Black History 101
Music
Movies and TV
Firsts
Local History
100

Black History Month is celebrated in what month?

February
100

Who is known as the King of Pop

Michael Jackson

100

What does BET stand for?

Black Entertainment Television

100

Who was the first Black president of the United States?

Barack Obama

100

When is the Black History Parade in Valdosta?

Saturday

200

Who is famous for the "I Have a Dream" speech?

Martin Luther King Jr. 

200

What does R&B stand for? 

Rhythm and blues

200

Which actor was in 42 and Black Panther?

Chadwick Boseman

200

Was the first Black woman at NASA to help calculate the numbers for space filghts?

Katherine Johnson

200

Is there an African American museum on campus?

Yes or No?

Yes, it is the Copeland African American Museum located on North Campus.

300

Who refused to give up her seat on the bus?

Rosa Parks

300

What is a genre of music that orginated in New Orleans in the late 19th and 20th century? 

Jazz

300

Who was the first Black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?

Halle Berry

300

Who was the first Black player in Major League Baseball?

Jackie Robinson
300

What year did Valdosta State College admit the first black students?

1963

400

What was the movement that fought to end segregation called?

The Civil Rights Movement

400

Where was Motown Records founded? 

Detroit

400

Who is the first black woman to own a TV studio

Oprah Winfrey

400

Who was the first Black billionaire?

Madam C.J. Walker

400

What were the names of the first two black students at Valdosta State College?

Drewnell Thomas and Robert Pierce

500

Who is known as the Father of Black History? 

Carter G. Woodson

500

What rapper won a Pulitzer Prize?

Kendrick Lamar

500

What show is about students at a fictional HBCU? 


A Different World

500

Who was the first Black woman to go into space?

Mae Jemison

500

Name someone on city council 

Vivian Miller-Cody District 1,  Sandra Tooley, District 2. Eric Howard, District 4, Nick Harden, Council At-Large, Thomas B. McIntyre, Sr. District 3.