Black History Month I
The first Black woman millionaire in America.
A) Hannah Elias
B) Oprah Winfrey
C) Madam C. J. Walker
Who is Madam C. J. Walker?
She made her fortune with her homemade line of hair care products for Black women. (1867-1919)
She helped hundreds of enslaved people escape to freedom (1850-1860).
A) Harriet Tubman
B) Charlotte Grimké
C) Sarah Parker Remond
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Physicist, inventor, and NASA data analyst - they invented the technology which went on to become the premise for more advanced TV screens and modern 3D technology.
A) Neil deGrasse Tyson
B) Valerie Thomas
C) Eli Whitney
Who is Valerie Thomas?
In the late ’70s, Thomas discovered that concave mirrors can create the illusion of 3-dimensional objects and began experimenting with how she could visually transmit the 3D illusion. In 1980, Thomas patented her illusion transmitter.
The star of Black Panther (2018).
A) Samuel L. Jackson
B) Denzel Washington
C) Chadwick Boseman
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
An American professional tennis player who has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era. The only American player to win more than 20 majors. Considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
A) Jackie Robinson
B) Arthur Ashe
C) Serena Williams
Who is Serena Williams?
They started Black History Month.
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Ida B. Wells
C) Carter J. Woodson
Who is Carter J. Woodson?
The first African American to win an Academy Award in a leading role.
A) Halle Berry
B) Denzel Washington
C) Sidney Poitier
Who is Sidney Poitier?
They invented peanut butter.
A) George Washington Carver
B) G.E. Becket
C) Alexander Miles
Who is George Washington Carver?
Also called Hitsville, this recording company founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. in Detroit 1959 became one of the most successful Black-owned businesses and one of the most influential independent record companies in American history.
A) Sun Records
B) Atlantic Records
C) Motown Records
What is Motown Records?
The sport Usain Bolt won gold medals in.
A) Bobsledding
B) Track and Field
C) Swimming
What is Track and Field?
The first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
A) Clarence Thomas
B) Thurgood Marshall
C) Colin Powell
Who is Thurgood Marshall? Marshall served from 1967 to 1991.
The first legislation to make slavery illegal in the United States.
A) The Emancipation proclamation
B) 13th Amendment
C) 14th Amendment
What is the 13th Amendment?
They invented the Super Soaker.
A) Lonnie Johnson
B) Benjamin Banneker
C) Ethel Waters
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
Some of his most well-known songs are Nice For What and Laugh Now Cry Later. All of his five albums have reached #1 in the US Billboard charts — and topped charts around the world. He was the first artist on Apple Music to surpass 10 billion streams and 2018's biggest artist on Spotify with 8.2 billion streams.
A) Dr. Dre
B) Drake
C) Snoop Dogg
Who is Drake?
The birth name of the heavyweight boxer who eventually renounced it as a slave name and changed it to Muhammad Ali.
A) Cassius Marcellus Clay
B) Joe Lewis
C) Jack Johnson
What was Cassius Marcellus Clay?
A boycott began in this city in 1955, triggered by Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat to a white bus passenger.
A) Montgomery, AL
B) Selma, AL
C) Birmingham, AL
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
The first African American woman to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature.
A) Ida B. Wells
B) Toni Morrison
C) Maya Angelou
Who is Toni Morrison?
The first African American to complete a residency in ophthalmology. Invented a laser cataract treatment device called a Laserphaco Probe in 1986.
A) Joycelyn Elders
B) Patricia Bath
C) Ben Carson
Who is Dr. Patricia Bath?
The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress in a starring role.
A) Halle Berry
B) Dorothy Dandridge
C) Hattie McDaniel
Who is Halle Berry?
She won a gold medal in speedskating for the USA (2022).
A) Allyson Felix
B) Erin Jackson
C) Elena Meyers Taylor
Who is Erin Jackson?
The first African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties.
A) Jesse Jackson
B) Shirley Chisholm
C) Eldridge Cleaver
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
The mathematician called upon to do work at NASA in 1962?
A) Katherine Johnson
B) Euphemia Haynes
C) Marjorie Lee Browne
Who is Katherine Johnson?
The inventor of the first home security system. Also credited with the invention of the first closed circuit television.
A) Harry Belafonte
B) Madam C. J. Walker
C) Marie Van Brittan Brown
Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown?
The first Black woman to star in a major motion picture. Born in St. Louis, MO, she renounced her U.S. citizenship and became a French national.
A) Josephine Baker
B) Nina Simone
C) Lena Horne
Who is Josephine Baker?
The first AMERICAN gymnast to claim gold medals in the team and individual all-around events and the first African American to win the all-around title (2012).
A) Simone Biles
B) Dominique Dawes
C) Gabby Douglas
Who is Gabby Douglas?