Black Medical History
Breaking Barriers
Inventions
Pop Culture
Birmingham History
100
Which unethical scientific experiment formed the basis for all research studies to require informed consent, after observing the natural course of untreated syphilis in Black men, even after treatment became available?
Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
100
Which athlete broke the MLB color barrier in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
100
Which Black inventor created over 300 products from peanuts and was the first non-president to be honored with a national monument in his name?
George Washington Carver
100
Which Black artist has the most Grammy wins in history, with 35 awards and 99 nominations?
Beyoncé
100
What is the name of the church where a bombing was committed by the Ku Klux Klan, killing 4 young girls in 1963?
16th Street Baptist Church
200
Which African-American woman’s cancer cells are the source of the first immortalized human cell line?
Henrietta Lacks
200
Who was the first Black candidate for a major party's presidential nomination?
Shirley Chisolm
200
Which African American woman inventor that revolutionized haircare by designing the first hot comb, inventing the idea of pomade, and transforming the marketing strategy for cosmetic products, becoming the first Black millionaire?
Madame C. J. Walker
200
Which Black artist is the best-selling artist, has the best-selling album in history, won 13 Grammy Awards, eight of which were in a single night, and is the only artist with a top-ten single in five different decades?
Michael Jackson
200
Martin Luther King Jr. said Birmingham was "probably the most thoroughly _____ city in the United States."
segregated
300
Which African American physician developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II?
Charles Drew
300
Who was the first African American to vote in an election under the just-enacted provisions of the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution?
Thomas Mundy Peterson
300
Who invented the three-light traffic signal?
Garrett Morgan
300
In 2002, who became the first person to achieve EGOT status?
Whoopi Goldberg
300
Opening in 1907, what was the first Black-owned and Black-run bank in Alabama, symbolizing the community's economic strength despite segregation?
Penny Savings Bank
400
Who was the first African-American female doctor of medicine?
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
400
Who was the first African American doctor in the United States and also became the first African American to run a pharmacy in the nation?
James McCune Smith
400
Which African American inventor contributed to a safer society with her invention of the first home security system?
Marie Van Brittan Brown
400
Which black filmmaker, directed the 19th highest-grossing film at 1.34 billion, featuring a largely black cast?
Ryan Coogler
400
Which hotel was one of the first of its kind in the segregated South, providing a safe and luxurious lodging for Black travelers and serving as a headquarters for civil rights leaders during Project Confrontation?
A.G. Gaston Motel
500
Which Black doctor invented Laserphaco Probe, improving treatment for cataract patients?
Patricia Bath
500
Who was the first Black person, and person of color to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for their mediation of the 1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and four Arab nations?
Ralph Bunche
500
Who created the carbon filament that significantly improved the longevity of light bulbs and worked for Thomas Edison?
Lewis Howard Latimer
500
Who is the author of the historical novel, published in 1976, which traced the lineage of family from Africa to America and became a national sensation after the Pulitzer Prize-winning book was adapted into a record-breaking TV miniseries?
Alex Haley
500
Who were the first Black graduates from the UAB School of Medicine, receiving their degrees in 1970?
Richard Charles Dale and Samuel William Sullivan, Jr.