Black Success 2020-2023
Kamala Harris is the first...
A. African American President
B. African American Supreme Court Judge
C. African American Vice President
D. African American President
C.
Kamala Harris is THE FIRST African American, South Asian American, AND woman VICE PRESIDENT!!!
What is George Washington Carver known for?
A. improving soil for crops
B. Civil Rights Activist
C. first graduate of Harvard
D. mathematics
A.
While a professor at Tuskegee Institute, Carver developed techniques to improve types of soils depleted by repeated plantings of cotton. He wanted poor farmers to grow other crops, such as peanuts and sweet potatoes, as a source of their own food and to improve their quality of life.
First African American to desegregate an all-white school.
A. Robin Jones
B. Claudette Colvin
C. Rosa Parks
D. Ruby Bridges
D.
Ruby Bridges desegregated the all-white William Frantz Elementary school in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960.
In 1999 The Miseducation of __________ is the first hip-hop disc to win a Grammy for Album of the Year.
A. Whitney Houston
B. Marian Anderson
C. Nicki Minaj
D. Lauryn Hill
D.
Lauryn Hill
If you are asked to evaluate a function, what does that mean?
Substitute a value into the function and simplify!
The largest movement in U.S. history is...
A. Black Lives Matter (BLM)
B. March for Women's Lives
C. March on Washington for Lesbian/Gay Rights
D. Great American Boycott
A.
The Black Lives Matter movement started from the murder of George Floyd. Not only did this spark anger and protests in the U.S. but in countries ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!
Neil deGrasse Tyson is best known for working in what field?
A. Math
B. English
C. Science
D. History
C.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From 1991 to 1994, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University.
What year was the last school in America desegregated?
A. 1990
B. 1965
C. 2016
D. 1940
C.
In 2016 the last school in America, Cleveland High School, in Cleveland Mississippi. Court rulings were attempting to integrate, but then another law would come that would stop it.
Beyoncè is the first black woman to...
A. wear the yellow Tiffany Diamond
B. sing
C. win a grammy
D. win a BET award
A.
The iconic yellow Tiffany Diamond was always worn by white women. Beyoncè was the first to wear it with her photoshoot with Jay-Z.
f(x)=4x-1
Evaluate, f(-5)
f(-5)=-21
The Louisville, Kentucky Metro Council passed...
A. George's Law
B. Breonna's Law
C. Tamir's Law
D. Michael's Law
B.
This law banned "no knock warrants" because of the death of Breonna Taylor.
Katherine Johnson worked with what American government agency?
A. NASA
B. CIA
C. NAACP
D. IRS
A.
Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.
Who was the first Black American to earn a PhD from Harvard University?
A. Booker T. Washington
B. Allen Ballard
C. W.E.B. Du Bois
D. Daniel Payne
C.
Du Bois was already well known as one of the foremost Black intellectuals of his era. The first Black American to earn a PhD from Harvard University, Du Bois published widely before becoming NAACP's director of publicity and research and starting the organization's official journal, The Crisis, in 1910.
What year did Jamaican music start spreading around the U.S.?
A. 1975
B. 1980
C. 1973
D. 1960
C.
Reggae begins to insinuate its alluring riddims in the US, with the release of Bob Marley and the Wailers' Catch a Fire and the soundtrack for the film The Harder They Come, featuring Jimmy Cliff, the Maytals, and the Melodians.
Evaluate f(0).
function on other page.
f(0)=5
On November 3rd 2020...
A. Derick Johnson was elected the first Black mayor
B. Beyoncè created "Black is King"
C. Marsai Martin became the youngest executive producer in history
D. an all black referee team was on the field for an NFL game
D.
The first all black referee team was on the field during the Tampa Bay Buccanneers v. LA Rams NFL game
Benjamin Banneker was known for building a...
A. lawnmower
B. clock
C. wheat mill
D. car
B.
In 1752, Banneker garnered public acclaim by building a clock entirely out of wood. The clock, believed to be the first built in America, kept precise time for decades. In 1789, Banneker began making astronomical calculations that enabled him to successfully forecast a solar eclipse.
The first leader of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama was...
A. George Lewis Ruffin
B. Booker T. Washington
C. Joe Louis Clark
D. Aaron Loyd Dixon
B.
Booker T. Washington was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States
Who was the first African American to win a grammy?
A. Beyoncè
B. Ella Fitzgerald
C. Drake
D. Will Smith
B.
Ella Fitzgerald was a popular jazz singer in the 30's and 40's. Her music is still played to this day!
"Dream a little dream of me"
Evaluate f(3).
graph on other page
f(3)=-3
The first Black woman to appear on the quarter is...
A. Maya Angelou
B. Sandra Douglass Morgan
C. Zindzi Thompson
D. Quinta Brunson
A.
Maya Angelou was the first Black woman to be put on the U.S. quarter. She was an American memoirist, poet, and civil right's activist.
Marie Maynard Daly was the first African American to earn a Ph.D from...
A. Harvard
B. Howard
C. Princeton
D. Columbia
D.
Marie Maynard Daly was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. from Columbia University and the first African-American woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry.
Mary Jane Patterson was the first African-American woman to receive a B.A degree, in...
A. 1862
B. 2001
C. 1850
D. 1981
A.
Mary Jane Patterson not only was the first black woman in the United States to earn a college degree, she did it by spurning the usual courses for women at Oberlin, and taking instead a program of Greek, Latin, and higher mathematics designed for 'gentlemen.'
More than 20 enslaved Africans are kidnapped and taken to the English colony of Virginia, opening a new chapter of slavery in north America.
What year did this happen?
A. 1700
B. 1619
C. 1625
D. 1713
B.
In 1619 British people kidnapped African people to take them to North America. This began slavery on the continent.
Evaluate f(-2).
graph on other page.
f(-2)=1