Events
In what year did America elect its first African American President?
2008
Who is referred to as the "Queen of Soul"?
Aretha Franklin
Who was the first African American to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year?
Stevie Wonder
Who was the first African American to win the Masters Tournament in golf?
Tiger Woods
What was Whitney Houston's greatest-selling hit?
I Will Always Love You
What significant event in Black history is commemorated on Juneteenth?
What significant event in Black history is commemorated on Juneteenth?
Who was the first African American model to be featured on the cover of GQ magazine?
Trya Banks
Who became the first Black American woman to serve as US Secretary of State in 2001?
Condoleezza Rice
What was Muhammad Ali's nickname?
The Greatest
Which is Morgan Freeman's most iconic roles?
The Shawshank Redemption
What was the name of the movement in 1950s and 1960s that aimed to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans?
The Civil Rights Movement
Which state was the first to abolish slavery?
Vermont
Who was the first Black American Supreme Court Justice, appointed in 1967
Thurgood Marshall
How many times did Kobe Bryant win the NBA Championship?
5
Who was the first African American woman to host a nationally syndicated talk show?
Oprah Winfrey
What was the name of the 1963 event where Martin Luther King Jr delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech?
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
What cultural, social, and artistic explosion took place in New York in the 1920s?
The Harlem Renaissance
Which pioneering pilot was the first Black woman to hold a commercial pilot's license in the U.S.?
Bessie Coleman
Jackie Robinson debuted in the MLB as first base for which team?
Brooklyn Dodgers
What is the name of the groundbreaking 1977 miniseries that depicted the history of an African American family from slavery to freedom?
Roots
What event sparked the modern Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Which court case ended legal segregation in public schools?
Brown vs Board of Education
Who was the first African American woman to become a self-made millionaire?
Madam C.J. Walker?
Booker T is regarded as one of the greatest of all times in which sport?
Professional Wrestling
Who was the first African American to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?