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Black History Month 101
Brains, Breakthroughs, & Black Excellence
100
Who created the pressing comb?
Madam CJ Walker
100
This man had a dream that all people will be equal
Martin Luther King Jr.
100
This is the first African American in the major Leagues?
Jackie Robinson
100
This is the month of Black History Month?
February
100
What is the name of the first medical school dedicated to training black physicians in the United States?
Howard University College of Medicine (1868)
200
This woman was the first to refuse to give her seat to a white passenger
Claudette Colvin (9 months before Rosa Parks)
200
He was the first black President
Barack Obama
200
Who is named the King of Pop?
Michael Jackson
200
Who is the first Black vice president of the United States?
Kamala Harris
200
Which African American astronaut became the first Black woman to travel to space in 1992?
Dr. Mae Jemison
300
Who helped 300 slaves escape to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
300
Which boxer was nicknamed "The Greatest"?
Muhammed Ali
300
She has 23 Grand Slam women's singles titles
Serena Williams
300
These are the colors that represent Black History Month (4 colors)
What is red, green, black and yellow.
300
Which medical pioneer developed a method to process and store blood plasma, leading to the first large-scale blood banks during WWII?
Dr. Charles Drew
400
Which woman said, "When they go low, we go high"?
Michelle Obama
400
Who is the first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first black head of state?
Nelson Mandela
400
DAILY DOUBLE!
Which singer is remembered as the "Queen of Jazz"?
Ella Fitzgerald
400
DAILY DOUBLE!
Who started Black History Month in 1976?
Carter G. Woodson
400
This is the nation's oldest and largest organization representing black physicians and was founded in 1895 when black doctors were denied admission to the American Medical Association (AMA)
The National Medical Association (NMA)
500
She starred in the television show, "How to Get Away With Murder" and is an EGOT winner.
Viola Davis
500
Who played Venus and Serena's dad in the movie "King Richard"?
Will Smith
500
This music artist has the most Grammy's of all time (35 total)
Beyonce
500
Which president formally recognized Black History Month in 1976?
President Gerald Ford
500
Which black woman worked as a "computer" at NASA?
Katherine Johnson
600
Who was the first black woman to win an Academy Award?
Halle Berry
600
DAILY DOUBLE!
Who played T’Challa in Black Panther?
Chadwick Boseman
600
Who is the all time scoring leader in the NBA?
LeBron James
600
The laws that created a system of legal segregation are called what?
Jim Crow laws
600
What was the name of the unethical 40 year long medical study that withheld life-saving medication from 600 black men without their knowledge?
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
700
Who is the first Black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice?
Ketanji Brown Jackson
700
Which prominent historian co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
W.E.B. Du Bois
700
Who was the first African-American to win the masters golf tournament?
Tiger Woods
700
The federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States
Juneteenth
700
Who was the first black woman physician in the United States?
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler
800
DAILY DOUBLE!
She was the youngest black child to desegregate a school in 1960
Ruby Bridges
800
Which lawyer and NAACP litigator successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
800
This famous African American won 4 medals in the Berlin Olympics?
Who is Jesse Owens?
800
What year was slavery abolished in the US?
1865
800
This movie portrays a black lab technician, Vivien Thomas, who despite formal medical training, worked alongside Dr. Alfred Blalock, to become pioneers in cardiac surgery and develop techniques for "blue baby syndrome".
Something the Lord Made
900
Who is the youngest inaugural poet in American history?
Amanda Gorman
900
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction?
James Baldwin (Go Tell it on the Mountain, 1955)
900
Which rapper said, "Only God can judge me?"
Tupac
900
Who wrote the poem "Still I Rise"?
Maya Angelou
900
DAILY DOUBLE!
Which immunologist led the team that developed the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and advocated for equitable vaccine distribution?
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
1000
She is a filmmaker, screen writer, film and television producer for projects like Queen Sugar, 13th, Selma, and When They See Us
Ava DuVernay
1000
Who is considered the richest man to ever live in history?
Mansa Musa
1000
What was Whitney Houston's greatest-selling hit?
I Will Always Love You
1000
Who was a leader of the Harlem Renaissance and a great poet, activist, novelist and playwright?
Langston Hughes
1000
Which neurosurgeon became the first Black woman to enroll in Yale's neurosurgery program and later pioneered pediatric brain surgery techniques?
Dr. Alexa Canady
