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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? (C)
This President recognized Black History Month in 1976?
a. Jimmy Carter
b. Gerald Ford
c. Ronald Reagan
Who is Gerald Ford? (B)
This R&B legend was killed by his father over a dispute about money.
Who is Marvin Gaye?
She was the first Black woman to own a TV studio?
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This is what HBCU stand for.
What is "Historically Black College and University?"
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? (B)
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? (A)
Beyoncé used to sing with this hit group.
Who is Destiny's Child?
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? (B)
This Harlem theatre is a showcase for African- American talent
A. Harlem Repertory Theatre
B. The Apollo
C. Lafayette Theatre
What is The Apollo (B)
This amendment to the constitution abolished slavery?
What is the 13th amendment?
Booker T. Washington was the founder and president of what educational institution?
What is Tuskegee Institute?
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
What is BET- Black Entertainment Television? (B)
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? (C)
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? (A)
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? (2)
Who invented the three-position traffic signal in 1923 that includes the yellow light?
1. J.P Knight
2. Garrett Morgan
3. Benjamin Franklin
4. Morgan Freeman
Who is Garrett A. Morgan (2)
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? (B)
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? (C)
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? (A)
The first group of students integrated a high school located in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957. (Hint: It's in the name!)
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
What case resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that no black-free or slave could be a US citizen?
What is the Dred Scott case?
Who was the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet?
Who is Misty Copeland?
First African American to be on a U.S. postage stamp
1. Martin Luther King Junior
2. Booker T. Washington
3. Medgar Evers
4. Sojourner Truth
Who is Booker T. Washington? (2)