BHM Trivia

At the Berlin Olympics in 1936, this runner won 4 gold medals, which was seen as a rebuke of Hitler’s “master race”.

This 2016 movie tells the true story of three Black women who were instrumental in NASA’s first manned space flights.

This 18^th-century scholar built the first clock in the U.S. and published an almanac with his knowledge of astronomy.

This 19^th-century Abolitionist became the first-ever woman of color to win a court case against a white man in 1828.

Mansa Musa, 14^th-century ruler of Mali, was the richest man in the history of the world and loved giving ___ as a gift.

Black Wall Street, a successful Black community which was violently destroyed by a white mob in 1921 was in what city?

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In 1921, this predominantly Black community in Florida was destroyed by a white mob in violence that lasted a week.

In 1973, this musician became the first Black artist to win a Grammy for Album of the Year.

According to Rolling Stone and Comedy Central, this funny man is the number one stand-up comedian of all time.

This legal scholar became the first African American Supreme Court Justice in 1967.

This person was the first Black head coach to win the Super Bowl in 2006.

This 20^th-century activist adopted a single letter for his last name to symbolize his family’s unknown African surname.

In 1863, William H. Carney became the first African-American to win this medal, the highest military honor.

John Carlos and Tommie Smith raised a gloved fist in a Black Power salute at this sporting event.

Lonnie Johnson, a former NASA engineer, is the inventor of what famous household toy?

Booker T. Washington, an advisor to multiple presidents, founded and taught at which HBCU?

In 1923, inventor Garret Morgan created this device to control traffic more safely. It is still in use today.

In 1965, civil rights leaders marched from this city in Alabama to the capital of Montgomery.

W.E.B. DuBois was an author, activist, and a founding member of which civil rights group?