Edu & Orgs
Psychiatrist Alvin Francis Poussaint is a professor at Harvard. What made him well known to the general public? He was the script consultant for the Cosby show.
He was an authority on African-American social issues.
Whose stylist mother taught him; “.you don’t have to be rich to look good?”
Will Smith, creator of the WilliWear clothing line.
What is the nickname of the group of soldiers who made up the 9th and 10th Calvary units? They fought Geronimo, Poncho Villa and other US adversaries.
the Buffalo Soldiers
Crippled as a child she became the first African-American woman to win three gold medals in one Olympiad, who is she?
Wilma Rudolph
Who was the Virginia slave who in 1831 led the largest slave revolt in American history?
Nat Turner
Who invented the train alarm?
R. Butler
Raising $150,000 over seven years, this choir from Nashville traveled around the world singing spirituals and work songs to raise money for their college. What is the name of their college?
The Fisk Jubilee Singers from Fisk University.
Name the author who wrote the mystery; Devil in a Blue Dress.
Walter Mosley.
During reconstruction P.B.S Pinchback served as the governor of what southern state?
Louisiana
Name the first Black baseball player to hit more homers in one season than Roger Maris
Sammy Sosa
Who was the founder of Kwanzaa in 1966?
Dr. Maulana Karenga
L. C. Baily was the inventor of what?
L. C. Baily was the inventor of what?
Where is Bennett College located and when was it founded?
Greensboro, North Carolina and it was founded in 1873
Name the author who wrote The Souls of Black Folk.
W.E.B. DuBois
By what name is the civil rights act of 1965 (which outlawed the use of literacy tests and poll taxes) more commonly known?
The Voting Rights Act
Who started the dance craze the” Twist”?
Chubby Checkers
Name the first Black United States Senator.
Hiram Rhoades Revels, from North Carolina
Who invented the pencil sharpener and when?
J.L Love, 1897
What Black American woman founded the National Trade and Professional School for Women and Girls, Inc.?
Nannie Helen Burroughs
Who is the author of Tar Baby?
Toni Morrison
In what state can you visit the national monument to George Washington Carver?
Missouri near the city of Diamond
Name James Brown’s home town.
Macon, Georgia
Who was the first African American to vote?
Thomas M. Peterson of New Jersey
Who invented the home security system?
Marie Brown
Under what name was North Carolina Central University founded in 1910 by James E. Shephard?
The National Religious Training School of Durham.
What organization uses the slogan “A mind is a terrible thing to waste?”
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
In 1624 what was the first black child born in English America named?
William Tucker
Where did the musical group the Jackson Five grow up?
Gary, Indiana
What southern state elected Julian Bond to its house of representatives in 1965?
Georgia
Who invented the ironing board?
Sarah Boone