Black History Month Challenge

Question 1

Bessie Coleman was the first African American female pilot

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

Question 3

Who was the first African American woman to become a self-made millionaire?

Accepted Answer

Madam C.J. Walker

Question 4

Who wrote 'We Real Cool'?

Accepted Answer

Gwendolyn Brooks

Question 5

W.E.B. Du Bois received a Ph.D. from Harvard

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Who is the 'Father of Gospel Music'?

Accepted Answer

Thomas A. Dorsey

Question 7

Who helped develop the first clock in America?

Accepted Answer

Benjamin Banneker

Question 8

Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to Congress

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Who was the first African American to win a Winter Olympics gold medal?

Accepted Answer

Shani Davis

Question 10

Who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award?

Accepted Answer

Hattie McDaniel

Question 11

Who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Mae Jemison

Question 13

Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?

Accepted Answer

Sidney Poitier

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