Black innovators Transportation
who invented 3-signal traffic lights?
Garrett Morgan
Who holds the record for the highest points scored in the NBA ?
Kareem Abdul Jabar previously held the title, recently, Lebron James has taken over the new record with the new score being 38,388 points.
Which city is known as the birthplace of hip hop?
The Bronx, New York
Who was the first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first black head of state?
Nelson Mandela
Who created the worlds first hair straightening formula also known as the straight/hot comb?
Madam CJ Walker
As an underground railroad conductor, which historical black leaders risked their life to help others in the region of Maryland escape slavery.
Who is Harriet Tubman
who was the first African American to play major league baseball?
Jackie Robinson
What was the first Black cartoon show televised?
Bill Cosby's Fat Albert and Cosby kids was televised in 1984.
Who started Black History Month in 1976?
Carter G. Woodson
This black inventor was an agriculture chemist famous for improving the lives of poor farmers through new farming methods. He invented peanut butter.
George Washington Carver
This black inventor received a patent for improvements in trolleys for electric railways. His invention focused primarily on the trolley wheels, implementing a new design to secure wheels to the wire when the trolley rounded curves or went down hills.
Elbert Robinson
The first African American Olympic to win a gold medal at the Olympics?
The first Black director to win an Oscar for Best Original Screen play.
In 2018 Jordan Peele won the Oscar for his film Get Out.
What is this years theme of black history Month?
Black Resistance
After receiving a complaint that the fries were too thick, in revenge, this Black Chef sliced potatoes very thin, fried them, and threw salt on them. From here potatoes chips were unintentionally born. Who was this chef?
Who is George Crum
Who invented the first self-propelled street sweeper?
Charles Brooks. The primary method of transportation resulted in piles of horse manure along the streets so , while the horse drawn street sweeper has already been invented he wanted to improve it. His design utilized a truck like frame with revolving brushes that pushed waste into a bin.
Who was the first black quarterback to win the super bowl in 1988?
Doug Williams, Quarterback for the Redskins in 1988.
Who was the first African-American woman to win 5 Grammy awards in one year?
Lauryn Hill
Which President officially recognized BHM?
President Gerald Ford
Alexander Miles.
Who developed refrigeration units for truck and railroad transportation of food?
Fredrick Jones
What is Mohammad Ali's birth name?
Cassius Clay
As a student at Baltimore School of Performing Arts, rapper Tupac Shakur took these classes?
Ballet and poetry
What are the 3 ways EEOP shared our the BHM resource page that you can celebrate black history month?
Who developed the first security system?
Mary Van Brittan Brown invented the first home security system in 1966 out of her home in Queens, New York. She was a nurse who lived in a bad neighborhood and her husband worked nights so she needed something to give her piece and mind. Til this day security companies still use her design as a platform.