Quiz 100

Crispus Attucks is regarded as the first person to be killed for the American Revolution, in this state capital?

Lewis temple built a toggle harpoon used for welding he was a

Granville T Woods helped invent these electrical systems

This African American scientists discovered blood plasma

In 1994, which president named Eddie Jordan, Jr. as the first African American attorney

How many Grammy awards did Lauryn Hill receive

Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics hosted by what country??

This was the largest political rally for human rights in the United States

Brown v Board of education was set in this city

Who is the youngest to win a heavyweight boxing title

Phillis Wheatley was the first

Who is the first opera singer

Who made the traffic light and gas mask

He is the only black race car driver in the F1 racing

Harriet Tubman rescued about how many slaves in the Underground Railroad

What form of music did Duke Ellington create

This HBCU university was created to train black teachers

This company was the first black company on the New York stock exchange

These soldiers fought the native Americans in the civil war in the west

She was both a famous dancer and spy that fought in WW2

What black woman was a millionaire and made hair products

Who sang the song say it loud I’m black and I’m proud

During the enslavement period, this body of water served as a natural border between free and slave states.

Who said we want black power

Zora Neil Hurston wrote this book

What act said that they should be treated fairly no matter the color of their skin

Thurgood Marshall was apart of which case

This track runner was the first female to break records in the 100m and 200m

Taraji P Henson played this character in hidden figures

Who became the 44th president

Which amendment says “slavery shall not exist in any part of the US”

What do Langston Hughes, Zora Neil Hurston, and Countee Colleen have in common

WEB Du Bois published this book

What president gave a public address against segregation in 1963

What president commented on Phillis Wheatleys accomplishments in literacy

The nomenclature for the Slave Trade to the Americas often includes this Ocean.

What does NASA stand for

He won an academy award for best actor after 40 years

Malcolm X real name is

Black soldiers first fought in the revolutionary war in which battle

Which U.S. President desegregated the U.S. military?

What was the name of the network of hiding places, which helped slaves escape to freedom?

Marcus Garvey started this movement

What book did Maya Angelou write

What city did Jazz originate from

Who’s name is Nayvadius Wilburn

How many times was Martin Luther King sent to prison during his fight for civil rights in the 1960s?

Martin Luther King created the

George Washington Carver made shaving care, paper, ink, rubbing oil, and instant coffee out of this

He is the first black hockey player in Canada

What African-American led the Chicago Bulls to six National BAsketball Association championships?

What young black girl went to an all white school in New Orleans Louisiana in 1960

What singer was at the inauguration for president John F Kennedy

The Kunta Kente festival in this city celebrates a black man

What state was the first to elect a black governor

What president appointed thurgood Marshall

Nicki Minaj is from this country

This black guy was lynched for whistling to a white woman

What former slave started a secret, Blacks only, Sunday school where he taught children to read and write?

Who is the first black person to speak on slavery

Mary Eliza Meritt was the first African American listened in Kentucky awarded a merit certificate by this president

What actor plays the grandpa Earl Johnson in blackish

This former Lakers player had 37,000 career points

Which President led the Union Arm to victory in the civil war?

What black man helped develop a cure for syphilis disease

Abraham Lincoln signed this famous declaration

Who were the Supremes

What school and what classes did rapper 2pac Tupac Shakur take

Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for how many years

Who wrote the book A raisin in the sun

What actor has portrayed a black superhero, the first black baseball player, and singer James Brown

Who has played with 3 different teams, has 4 championships, and has more career points than Kobe Bryant and MJ

What rappers real name is Jarad Higgins

Martin Luther King was killed in this city

What college was founded for by two black woman in Atlanta

Who was the first black woman to win the Oscars for best actor

Juneteenth celebrates the final abolishment of slavery in this city in Texas

Kunta Kinte was one of the characters in what Alex Haley book

Jim Brown rushed for 12,312 yards during his nine-year career with what team??

What 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case upheld racial segregation in its “separate but equal” doctrine??

Who is the first African American to host a tv show for 25 years

In the 1960s the freedom riders used this cases to support their claim

Shirley Ann Jackson went to MIT for this field of science

Sam Cooke was part of which musical group

In the War of 1812 they also attacked Ft McHenry in this city

What was Joe Louis‟s overall professional boxing record?

This was a group of black Air Force men that fought in WW2

This person was a civil rights leader, singer, and actress that sung at the Cotton Club

What African American woman got an Oscar for the movie monsters ball

Paul Williams helped build which major airport

Who won the 1936 Olympics in Germany

In 1857 this black man was ruled against Roger Taney in what Supreme Court decision

Who was the first African American astronaut

How many records did Wilt Chamberlain have

Who lead the million man March in 1995

In 1960 this basketball player was a center that helped his U.S. Olympic team win a Gold Medal with nearly 10k assists

Who is on the 100 dollar bill

Who was in the movie Invictus as Nelson Mandela

Nat Turner lead a slave revolt in this state

The Little Rock nine was prevented from going to this school in 1957