BLACK HISTORY
This is first black Greek fraternity for college students?
a. Phi Beta Sigma
b. Alpha Phi Alpha
c. Omega Psi Phi
What is Alpha Phi Alpha?
She was the first African-American chosen as Miss America?
a. Misty Copeland
b. Dominique Dawes
c. Vanessa Williams
Who is Vanessa Williams?
This President recognized Black History Month in 1976?
a. Jimmy Carter
b. Gerald Ford
c. Ronald Reagan
Who is Gerald Ford?
This person is the First African American to be on a U.S. postage stamp
a. Booker T. Washington
b. Medgar Evers
c. Harriet Tubman
Who is Booker T. Washington?
She was the first Black woman to own a TV studio?
Who is Oprah Winfrey
This person invented the three-position traffic signal in 1923 that includes the yellow light?
a. J.P Knight
b. Garrett Morgan
c. Benjamin Franklin
Who is Garrett A. Morgan?
This person invented 100 of products using peanuts, but not peanut butter.
a. Garrett Morgan
b. George Washington Carver
c. Booker T. Washington
Who is George Washington Carver?
She was the first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress?
a. Halle Berry
b. Hattie McDaniel
c. Whitney Houston
Who is Halle Berry?
Booker T. Washington was the founder and president of this educational institution.
a. Rutgers University
b. Seton Hall University
c. Tuskegee Institute
What is the Tuskegee Institute?
She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Dreamgirls?
a. Angela Bassett
b. Jennifer Hudson
c. Halle Barry
Who is Jennifer Hudson?
This Harlem theatre is a showcase for African- American talent
The Apollo
This amendment to the constitution abolished slavery?
What is the 13th amendment?
She was the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet?
a. Dominique Dawes
b. Janet Jackson
c. Misty Copeland
Who is Misty Copeland?
This was the first Black owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
a. UPN
b. BET-Black Entertainment Television
c. Oprah Winfrey Network OWN
BET- Black Entertainment Television
Jackie Robison was the first African-American to play major league baseball for what team?
a. New York Mets
b. New York Yankees
c. Brooklyn Dodgers
What is the Brooklyn Dodgers?
He is the first African American to win an Academy Award in a leading role?
a. Sidney Poitier
b. Danny Glover
c. Sammy Davis, Jr.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
He supported the "Back to Africa Movement", and was later deported to his homeland of Jamaica.
1. Malcom X
2. Marcus Garvey
3. Louis Farrakhan
4. Elijah Muhammad
Who is Marcus Garvey?
This American author and historian was responsible for starting Black History week?
a. Woodrow Wilson
b. Carter G. Woodson
c. Frederick Douglass
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This was the nickname for the all Black 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps which escorted Allied Bombers through European airspace on 1,578 missions during World War II?
a. Flying Blue Aces
b. Tuskegee Airmen
c. 92nd bomber squadron
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?
a. Da Brat
b. Foxy Brown
c. Lauryn Hill
Who is Lauryn Hill?
They were the black soldiers who primarily fought in the West after the Civil War.
a. Buffalo Soldiers
b. Black Calvary
c. Volunteer Infantry
Who were Buffalo Soldiers?
This case resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that no black-free or slave could be a US citizen?
a. Fergusson case
b. Wade case
c. Dred Scott case
What is the Dred Scott case?
I was a medical doctor and a scientist. I was very interested in solving the problem of storing and using blood for transfusions. I developed a process for removing plasma from blood.
a. James Baldwin
b. Charles Drew
c. Frederick Douglass
Who is Charles Drew?
I was the first woman and first Black American to run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Prior to my run for the Presidency, I made history by becoming the first Black congresswoman, representing New York State in the House of Representatives for seven terms. I graduate of Brooklyn College, and earned a Masters degree in education from Columbia University. As a former teacher, I spent my political career fighting for equal opportunities in education and social justice. Who am I?
a. Althea Gibson
b. Constance Baker Motley
c. Shirley Chisholm
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This scientist and mathematician helped design the blueprints for Washington DC.
a. George Washington Carver
b. Marcus Garvey
c. Benjamin Banneker
Who is Benjamin Banneker?