Black History Month TRIVIA

Which civil rights activist refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery P. Boycott?

What African American scientist developed hundreds of uses for peanuts but did not invent peanut butter?

Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball?

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

Who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice?

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Who was the first African American billionaire?

Who was the first Black Disney princess?

What NBA player starred in Space Jam before LeBron James?

What African American inventor created the first automatic refrigerator?

Which legendary singer and “Queen of Soul” was a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta?

Who was the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress?

What landmark Supreme Court case ended racial segregation in public schools?

Which music legend performed at the 2013 Super Bowl and caused a brief power outage?

Ketanji Brown Jackson made history as the first Black woman ever to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.

What was the name of the famous speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963?

Who was the first African American woman to travel to space?

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?

What is the name of the dance style that emerged in the Harlem Renaissance and later influenced hip-hop?

This Woman refused to give up her bus seat before Rosa Parks and helped inspire the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

In 1980 Willie Davenport and Jeff Gadley were the first two Black athletes to participate in what Winter Olympic Sport?

The first ever BET Awards took place in the 1990s.

What famous 90s sitcom starred a young Will Smith and featured a dance that became a pop culture classic?

A Black man, William Henry Lewis, was the first African American to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Which legendary boxer was known for his phrase “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”?

Which famous jazz musician was known for playing the trumpet and popularizing scat singing?

The movie Get Out was the first horror film directed by a Black filmmaker to earn over $100 million at the box office.

Which African American leader delivered the famous “Ballot or the Bullet” speech in 1964?

Who was the first Black woman to appear on the cover of Vogue magazine?