Black History Inventions
Black History Sports
Black History Accomplishments
Black History TV/Film
Black History Music
100
Who was known for creating the world's first hair-straightening formula?
Madam C.J Walker
100
Who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
100
What year was Black History Month officially recognized?
1976
100
What is the longest running black-owned TV show?
Soul Train
100
What Harlem theatre is a showcase for African-American talent, since 1934
The Apollo Theatre
200
The first African American fraternity founded in 1906 was who?
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated
200
What African American track star received 4 gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936?
Jesse Owens
200
Who was the first African American in the Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshal
200
The voice of Mufasa in "Lion King" and Darth Vader in "Star Wars" was done by this African American male.
James Earl Jones
200
Who is the best selling African American musician of all time?
Michael Jackson
300
What African American Inventor created potato chips?
George Crum
300
This African American gymnast has dominated the Summer Olympics the last 8 years.
Simone Biles
300
Booker T Washington was the founder and president of what educational institution?
Tuskegee Institute
300
In 1951, _____ _ _____ was credited for being the first Black Sitcom.
Amos 'n' Andy
300
What group is known for the famous song "My Girl"
Temptations
400
What African American Inventor created the induction telegraph system?
Granville T. Woods
400
Which African American athlete was first known as Cassius Clay?
Muhammad Ali
400
What year and who was the first African American woman go to space?
Mae Jamison; 10/17/1956
400
This film maker earned $7 million at the box office with the movie "She's Gotta Have It" (1986).
Spike Lee
400
What famous African American record label was birthed in Detroit, Michigan in 1960?
Motown Records
500
Who invented the 3-way traffic light?
Garrett A. Morgan
500
Who was the first African American golfer in the PGA?
Charlie Sifford
500
What organization, in Oakland, implemented the countries first free breakfast in school in 1969.
Black Panthers
500
The New York Times named this African American the greatest actor of the 21st century in 2020.
Denzel Washington
500
Who was the first African American to win a Grammy Award?
Ella Fitzgerald won at the inaugural Grammy ceremony in 1959, making her the first Black artist to ever receive a Grammy.
750
What African American Inventor created automatic refrigerated air-cooling units for trucks, trains, ships, and planes?
Frederick McKinley Jones
750
He was the first African American player selected to the United States Davis Cup team, and the only African American man ever to win the singles titles at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open. He retired in 1980.
Arthur Ashe
750
What was the name of the first Black owned and operated medical institution in the US?
Provident Hospital
750
Who was the first major African-American producer and filmmaker in the United States?
Oscar Micheaux
750
African Americans are widely credited with creating music styles like blues, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues (R&B), soul, and hip-hop based from what type of genre.
Negro Spirituals