History
What year was Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech delivered?
1963
Who was the first African American model to be featured on the cover of GQ magazine?
Tyra Banks
Who is the leading scorer in the NBA?
Lebron James (38,411 points)
Which state in the U.S. is known as the birthplace for hip hop (for an extra point, name the city)?
New York (The Bronx)
What is the theme of this year's BHM celebration?
Black Resistance
In what year did interracial marriage become legal in the U.S.?
1967
In 2015, Viola Davis became the first Black woman to win a Emmy Award for lead actress in a drama for her work on what TV show?
How to get Away With Murder
Who was the youngest prizefighter ever to win the heavyweight championship of the world?
Mike Tyson
Which state in the U.S. has the highest total black population?
Texas
What month is BHM celebrated in the UK, Netherlands, and Ireland?
October
Which civil rights organization in the U.S. was formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans?
NAACP (The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Madame C.J. Walker was the first black woman to become a millionaire after she invented a line of what?
Cosmetics
Which Black baseball player often had to dress in a separate locker room, sleep in a different hotel, and dine apart from his teammates while traveling?
Jackie Robinson
Which state was the first state to ban slavery?
Vermont in 1777
What summer holiday commemorates the emancipation of Black slaves in the U.S.?
Juneteenth
In what year was Black History Month established?
1926
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize Winner?
Ralph Bunche in 1950
Who was the first black female rower to win an Olympic medal, who also challenged racist stereotypes set in place by USRowing?
Anita Defranz
Founded in February 1837, the Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is the country’s oldest…what?
Historically Black college or university, or HBCU
Which President officially recognized Black History Month?
President Gerald Ford
When was the start and end years of the Civil Rights Movement?
1954 to 1968
Which black poet is one of the more influential and widely quoted poets from the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes
Who was the first African American man to qualify for the summer Olympics in rowing?
Aquil Hashim Abdullah
What is the name of the violent attack against over 600 people marching across the Edmund Pettus bridge in Alabama, signifying a crucial moment in the Civil Rights Movement?
Bloody Sunday
George Washington Carver developed around 300 different products, from cheese and milk to dye and soap, all using what ingredient?
Peanuts