Government
Who was the first African American chief of staff of the army?
General Charles Q. Brown Jr
Who is the author of "their eyes were watching God?"
Zora Neale hurston
Who was the physician known for hair research on human eye and blindness
Patricia Bath
Who was a co-founder of the United Farmers worker with the Cesar Chavez
Dolores Huerta
What term refers to the forced segregation of people based on race
Segregation
Who was the first African American mayor of a major northern city in 1967?
Carl Stokes
Who wrote the powerful play Dutchman and was a controversial figure in Black arts movement
Amiri Baraka
Who invented the modern curtain rod
Samuel r Scottron
What was the name of the black nationalist group founded in 1930 that advocated for black self reliance
Nation of Islam
What was the name of the segregated school in Topeka, Kansas, Central to the 1954 Supreme Court case?
Sumner Elementary School (Linda Brown)
Who was the first African American to become the Surgeon General of the United States?
David Satcher
Who wrote The poetry collection cotton candy on a rainy day?
Nikki Giovanni
Who invented the shoe lasting machine which revolutionized shoe manufacturing
Jan Ernst Matzelinger
Who was the black nationalist who advocated for the return of African Americans to Africa in the early 20th century
Marcus Garvey
What was the name of the legal challenge that led to the desegregation of the University of Texas Law School?
Sweatt v. Painter
What was the name of the highly decorated African American air unit in the Korean War?
332nd Fighter Group ( Successor to Tuskegee)
Who wrote the memoir the autobiography of Malcolm X?
Malcolm x and Alex Haley
Who invented the street letter mailbox
Philip B downing
Marcus Garvey who was the leader of the unia and a prominent of black self-determination in the early 20th century
Marcus Garvey
What was the name of the movement to end Shabbat in the United States?
Abolitionism
Who was the first African American to lead a major political party in either chamber of Congress?
Hakeem Jeffries
Who wrote the powerful essay collection the fire next time?
James Baldwin
Who was the first African-American neosurgeon
Dr Ben Carson
Who was the co-founder of the NAACP and a major figure in the early civil Rights movement
W.E.B Du Bois
Which HBCU is known as "The Mecca" of the Black education and is located in Washington, D.C?
Howard University