Music
Who made history with the first rap song to win Grammy Awards for Song and Record of the Year in 2019?
Childish Gambino - This is America
Who was the first black female millionaire?
Madam C.J. Walker
This amendment abolished slavery "within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
The 13th Amendment
Martin Luther King Jr.
Which city is known as the birthplace of hip-hop?
The Bronx, New York
What was the first widely distributed label to be owned, operated, and marketed to African Americans?
Motown Records
Targeted social issues in America and created a voice for African-American people through their messages
NASA’s first black female engineer?
Mary Jackson
She was successful and in 1958 was promoted to aerospace engineer.
The Aerospace Industry began in 1903.
Who co-invented the first version of a Home Security Surveillance System?
Mary Van Brittan Brown
In 1966, an African American nurse Mary Van Brittan Brown, devised an early security unit for her own home. She spent many nights at home alone in Queens, New York with high rates of crime in her neighborhood.
Brown invented a system that used a camera that could slide into and look through four peepholes in her front door. The camera’s view would then appear on a monitor in her home.
Which historically black sorority was founded second?
Delta Sigma Theta
Which city became a focal point of the Civil Rights Movement due to the violent confrontations between protesters and law enforcement?
Birmingham, Alabama
What was the name of the African American dance and music style that originated in the African American communities of New Orleans?
Jazz
What was Muhammad Ali's original name?
Cassius Clay
In what year was interracial marriage legalized in the U.S.?
1967
What was Black History Month Previously known as?
Negro History Week
Where was Black Wall Street located?
Tulsa, OK
In 1989, what now-actor won the first Grammy Award for a rap performance—but boycotted the awards because they wouldn’t show the rap category on TV?
Will Smith
Who wrote “Lift Every Voice & Sing” aka the "The Black National Anthem"?
James Weldon Johnson
This song was written at a crucial time (1900) in American history, when Jim Crow was replacing slavery, and African Americans were searching for an identity of their own.
What was the first HBCU in the U.S. to officially issue degrees to African Americans?
Lincoln University
What summer holiday commemorates the emancipation of Black slaves in the U.S.?
Juneteenth
The first Jim Crow law segregated train passengers. Where was it passed?
Tennessee
How many GRAMMY nominations does Beyonce have?
88
Who was the civil rights activist and leader of the Nation of Islam who advocated for black nationalism and self-defense?
Malcolm X
What landmark Supreme Court case in 1954 declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
What national holiday falls on February 11th?
National Inventors Day
Day to celebrate the Contributions of Black Inventors. Every year on February 11th, we celebrate National Inventors Day to honor the individuals who have made significant contributions to our world through their inventions and innovations.
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