Black History I
Who was the first African American to serve as the President of the United States?
Who is Barack Obama
Which boxer is known as "The Greatest" and was an outspoken advocate for civil rights?
Who is Muhammad Ali
Which iconic musician is known as the "king of Pop" and had a profound impact on the music industry?
Who is Michael Jackson
What is the name of the Chicago BPN PPMD?
Who is Sholape Kolawole
Who starred in the film "Training Day" and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as a corrupt police officer?
Who is Denzel Washington
Which civil rights activist famously refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama?
Who is Rosa Parks
Who is the first African American to win Wimbledon?
Who is Arthur Ashe
Who was the lead singer of the band "The Supremes" and later had a successful solo career with hits like "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
Who is Diana Ross
What was the theme of the event that Chicago BPN hosted in Jan 2024?
What is wellness/wellbeing
Who directed the groundbreaking film "Black Panther," which became the first superhero film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture?
Who is Ryan Coogler
Who was known as the "Moses of her people" due to her courageous work on the Underground Railroad helping slaves escape to freedom?
Who is Harriet Tubman
Who is the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics?
Who is the first woman of color to headline the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, delivering a groundbreaking performance in 2018?
Who is Beyonce
Which BPN Steering committee member is part of the EY Wellbeing Champion Network?
Who is Nobi Nyabonda
Who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?
Who is Halle Berry
Who was the prominent African American leader who advocated for black nationalism and Pan-Africanism, and was assassinated in 1965?
Malcolm X
Who was the first African-American head coach to win a Super Bowl?
Who is Tony Dungy (with the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLI)
Who became the first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2018?
a. Jay Z
b. Kendrick Lamar
c. Kanye West
Who is Kendrick Lamar
What is our current BHM Book of the month?
What is The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Which film directed by Steve McQueen won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2014 and depicted the story of a free black man sold into slavery?
What is 12 Years a Slave
Who was a prominent black abolitionist and former slave who escaped to the North and became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York?
Who is Frederick Douglass
Who was the African American basketball plater known as "The Answer" and won the NBA MVP award in 2001?
Who is Allen Iverson
Which album by Public Enemy, released in 1988, is considered one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time and features politically charged tracks like "Fight the Power"?
What is "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back"
What are the 4 main pillars of the Chicago BPN?
What is Connectivity, Career Development, Marketplace, Operations/Communications
Who became the first African American woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for her film "Selma" in 2015?
Who is Ava DuVernay