Black History Month Facts of Baseball

When did Black History Month join baseball

Langston Hughes was the first black man to become a lawyer in 1854.

Hattie McDaniel was the first African American performer to receive an Academy Award in 1940.

George Washington Carver created peanut butter.

Who was the first African American President of the United States?

In what year did Black History Month become a month long celebration

When did Jackie Robinson become the first African American Major League Baseball player?

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed in ___?

_____ was the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives.

Claudette Colvin was arrested 9 months before Rosa Parks for not giving up her seat on the bus to white passengers.

Madam C.J. Walker was the first woman to become a self-made millionaire.