Sports History
This team has the most ABA championships.
The Pacers
Who was the first black President of the United States?
Who was the first black female police officer in Fort Wayne?
Laura Jackson
the city of Gary Indiana made history electing the state's first black mayor... What year did this happen?
1967
This inventor discovered over 300 uses for the peanut.
Dr. George Washington Carver
What was the name of Fort Wayne’s first Black minor league baseball team?
The Fort Wayne Colored Giants
What was Malcolm X's last name before he joined the Nation of Islam?
Malcolm Little.
What College did Fort Wayne legend Rod Woodson play football at?
Purdue
Who was the first black man to win Indiana Mr Basketball?
George Crowe
This man invented the world-famous watergun, the Supersoaker.
Lonnie G. Johnson
Simone Biles is the most decorated sportsperson in which sport?
Gymnastics
Who was the iconic civil rights leader known for his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963?
Dr. King
Who was Fort Wayne’s first Black male police officer?
Arthur Williams
Michael Jackson was born in this Indiana city.
Gary Indiana
This man created the potato chip during the summer of 1853
George Crum
Who was the first black woman from Fort Wayne to be named a McDonald's and Jordan Brand All American?
Ayanna Patterson
In what year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
1955
In 1820 the government passed a law that said blacks had to pay how much to enter Indiana?
$500
What is the name of the first all-Black high school in Indianapolis
Crispus Attucks High School
What is the name of the man who made the stop light?
Garrett Morgan
Jesse Owens is considered one of the greatest athletes of his time in which sport?
Track and Field
Which Black American baseball player broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
is considered Fort Wayne’s first Black real estate investor?
William E. Warfield
Madam C.J Walker is known as the first Black self-made millionaire. What product led to her success?
Hair grower
Who helped make elevator doors a thing?
Alexander Miles
Who was the first Black American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title
Jack Johnson
Who was the first Black American ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall (1967)
Starting his High School soccer career off at South Side High School, this man is the only american to play in 4 FIFA World Cups.
DaMarcus Beasley
What High School did 2015 Indiana Mr Basketball Caleb Swanigan go to?
Homestead in Fort Wayne
This man was the first neurosurgeon separate conjoined twins
Ben Carson