Athletes
This African American female tennis player won 23 Grand Slams.
Serena Williams
Who is the Highest-Grossing Black and R&B Artist in Music History
Beyoncé
In what year was black history month first recognized nationally in the U.S.?
1976
Jordan Peele was the first Black director to win Best Original Screenplay for what horror film?
Get Out
Who helped 300 slaves escape to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
Which Black Athlete is considered the greatest female gymnast of all time?
Simone Biles
Which artist is considered the Queen of Jazz?
Ella Fitzgerald
Who was the first President to recognize Black History Month?
Gerald R Ford
Jada Pinkett Smith got her start on what sitcom?
A Different World.
Who founded the NAACP in 1909?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Who became the first Black player in Major League Baseball breaking the color barrier in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
Who was the first woman to land three number-one songs on Billboard’s streaming charts in 2020?
Megan Thee Stallion
There are four colors that are used for Black History month. What does the color YELLOW represent?
Optimisim/joy/justice/equality
Who was the first Black woman to get an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards)?
Whoopi Goldberg
Who founded the Tuskegee institute in Alabama in 1881?
Booker T. Washington
Who became the first African-American man to hold the world heavyweight champion boxing title in 1906?
Jack Johson
What song holds the record for the longest time at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart?
Old Town Road by Lil Nas X
Which historian initiated Black History Month?
Dr. Carter G. Woodson
Who was the first African American to host a nationally televised show?
Nat King Cole
Who become the first Black woman to travel to space in 1992?
Dr. Mae Jemison
Who was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal? (high jump)
Alice Coachman
What is Snoop Dogg's name?
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.
What was Black History Month originally called in 1926?
Negro History Week
What song does Carlton do the iconic "Carlton Dance" to?
It's Not Unusual by Tom Jones
Madame CJ Walker is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records 1910.
What products did she develop that lead to her success?
Mary Jane Patterson