
When was the 13th Amendment passed?
1865
400
What did Dr. Charles Drew invent?
The blood bank
400
What poet shared a poem at President Obama's inauguration?
Maya Angelou
500
What African American Inventor created automatic refrigerated air-cooling units for trucks, trains, ships, and planes?
Frederick McKinley Jones
500
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
500
Who was the most famous "conductor" of the Underground Railroad, helping hundreds of enslaved people escape to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
500
George Washington Carver studied many fields of science, including ______, the study of plants and how they grow.
a. biology
b. botany
c. chemistry
d. zoology
a. botany
500
Who was the main character in Fresh Prince, Shark Tales & Disney's Aladdin
Will Smith
600
Who invented the 3-way traffic light?
Garrett A. Morgan
600
Famous African American golfer, many consider him to be the the greatest of all time
Tiger Woods
600
Where was Juneteenth first celebrated?
Galveston, Texas
600
He was the first person to identify the chemical composition of bioluminescence
Emmett Chappelle
600
What is the name of the first Black Greek fraternity for college students?
Alpha Phi Alpha