Black History Month 2023

What Holiday celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in America?

Shirley Chisholm of New York was the first Black woman to be elected to congress, in what year did this happen?

Which Supreme Court decision gave interracial couples the right to marry?

Which African-American was the first astronaut?

Who was the first Black musician to appear on a TV show?

Who was the first Black quarterback to start in the Super Bowl?

Who is the first Black, openly transgender woman elected to public office in the United States?

What is the name of the church that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr preached at?

This "human calculator," who worked for NASA, was asked to double check the computer calculations

This woman is widely considered the first Black millionaire, selling hair-care products and other cosmetics.

What is the Black History Month theme for 2024?

Who was the first Black woman to win 5 Grammy Awards in one year?

Starting in the 1940's, which Billie Holiday song was prohibited from her sets due to it being deemed "controversial" ?

Where was the first "sit-in protest" at a segregated lunch counter?

This labor leader was the mastermind of the March on Washington.

Which actress made history in 2015 by becoming the first Black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress?

What is the name of the legislation that outlawed racial discrimination during voting?

Who was the first Black actor/actress to win an Academy Award? What year?

Alongside Melvin Charles, who designed the Black Heritage Flag in 1967?

Members of what labor union helped to build the nation's Black middle class & civil rights movement?

The all-Black Regiment 369TH Infantry Division achieved what in WWI?

Who was the only Black American to be present at the Seneca Falls Convention?

What is the name of the 2016 film based on the true story of 3 Black female mathematicians who worked at NASA?

Before he was elected president of the United States, Barack Obama serves as a US senator of which Midwestern State?

What was the full name of the event where Dr. King gave his "I Have A Dream" speech?

This pre-Civil Rights leader was among the first Black women to be invited to the White House in 1864.

Who broke the color barrier in baseball?

In which year did Black History Month become an annual, month long celebration?

This fictional TV show is credited with having the first Black woman as a commander & the first interracial kiss.

Which state was the first to elect a Black governor, doing so in 1989?

Who was the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor?

Which amendment abolished slavery "within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction" ?

The Tuskegee Airmen are primarily known for what?

Which Ivy League College was the first to employ a Black president?

Black soldiers make up which percentage of the Union army?

Who was the first Black American to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Fifteen jockeys rode in the very first Kentucky Derby. How many of the fifteen were Black?

What can you do to be a good ally?

Which form of literature did Frederick Douglass popularize?

Which US President officially recognized Black History Month?