Sports
In 1892, Biddle University and Livingstone College faced off in the first what between Black colleges?
Football game
In 2015, Viola Davis became the first Black woman to win an Emmy Award for lead actress in a drama for her work on what killer hit?
How to Get Away with Murder
What summer holiday commemorates the emancipation of Black slaves in the U.S.?
Juneteenth is celebrated, appropriately enough, on June 19th.
George Washington Carver developed around 300 different products, from cheese and milk to dye and soap, all using what ingredient?
Peanuts
What tennis champion and golfer earned her place in the Black Hall of Fame in 1974?
Althea Gibson
In 1989, what now-actor won the first Grammy Award for a rap performance—but boycotted the awards because they wouldn’t show the rap category on TV?
Will Smith: He and DJ Jazzy Jeff won the Grammy for their hit “Parents Just Don’t Understand.”
Who was the first openly transgender Black woman elected to public office in the U.S. in 2017?
Andrea Jenkins
What service did the first African American female millionaire, Madame C.J. Walker, provide?
Beauty products
Who was the first openly gay athlete to play in any of the four major U.S. pro sports leagues?
Jason Collins
In 1940 who was the first Black Oscar winner accepted her award in a segregated, “No Blacks” hotel
Hattie McDaniel
The 6888th Battalion, or the “Six Triple Eight,” was an all-Black, all-female unit of the U.S. Military. Their sole mission was to get something to American troops, personnel, and volunteers stationed around England during World War II. What was it?
The mail
Who is the "Father of Black History" who set out in 1926 to promote and educate people about Black history and culture?
Carter G. Woodson