Arts & Entertainment
Who is known as "the queen of soul"?
Aretha Franklin
Who sparked the Montgomery boycott of 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on the bus?
Rosa Parks
Who was responsible for starting Black History Week?
Carter G. Woodson
Where was George Washington Carver's lab?
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama
What professional baseball player finished his career with 755 home runs?
Henry Aaron
Who wrote the famous song "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud"?
James Brown
Harold Washington became what city's first African American mayor?
Chicago
What was the name of the network of hiding places, which helped slaves escape to freedom?
Underground Railroad
Who performed the world's first open-heart surgery?
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Who became the first African American to win baseball's Most Valuable Player Award?
Jackie Robinson
What was the name of the character played by Bill Cosby in "The Cosby Show"?
Dr. Cliff Huxtable
Who coordinated Operation Desert Storm?
Colin Powell
What Harlem theater is a showcase for African American talent?
The Apollo
What African American astronaut died in the 1986 space shuttle disaster?
Ronald McNair
What famous boxer was born with the name Cassius Clay?
Muhammad Ali
Who wrote the autobiography of malcom x?
Alex Haley
Starting with $1.50 in cash, what college did Mary McLeoud Bethune found?
Bethune-Cookman College
Kunta Kinte was one of the characters in what Alex Haley book?
The Roots
Who was the first man to discover the North Pole and to plant the American flag there?
Matthew Henson
Wilt Chamberlain scored a record-setting 100 points in 1962 while playing for what team?
Philadelphia Warriors
What record company did Berry Gordy, Jr. create?
Motown
Approximately how many different products did George Washington Carver develop from peanuts?
325
What is the stage name of female rapper Dana Owens?
Queen Latifah
Who invented the three-way traffic light?
Garrett A. Morgan
Who are the only two brothers to ever hold the heavyweight boxing title?
Michael and Leon Spinks