People
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses.
Rosa Parks
Who was the first Black /African American president of the United States of America?
Barak Obama
Who is the Black man credited with officially breaking the major league color line in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
What is name of the movie about the mythical country, Wakanda.
"Black Panther"
What do the letters RAP stand for in rap music?
Rhythm and Poetry
What does the acronym HBCU stand for?
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Whose autobiography is entitled "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Maya Angelou
Who was the first African American millionaire?
Madam C. J. Walker
Who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany?
Jesse Owens
What is the name of the movie about three African American female mathematicians at NASA?
"Hidden Figures"
Who was the first woman and first African American woman to read a poem at a presidential inauguration?
Maya Angelou
Fisk University, a Historically Black College and University/HBCU, was founded in 1865 in what city and state?
Nashville, Tennessee
Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Who became the first African American female billionaire in 2004?
Oprah Winfrey
Who was the first Black woman to win the Wimbledon Title for Tennis in 1957?
Althea Gibson
What is the name of 2017 horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele.
"Get Out"
What is the name of the burst of creativity in the African American community in New York City’s Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s?
The Harlem Renaissance
There is only one History Black College and University/HBCU Kentucky. What is the name of this HBCU?
Kentucky State University
Who delivered the speech, “I Have a Dream,” in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who invented the traffic light?
Garrett Morgan
This man is the self-proclaimed “greatest boxer of all time.”
Muhammad Ali
What is the name of the 2006 American musical drama film starring Beyonce?
"Dream Girls"
In 1993, she became the first black to be honored with the Nobel Prize for Literature for six novels.
Toni Morrison
What is the name of the famous Historically Black College and University/HBCU in Washington, D.C. where Dr. Charles Drew taught medicine?
Howard University
This man was the first African American to earn a doctorate degree from Harvard.
W.E.B. DuBois
Who was the first African American female student, to integrate an elementary school in New Orleans, Louisiana?
Ruby Bridges
This tennis player was the only Black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open.
Arthur Ashe
Who is the first black man to host his own television show in 1956?
Nat King Cole
Who was the first black singer to be admitted to the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York in 1955
Marian Anderson
The United Negro College Fund was established in 1944 to provide financial support to students who were enrolled in what type of schools?
Historically Black Colleges and Universities/HBCU