History
Born in Hawaii, who was the 44th President of the United States and the first African American President?
Barack Obama
This black inventor's work helped create more than 300 products from peanuts.
George Washington Carver
Owning her own channel network she built herself up and became the richest African American woman, what is her name?
Oprah Winfrey
I made moonwalking famous. I am the King of Pop. Famous for "Thriller" and "Human Nature."
Michael Jackson
Aretha Franklin grew up singing as a child at New Bethel Baptist Church in, “The Motor City,” otherwise known as what major city?
Detroit
Starting with the St. Luke Penny Savings in 1903, Maggie Lena Walker was the first African American woman to charter a what?
Bank
Garrett Morgan invented the what in 1923?
Traffic Light
Who is the only man to set three world records at one Olympic Games?
Usain Bolt
I started my career in baseball, I was a star in basketball and I starred in 'Space Jam.' You see ,y silhouette on pairs of sneakers all over the world.
Michael Jordan
Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall Airport is named after Thurgood Marshall, the United States’ first black what?
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in what year?
1968
Used to smooth the wrinkles out of clothing and invented by Sarah Boone in 1892, is the improved what?
Ironing Board
Whitney Houston
I am a winner of Three Emmys, One Tony, and Four Black Reel Awards. I recently started in Madea's Family Reunion and The Help.
Cicely Tyson
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, your hands can't hit what your eyes can't see." What champion boxer made this quote famous?
Muhammad Ali
With a net worth of $400 billion in today's dollars, who was the richest person ever?
Mansa Musa of Mali
Thomas Edison is often credited with this invention, but in 1881 it was Lewis Lattimers' invention of carbon filament, that created the longer-lasting version of what common household item?
Lightbulb
In 1954 an African American woman jazz singer wrote an anti lynching song protesting racism in the south titled “strange fruit”. What is her name?
Billie holiday
I died in the New York City borough of Staten Island after Daniel Pantaleo, a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer, put me in a prohibited chokehold while arresting me, who am I?
Eric Garner
What day was slavery abolished? On what day was it ratified?
Jan.31st 1865, Dec. 6th 1865
Black History Month started as Black History Week was founded by what famous historian?
Carter G. Woodson
Mark E. Dean, an American computer engineer, and holder of three of IBM's original patents for this, is the inventor of what?
The personal computer or PC
This hand gesture was made famous by the marvel film black panther, influenced by African sculptures as well as American Sign Language meaning embrace/hug. What is this hand gesture?
Wokanda Forever
Becoming one of the first woman to be placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted list after escaping to Cuba from prison, what civil rights activist and Black Panther Party member was friend of Afeni Shakur and Mutulu Shakur and often described as their son Tupac Shakur’s “godmother” or “step-aunt?
Assata Shakur
Afro-Brazilian soccer player, Pele, is considered one of the best soccer players of all time, and is the only footballer to win the how many World Cup trophies?
Three