Black History Inventions
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Black History Trivia
200
Who was known for creating the world's first hair-straightening formula?
Madam C.J Walker
200
Who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
200
Who was the first African American to become president in 2009?
Barack Obama
200
What ingredient did George Washington Carver make 300 foods with?
Peanuts
200
Who created the Black Panthers?
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
400
Which African American Inventor added the carbon filament to the light bulb?
Lewis Latimer
400
What African American track star received 4 gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936?
Jesse Owens
400
Who was the first African American in the Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshal
400
Who was the first African American to earn a medical degree?
Dr. James McCune Smith
400
What was the name of the first ambulance system that founded EMS and was established in Pittsburgh?
Freedom House Ambulance Inc
600
What African American Inventor created potato chips?
George Crum
600
Who was the first African American female to become the Individual All-Around champion at the 2012 London Olympics?
Gabby Douglas
600
What was the name of the first Black owned and operated medical institution in the US?
Provident Hospital
600
What year and who was the first African American woman go to space?
Mae Jamison; 10/17/1956
600
How many college students attended the Greensboro Sit-in?
Four
800
What African American Inventor created the induction telegraph system?
Granville T. Woods
800
Who was the first African American heavyweight boxer champion?
Jack Johnson
800
Who was the first African American police officer?
Samuel Jesse Battle
800
What African American scientist created the blood bank
Dr. Charles Drew
800
Who was the FIRST woman to not give up her seat.
Claudette Colvin
1000
What African American Inventor created automatic refrigerated air-cooling units for trucks, trains, ships, and planes?
Frederick McKinley Jones
1000
Who was the first African American golfer in the PGA?
Charlie Sifford
1000
What year was Black History Month officially recognized?
1976
1000
What African American scientist performed the first open heart surgery in 1893?
Daniel Hale Williams
1000
Who developed the Blalock Taussig shunt for cyanotic congenital heart disease?
Vivien Thomas