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2000
This African American man is best known for being awarded a patent for automatically opening and closing elevator doors.
A. Benjamin Banneker
B. Henry Blair
C. Alexander Miles
Who is Alexander Miles
2000
Who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
2000
Who was the first African American to become president in 2009?
Barack Obama
2000
What year did the first African American woman go to space
10/17/1956
2000
Who made the "I have a Dream" speech?
Dr. Martin Luther King
4000
This woman and her husband invented a video home security system.
A. Marie Van Brittan Brown
B. Patricia Bath
C. Bessie Blount Griffin
Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown
She was a nurse and innovator. In 1966, she invented a video home security system along with her husband Albert Brown, an electronics technician. In the same year, they applied for a patent for their innovative security system, which was granted in 1969.
4000
What African American track star received 4 gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936?
Jesse Owens
4000
Who was the first African American in the Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshal
4000
What ingredient did George Washington Carver make 300 foods with?
Peanuts
4000
What African American female refused to give up her seat on the bus?
Rosa Parks
6000
What African American made potato chips popular in New York?
A. Elijah McCoy
B. Thomas L. Jennings
C. George Crum
Who is George Crum or George Speck
George Speck (also known as George Crum) was an American chef. He was known for his role in popularizing potato chips in Upstate New York.
Speck was born in Saratoga County, New York. He was a member of the Mohawk people and likely also had African-American ancestry. He worked as a hunter, guide and cook in the Adirondack Mountains, becoming noted for his culinary skills after being hired at Moon's Lake House near Saratoga Springs. His specialties included wild meat, especially venison and duck. Speck later left Moon's and opened his own restaurant, Crum's, in nearby Malta. His establishment was popular among wealthy tourists and his reputation spread outside the Adirondacks.
Speck was known for serving thinly sliced fried potatoes at his restaurants, which subsequently became known as "Saratoga chips". The first published recipes for potato chips date from the early 19th century, decades before his career as a chef. However, after Speck's death various newspaper articles and local histories of Saratoga County began to claim him as the "inventor" of potato chips.
6000
Who was the first African American female to become the Individual All-Around champion at the 2012 London Olympics?
Gabby Douglas
6000
Who was the first African American woman in space?
Mae C. Jemison
6000
What field did Katherine Johnson work in?
Mathematics
6000
How many college students attended the Greensboro Sit-in?
Four
8000
Who was the First African American Millionairess who invented hair straightening formula?
Who is Madam C. J. Walker
8000
Who was the first African American heavyweight boxer champion?
Jack Johnson
8000
Who was the first African American police officer?
Samuel Jesse Battle
8000
What African American scientist created the blood bank
Dr. Charles Drew
8000
What was the purpose of the Black Panthers?
To challenge police brutality against the African American community
10000
What African American Inventor created automatic refrigerated air-cooling units for trucks, trains, ships, and planes?
A. Jan Ernst Matzeliger
B. Frederick Mckinley Jones
C. Otis Boykin
Who is Frederick McKinley Jones
Around 1938, Jones designed a portable air-cooling unit for trucks carrying perishable food, and received a patent for it on July 12, 1949. Portable cooling units designed by Jones were especially important during World War II, preserving blood, medicine, and food for use at army hospitals and on open battlefields.
He also developed a portable x-ray machine, a movie-ticket dispenser, an early radio service for local doctors, a “snow machine” that attached skis to a propeller powered snowmobile and sound track synchroniser.
10000
Who was the first African American golfer in the PGA?
Charlie Sifford
10000
What year was Black History Month officially recognized?
1976
10000
What African American scientist performed the first open heart surgery in 1893?
Daniel Hale Williams
10000
Who created the Black Panthers?
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale