Television and Movies
What actor & rapper starred in the movie Men In Black?
Will Smith
What rap group hit the popular music charts in 1987 with “My Mike Sounds Nice?”
Salt-N-Pepa
Who made history becoming the first black president of the United States?
Barack Obama
At just six years old, this little girl became an icon of the civil rights movement, as she's often credited as one of the first students to integrate southern schools. Who is she?
Which official song of the NAACP is often also called the black national anthem?
Lift Every Voice and Sang
Who was the first black superhero to appear in a mainstream comic?
Black Panther
Motown music derives its name from which U.S. city?
Motortown, Detroit
Which black politician was the first woman from a major political party to run for president?
Shirley Chisholm
Who was the first African American to receive a PhD from Harvard?
W.E.B. Du Bois
What is the famous boxer Muhammad Ali's real name?
Cassius Clay
Who was the first black person to win an Oscar?
Hattie McDaniel
Who was the first African American vocalist to sing with a white orchestra.
Lena Horne
What does the acronym NAACP stand for?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Who was the first female self-made millionaire?
Madam C. J. Walker
Who said, "I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger"?
Harriet Tubman
What black actress portrayed Catwoman in season 3 of the Batman show, starring Adam West?
Eartha Kitt
Ella Fitzgerald started her singing career by winning an amateur contest in New York City. Name the venue.
The Apollo Theater
Who was the first black senator to be elected to the US Senate?
Hiram Revels
Who was the first black female licensed pilot in the US?
Bessie Coleman
Who said, "If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."
Martin Luther King Jr.
Mahershala Ali became the first Muslim actor to win an Academy Award after starring in what film?
Moonlight
Which musician and producer has the most Grammy awards of any living person?
Quincy Jones
What year was Nelson Mandela elected to office in South Africa?
1994
In 1821, Thomas Jennings became the first recorded African American to receive a patent in the US for his "scouring" method, an improvement upon what?
Black History Month is in February to honor the birthdays of which two notable US History figures?
Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass