Black History Trivia

This term was first used to describe Black popular music in the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's

First Black Astronaut to travel in space

First Black woman nominated for best the actress academy award

She was the conductor of the underground railroad that freed over 300 slaves

Playwright who wrote the first drama by a black woman to be produced on Broadway

The first Black American surgeon to conduct research on blood plasma

The first African American flying unit in the US military

The recording company founded by Berry Gordy

The first black teenagers to attend all white Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas

In 1940 he became the African American General in the US Army

The first black president in American history

First Black network anchor on ABC.

Nickname given African American members of the US cavalry who fought in the 1800's

An American poet considered the first important black writer in the US

He was a pianist, composer, and arranger. One of the most important figures in modern jazz

He organized a normal and industrial school known as Tuskegee Institute

First elected African American governor in US history

He was the first African American baseball player in the major leagues

He was born a slave and later became an abolitionist?

One of the first men to lose his life for the cause of American Independence