Music
What actor & rapper starred in the movie Men In Black?
Will Smith
Who broke baseballs color barrier by becoming the Brooklyn Dodgers first African American baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
Who was the first woman to lead a U.S. military operation in 1863? She led a regiment in the raid on Combahee Ferry which freed some 750 enslaved people
Harriet Tubman
Which amendment abolished slavery "within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
A. 13th amendment
B. 14th amendment
C. 15th amendment
D. 16th amendment
A. 13th amendment
Which city is known as the birthplace of hip hop?
A. Bronx, New York
B. Atlanta, Georgia
C. Nashville, Tennessee
A. Bronx, New York
In 1957 Althea Gibson became the first African American to do what?
A. She joined the Ladies Professional Golf Association
B. She won the US Open tennis championship
C. She was named chairperson of the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
B. She won the US Open tennis championship
Who was the first African-American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp?
A. Martin Luther King Jr.
B. Booker T. Washington
C. Harriet Tubman
D. Barack Obama
B. Booker T. Washington
What state was the first to elect an African American governor, doing so in 1989?
A. Virginia
B. Tennessee
C. Louisiana
D. Mississippi
A. Virginia
Where was Louis Armstrong's hometown?
New Orleans
Who was the first African American female to referee in a regular season NBA game in 1997.
A. Michelle Snow
B. Lisa Leslie
C. Teresa Weatherspoon
D. Violet Palmer
D. Violet Palmer
Who was the first African American woman to become a doctor of medicine in the U.S. She was admitted into the New England Female Medical college - 1860
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
What did President Abraham Lincoln sign in 1863 declaring "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free"?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Who is the female singer to earn five gold records, and is known as the "Queen of Soul"?
Aretha Franklin
What boxer gave Muhammad Ali his first professional loss?
A. Larry Holmes
B. Joe Frazier
C. Tim Witherspoon
D. Richard Dunn
B. Joe Frazier
Who was the inventor of the first home security system in 1969? She is also credited with the invention of the first closed circuit television
Marie Van Brittan Brown
Who wrote the bestselling memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?
A. Coretta Scott King
B. Alice Walker
C. Maya Angelou
D. Michelle Obama