Women in Black History
Who was the first black female astronaut?
Mae Jemison
Who invented the three-way traffic light?
Garret Morgan
In what year did Black History Month become established?
1926
Who is the author of the novel “The Color Purple”?
Alice Walker
What is the name of the 2016 film based on the true story of three black female mathematicians who worked at NASA?
Hidden Figures
The first woman and first African American to read a poem at a presidential inauguration?
Maya Angelou
Who wrote the book Roots?
Alex Haley
Who was the first black President elected in America?
Barack Obama
Who was the first black woman to become Secretary of State in America?
Condelezza Rice
What holiday celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in America?
Juneteenth
Who was the first female bank founder and president in the United States?
Maggie Lena Walker
Who is known as the father of Black History?
Dr. Carter G. Woodson
Who was the first black person to serve on the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was the first female African American pilot?
Bessie Coleman
Who was the first black woman elected as Vice President of America?
Kamala Harris
Who was the first African American woman to headline Coachella?
Beyonce'
Who wrote the famous speech I Have a Dream?
Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
Who is known as the “First Lady of Civil Rights”?
Rosa Parks
Who was the first black athlete to play for a major baseball league?
Jackie Robinson
What is the name of the slave who sued for his freedom & lost, in a major Supreme Court case before the Civil War?
Dred Scott
Who was the first African American female self-made millionaire?
Madame CJ Walker
Who wrote"Lift Every Voice & Sing" aka the Negro National Anthem?
James Weldon Johnson
Harriet Tubman, who helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad, was nicknamed what?
Moses
What is the name of the largest political rally in U.S. history?
March on Washington
Which track & field star was the first athlete to win 4 gold medals in an Olympic Games?
Lisa Leslie