Misc BHM I
The year that Black History Month was first celebrated
A) 1968
B) 1970
C) 1972
D) 1976
That is 1970?
The Supreme Court case in 1896 that established “separate but equal” facilities for Blacks and Whites
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
The agricultural scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts, sweet potatoes and soybeans
Who is George Washington Carver?
Currently holds the second place ranking for most Grammys ever won
A) Stevie Wonder
B) Beyoncé
C) Quincy Jones
D) Kanye West
Who is Quincy Jones? He has won 28 Grammys.
The first African American Olympian to win the All Around Title in womens gymnastics
Who is Gabby Douglas?
The first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The first African American to win an Academy Award in a leading role
A) Halle Berry
B) Denzel Washington
C) Sidney Poitier
D) Danny Glover
Who is Sidney Poitier?
A current astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author, and science communicator that was awarded the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal in 2015 for his "extraordinary role in exciting the public about the wonders of science"
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
Record company founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. in Detroit in 1959
What is Motown Records?
The fastest man in the world
Who is Usain Bolt?
The person that started Black History Month
A) Cress Williams
B) Stevie Wonder
C) Carter J. Woodson
D) Shemar Moore
Who is Carter J. Woodson?
The first Black woman to earn a PhD from MIT, where she studied nuclear physics, was chair of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission under Bill Clinton, and was co-chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board under President Barack Obama
A) Katherine Johnson
B) Shirley Jackson
C) Margaret Collins
D) Alice Ball
Who is Shirley Jackson?
He invented the elevator
A) Elisha Otis
B) Alexander Miles
C) Oscar E. Brown
D) G. E. Becket
Who is Alexander Miles?
The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress
A) Cicely Tyson
B) Angela Bassett
C) Halle Berry
D) Whoopi Goldberg
Who is Halle Berry?
The only professional athlete in history to be named an All-Star in both baseball and football
Who is Bo Jackson?
The oldest historically black college in America
A) Howard University
B) Spellman College
C) Cheyney University
D) Morehouse College
What is Cheyney University (PA)?
The first African American to receive a Ph.D. degree from Harvard in 1895
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
She made significant contributions to the United States' aeronautics and space programs with the early application of digital electronic computers at NASA and was awarded the Johnson the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015
Who is Katherine Johnson?
First woman to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (1983)
Who is Aretha Franklin?
The first quarterback in National Football League history to record two 1,000 yards rushing seasons
Who is Lamar Jackson?
The first African American to be appointed to a US cabinet-level position
A) Colin Powell
B) Robert C. Weaver
C) Patricia Roberts Harris
D) Donald McHenry
Who is Robert C. Weaver? He was appointed Secretary of HUD in 1966.
The first woman, and first African American to head the NOAA Corps
Who is Evelyn J. Fields?
He invented the traffic signal
A) Garret Morgan
B) Lewis Latimer
C) Oscar E. Brown
D) Elijah McCoy
Who is Garret Morgan?
The first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet
Who is Misty Copeland?
She overcame polio and went on to become the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field at the same Olympic game, earning her the title of “the fastest woman in the world" at the time
Who is Wilma Rudolph?