Black History Inventions
Black History Sports
Black History Accomplishments
Black History Science
100
Who was known for creating the world's first hair-straightening formula?
Madam C.J Walker
100
Who is the first father and son duo to play in the NBA together?
Lebron and Bronny James
100
Who was the first African American to become president in 2009?
Barack Obama
100
What ingredient did George Washington Carver make 300 foods with?
Peanuts
200
Who was the inventor of peanut butter?
George Washington Carver
200
He became the third Black quarterback to earn Super Bowl MVP and is the fourth black starting quarterback in all of football history to win a Super Bowl.
Jalen Hurts
200
What was the name of the African American journalist and activist who fought for women's suffrage?
Ida B. Wells
200
Who was the first African American to earn a medical degree?
Dr. James McCune Smith
300
Who invented the 3-way traffic light?
Garrett A. Morgan
300
This African American gymnast has dominated the Summer Olympics the last 8 years.
Simone Biles
300
What organization, in Oakland, implemented the countries first free breakfast in school in 1969?
The Black Panther Party
300
What year and who was the first African American woman go to space?
Mae Jamison; 10/17/1956
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
Who was the first African American woman to run for president?
Shirley Chisholm
400
Despite being told to pursue cosmetology by her school guidance counselor, who followed her passion for math and science, and eventually became a NASA rocket scientist, entrepreneur and astronaut?
Aisha Bowe
500
What African American Inventor created automatic refrigerated air-cooling units for trucks, trains, ships, and planes?
Frederick McKinley Jones
500
Who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
500
What year was Black History Month officially recognized?
1976
500
What African American woman worked for NASA as a “human computer” where she would solve difficult math problems and was a huge part of the moon landing?
Katherine Johnson