Science
What is the name of the first African American woman to travel into space?
Mae Jemison
What year was the Civil Rights Act signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson?
1964
Which Motown group had hits like “My Girl” and “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”?
The Temptations
Which African American was known for his contributions to jazz music, particularly his trumpet playing?
Louis Armstrong
Which African American poet read their work at a presidential inauguration, specifically for Bill Clinton in 1993?
Maya Angelou
Who was the first African American to receive a medical degree in the United States?
James McCune Smith
Which lawyer and NAACP litigator successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
In what Harlem venue did many black jazz musicians achieve fame during the “Jazz Age”?
The Cotton Club
Who was the first African American woman to win a Grammy Award for Best New Artist?
Natalie Cole
What is the name of the first African American owned and operated newspaper, started in 1827?
Freedom’s Journal
Who was the African American scientist famous for his work with peanuts and sweet potatoes?
George Washington Carver
Which Black woman became the first major-party Black candidate for President of the United States in 1972?
Shirley Chisholm
What dance style originated in Harlem ballrooms in the 1920s and 1930s?
Lindy Hop
Who was the first Black American to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress?
Hattie McDaniel
Who was the first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Toni Morrison
Who was the African American mathematician whose work was crucial for NASA’s early space missions?
Katherine Johnson
Which organization founded by James Farmer used nonviolent direct action to challenge segregation?
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Who is credited with pioneering the “blues” genre in the early 20th century?
W.C. Handy
Who was the first African American woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Bessie Coleman
Who was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
James Alan McPherson
Which Black surgeon performed the first successful open-heart surgery?
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Who was the first African American female U.S. Senator?
Carol Moseley Braun
Who is known for his deep voice and hits like “You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine”?
Lou Rawls
Who was the first Black NHL player?
Willie O’Ree
Which Harlem Renaissance poet wrote “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”?
Langston Hughes