Northside
Who were the two founders of the Northside Center for Child Development?
Drs. Kenneth and Mamie Clark
What year did Black History Month originate?
1926
Who was the first African American gold champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Tiger Woods
Who was the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress?
Shirley Chisholm
Which athlete famously kneeled during the national anthem at a football game?
Bonus point: Why was he kneeling?
Colin Kaepernick
Colin was protesting racial injustice and police brutality
What year was Northside founded?
1946
What is the name of the Black historian who created Negro History Week?
Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Colin Powell
Who was the first African American woman to become a self-made millionaire?
Madame C.J. Walker
Who said "the time is always right to do what is right?"
Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Kenneth and Mamie Clark graduated with PhDs from what New York City university?
Columbia University
What year were the first 20 Africans brought to America by slave traders?
1619
Who was the first African American to be portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Booker T. Washington
Who was the first African American woman to write a Broadway play? Hint: the play was called "A Raisin in the Sun"
Lorraine Hansberry
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female musical artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Beyonce Knowles
What psychological test was used by the United States Supreme Court that led to the landmark court ruling (Brown vs Topeka, Kansas 1954) that desegregated schools in America?
The Doll Tests
What is the title of the Black National Anthem?
Bonus: Who wrote it?
Lift Every Voice and Sing
James Weldon Johnson & J. Rosamond Johnson
Who was the first African American to become a Major League Baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature? Hint: her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye"
Toni Morrison
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history"?
Morgan Freeman
When did the Harlem Renaissance occur?
Bonus point: What was the Harlem Renaissance?
1920s and 1930s
Intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics, and scholarship center in Harlem
In what city was the first black newspaper published?
New York City
Jean Baptise Pointe DuSable
Who was the first African American woman to be a licensed airline pilot?
Bessie Coleman
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).