BLACK HISTORY
First Black President of the United States
Who is Barak Obama?
The inventor of Peanut Butter
Who is George Washington Carver?
Beyoncé used to sing with this hit group.
Who is Destiny's Child?
This black hair entrepreneur invented the hot comb and created a specialized line of Black hair care products and became the first female self-made millionaire in the United States.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
After the murder of George Floyd, this Organization led a worldwide protest of police brutality toward Black people.
Who is Black Lives Matter?
The first African American to play Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This film director is the mind behind Black Panther, Sinners, and Creed
This organization founded in 1909, is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the US
What is the NAACP
This gymnast became the most decorated American gymnast in history, with 32 Olympic and World Championship medals. Who is she?
Simone Biles
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. give his “I Have A Dream Speech”
Washington, DC
Who was the first black woman to own a TV show
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Who is often referred to as the “Queen of Soul” and is known for hits like “Respect” and “Natural Woman”?
Aretha Franklin
This activist refused to give up her seat in Montgomery, sparking a bus boycott
Who is Rosa Parks
Who made the the term "YOLO" (You Only Live Once) popular?
Who is Drake?
What music genre, characterized by its use of turntables and sampling, was founded in Black American communities in the Bronx, New York, in the 1970s?
Hip Hop
This court case ended legal segregation in public schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Who was the celebrated conductor of the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses and secret routes that helped enslaved people escape to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
The inventor of peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This is what HBCU stand for.
What is "Historically Black College and University?"
The first Black writer to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
a) James Baldwin
b) Toni Morrison
c) Langston Hughes
Who is Toni Morrison?
First African American to hold a seat on the Surpreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
What was the first Black-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
1. Telfar
2. BET Black Entertainment Television
3. Oprah Winfrey Network OWN
What is BET Black Entertainment Television?
He won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany.
Who is Jesse Owens?
What group of Black pilots became legendary for their success in World War II?
The Tuskegee Airmen.
Who's autobiography was titled " By Any Means Necessary? "
Who is Malcolm X?
Who became the first Black American woman to serve as the United States Secretary of State in 2001?
Condoleezza Rice
The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
These four students sparked a wave of sit-ins in 1960 after protesting at Woolworth's lunch counter
Who were the Greensboro Four
Who was the Black American mathematician and NASA scientist portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures” for her pivotal role in the early days of the U.S. space program?
Katherine Johnson
What activist declared, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress,” in his 1857 speech on abolition and self-determination?
Frederick Douglass