Black History Inventions
Who was known for creating the world's first hair-straightening formula?
Madam C.J Walker
Who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
This African American is famous for being the first person who performed surgery to separate conjoined twins.
Ben Carson
The popular phrase " Bye Felecia" came from what movie?
Friday
What Harlem theatre is a showcase for African-American talent, since 1934?
The Apollo Theatre
What African American inventor created the Super Soaker?
Lonnie Johnson
What African American track star received 4 gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936?
Jesse Owens
Who was the first African American in the Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshal
What was the first black owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
BET - Black Entertainment Television
Who is the first African American to win best country album?
Beyonce
What African American Inventor created potato chips?
George Crum
What African American gymnast has dominated the Summer Olympics the last 8 years?
Simone Biles
Booker T Washington was the founder and president of what educational institution?
Tuskegee Institute
What was the name of the dance and music show created by Don Cornelius?
Soul Train
What group is known for the famous song "My Girl"?
Temptations
What African American Inventor discovered over 300 different uses for peanuts?
George Washington Carver
Which African American athlete was first known as Cassius Clay?
Muhammad Ali
She was the first African American woman go to space?
Mae Jamison
What film maker earned $7 million at the box office with the movie "She's Gotta Have It" (1986)?
Spike Lee
What African American started singing Gospel but then became known as the "Queen of Soul"?
Aretha Franklin
Who invented the 3-way traffic light?
Garrett A. Morgan
What African American boxer was born and raised in Brooklyn NY? His latest fight was with Jake Paul
Mike Tyson
What organization, in Oakland, implemented the countries first free breakfast in school in 1969?
Black Panthers
What African American did the New York Times name the greatest actor of the 21st century in 2020?
Denzel Washington
What famous African American record label was birthed in Detroit, Michigan in 1960?
Motown Records
What African American inventor created the elevator?
Alexander Miles
Who was the only African American man ever to win the singles titles at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open?
Arthur Ashe
What young African American poet is known for reciting the poem "The Hills We Climb" at the presidential inauguration?
Amanda Gorman
Who was the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in "Lilies of the Field" (1964)?
Sidney Poitier
What African American jazz and swing music singer was nicknamed "Lady Day"?
Billie Holiday