Art & Entertainment
Who wrote and performed the song “Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud”?
James Brown
Who was the principal at Tuskegee Institute who recruited and hired George Washington Carver?
Booker T. Washington
What was the name of the bus boycott organized after Rosa Parks’ arrest?
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who became the first Black player in the NHL?
Willie O'Ree
Who was the director of the National Swine Flu Immunization Program?
Delano Meriwether
What Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda features African American actors as key founding fathers?
Hamilton
What organization formed by Marcus Garvey promoted racial pride and self-improvement?
Universal Negro Improvement Association
Which landmark Supreme Court case declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
Who was the first African American woman to become a NASCAR driver?
Tia Norfleet
Who discovered a passage through the Sierra Nevada in the early 1800s?
James Beckwourth
What television series was produced by Shonda Rhimes and featured a Black woman as the lead character?
Scandal
Who was the leader of the Nation of Islam who first preached economic independence for African Americans?
Elijah Muhammad
Who was the civil rights leader known for the phrase "By any means necessary"?
Malcolm X
Who was the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy?
Ernie Davis
Who prepared the blueprints for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone?
Lewis Latimer