Black History Month!

Question 1

Who was the first African-American head coach in the NFL?

Accepted Answer

Fritz Pollard

Question 2

Who was the first African American woman to go into space?

Accepted Answer

Mae Jemison

Question 3

Who was one of the most important writers of the Harlem Renaissance, which celebrated black life &culture

Accepted Answer

Langston Hughes

Question 4

What is the oldest black sorority?

Accepted Answer

Alpha Kappa Alpha

Question 5

Who wrote the anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

Accepted Answer

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 6

Who was the first African-American physicist/mathematician that helped the NASA space agency?

Accepted Answer

Katherine Johnson

Question 7

Who was the first African American to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?

Accepted Answer

Thurgood Marshall

Question 8

Who was the first Black American to play major league baseball?

Accepted Answer

Moses Fleetwood Walker

Question 9

Who was the first African American to win a singles title at Wimbledon -- Althea Gibson, or Arthur Ashe?

Accepted Answer

Althea Gibson

Question 10

Who was the first African-American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp?

Accepted Answer

Booker T. Washington

Question 11

What amendment abolished slavery?

Accepted Answer

13

Question 12

Who was the first black woman ever named to the cabinet of a U.S. president?

Accepted Answer

Patricia R. Harris

Question 13

Who was the founder of Negro History Week, which eventually became Black History Month?

Accepted Answer

Carter G. Woodson

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