Black History Sports
Black History Accomplishments
Black History Science
Black History Trivia
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Who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
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What organization, in Oakland, implemented the countries first free breakfast in school in 1969.
Black Panthers
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What year and who was the first African American woman go to space?
Mae Jamison; 10/17/1956
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Who created the Black Panthers?
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
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What African American track star received 4 gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936?
Jesse Owens
2
Who was the first African American in the Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshal
2
Who was the first African American to earn a medical degree?
Dr. James McCune Smith
2
What Harlem theatre is a showcase for African-American talent, since 1934
The Apollo Theatre
3
This African American gymnast has dominated the Summer Olympics the last 8 years.
Simone Biles
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What was the name of the first Black owned and operated medical institution in the US?
Provident Hospital
3
He was the first person to identify the chemical composition of bioluminescence
Emmett Chappelle
3
Booker T Washington was the founder and president of what educational institution?
Tuskegee Institute
4
Who was the first African American golfer in the PGA?
Charlie Sifford
4
Who was the first African American female pilot?
Bessie Coleman
4
What African American scientist created the blood bank
Dr. Charles Drew
4
What poet shared a poem at President Obama's inauguration?
Maya Angelou
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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
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Who earned the nicknamed "Moses" during the enslavement of Black people in the USA?
Harriet Tubman
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What African American scientist performed the first open heart surgery in 1893?
Daniel Hale Williams
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Who developed the Blalock Taussig shunt for cyanotic congenital heart disease?
Vivien Thomas