BHM GENERAL
Which American Baptist minister & civil rights activist delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963?
Martin Luther King, Jr
From 2009 to 2017 who became the first African American elected president of the USA?
Barack Obama (Barack Hussein Obama II)
Which former world heavyweight boxing champion was widely known by the nickname "the Greatest", who transcended sports to become a global icon?
Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay)
Who is the most decorated female black gymnast of all time?
Simone Biles
In 2009 who was the first African-American woman to serve as first lady to the president of the United States?
Michelle Obama
The United Kingdom and Ireland celebrate Black History Month in October but which 2 countries celebrate it in February?
USA & Canada
Who holds the record for the most Academy Awards won by a Black actor?
Denzel Washington
Which mixed martial artist became the youngest champion in UFC history at the age of 23 On March 19, 2011, at UFC 128?
Jon Jones (Jonathan Dwight Jones)
Who is the only female tennis player to win three singles gold medals at 3 different Olympic Games?
Venus Williams
In 2020 who became the first African American elected vice president of the USA?
Kamala Harris
In 2020, the death of George Floyd led to mass protests in the United States, happened in which state?
Minnesota
From 1994-1999 who was South Africa's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election?
Nelson Mandela
Which mens American track and field athlete made history at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Nazi Germany by becoming the first track and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympics?
Jesse Owens (James Cleveland Owens)
Which female American track and field legend set world records in 1988 for the 100m and 200m sprints which are still undefeated to this day?
Florence Griffith Joyner (Flo Jo)
Which female activist coined the phrase "Black Lives Matter" in a 2013 Facebook post following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, after which fellow activist Patrisse Cullors turned the phrase into the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag?
Alicia Garza
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded 115 years ago on February 12, 1909 but in which US city?
New York City (NY)
Which male American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman was the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century?
Frederick Douglass
Who became the first black tennis player to win the Men's Singles final at Wimbledon in 1975 where he defeated Jimmy Connors?
Arthur Ashe
Who won the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2024, she plays for Zambia and Orlando Pride?
Barbra Banda
Which leading female abolitionist is famous for freeing hundreds of slaves and worked for the union army as a cook and nurse before becoming an armed scout and spy in the American Civil War between 1861-1865?
Harriet Tubman
The statement “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” was uttered by which athlete in 2016?
Colin Kaepernick
Which then 25-year-old male activist 1965 led Selma to Montgomery Marches, where he was brutally beaten by police on "Bloody Sunday" but ultimately helped secure the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which outlawed discriminatory voting practices?
John Lewis
Who became the very first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947?
Jackie Robinson (Jack Roosevelt Robinson)
Who became the first black female tennis player to win at Wimbledon in 1957?
Althea Gibson
Which female writer who died in 1931 was granted a posthumous Pulitzer award in 2020 for her courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence of lynching against African Americans during her time?
Ida B. Wells