Black History Month

Politics?

100

He won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his non-violent fight for civil rights, becoming the youngest recipient at the time

Martin Luther King Junior 

200

Co-founded the NAACP in 1909 and the First African American to earn a PhD from Harvard University.

W. E. B. Du Bois

300

She passed a test in Kindergarten to attend an all- white school 

Ruby Bridges

400

Led enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad before the American Civil War

Harriet Tubman

500

Who was the first black president, and what number president was he?

Barack Hussein Obama II was the 44th President of the USA. 

Entertainers

100

Won Best Jazz Vocal Performance

Ella Fitzgerald Grammy Awards in 1959

200

First African American to star in motion picture and spoke at March on Washington in 1963 along side Dr.Martin Luther King 

Josephine Baker

300

 ^{In August of 1917 volunteer in the French army, became the first African American military pilot and one of only a few blacks pilot in World War I}

Eugene Jacques Bullard

400

became the first Black woman billionaire in the United States in 2003.

Oprah Winfrey

500

^{He won the award in 1964 for his role in Lilies of the Field.} 

Sidney Poitier

TV

100

First television show to feature an African American star, airing in 1939 on NBC

The Ethel Waters Show

200

90 minute countdown music video show, with two co-host. What are their names and the name of the show?

106 & Park with AJ & Free

300

The first movie in this franchise earned $278 million this cemented the family as kings of parody.

Scary Movie

400

1989 became the first black late-night talk show host

Arsenio Hall 

500

From 1971-2006 longest running programs in American TV history, to prominently feature African American musical acts and dancers 

Soul Train

Inventors

100

Awarded a patent for automatically opening and closing elevator doors on October, 11, 1887

Alexander Miles

200

She created hot combs, a pressing oil and wonderful hair grower. 

Madame CJ Walker 

300

 Invented lubrication systems for steam engines.

Elijah McCoy

400

^{The first African American to earn a bachelor's degree and invented crop rotation and over 300 uses for peanuts, including soap, cosmetics, and cooking} 

George Washington Carver

500

1923 he patented the first tree way traffic signal 

Garret Morgan 

Sports

100

The first black head coach in the NBA and won 11 championships

Bill Russell

200

First African American to play MLB

Jackie Robinson 

300

Made history with the Boston Bruins as the first black player to skate in a National Hockey League game

Willie O Ree

400

First Black woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in the U.S. Open era

Serena Williams

500

Won the heavyweight championship three times, the first boxer to do so.

Muhammad Ali