Black History Month

The March on Washington where Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech happened on this date.

Mathematican who provided the orbital entry calculations for the Apollo missions; inspired the movie Hidden Figures.

What year was the Transatlantic Slave trade "officially" abolished in the United States?

The first 3 position traffic signal was designed and patented by...

The Harlem Renaissance, the African American intellectual and cultural revival took place in what NY borough?

She became the first African and Asian American elected Vice President of the United States on November 3, 2020.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott began when she refused give up her seat on a public bus and was arrested.

Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation "freeing" slaves on what date?

In 1916, he became the 1st African American to receive his Ph.D in Chemistry from the University of Illinois.

"Black History Month" was officially recognized in what year?

He was awarded "Grandmaster" status in Chess in 1999, the 1st African American to receive that distinction.

"Negro History Week," the precusor to Black History Month, was started by...

On June 17, 2021, President Biden signed a bill establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday. What day is Juneteenth?

An aerospace engineer who later invented the Super Soaker watergun and Nerf gun.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture opened on this date?

On April 13, 1964, he became the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.

"Black Wall Street" was located in what U.S. state?

Representing this state, Carol Moseley Braun became the 1st African American female senator on Nov. 3, 1993.

In 1968, she became the first African American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.

Founded in 1909 in response to Jim Crowe laws, the acronym NAACP stands for...

On April 15, 1947 he became the 1st African American to play Major League Baseball.

She became the 1st African American female admitted to the NASA Space program in 1987.

On August 30, 1983, he became the 1st African American to go into space as part of the original Challenger crew.

Influencial civil rights leader who penned the "I Have a Dream" speech and "Letters from a Birmingham Jail"

She was the 1st African American female Grammy Award winner in 1958.

The U.S. Civil War ended on...

In addition to the U.S., Black History Month is also observed in February in what country?

Forbes magazine included her in its 2003 list of America’s billionaires, the first African American woman to become one.

1st African American to win Wimbledon, the French Open and the US Open.

13th amendment to the constitution abolishing the practice of slavery except as punishment for a crime is ratified.

On February 29, 1940, she became the first African American to win an Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Award.

He became the 1st African American U.S. Poet Laureate in 1976.

Which state has the most historically black colleges and universities?

Hiram Rhodes Revels was the 1st black U.S. senator. Which state did he represent?

In 1876, he became the 1st African American to receive his Ph.D in Physics.

1st African American man to win Wimbledon, the Australian Open and the US Open.

Which U.S. president was the 1st to officially recognize Black History Month

In what state is Cheyney University, the oldest historically black college and university in the U.S., founded in 1837?

Thurgood Marshall was the 1st African American to serve...

She was an African American entrepreneur and is recorded as the first self-made female millionaire.

He became the first African American elected President of the United States on November 4, 2008.

First African American male Olympic Gold Medalist (Winter Olympics).

What year was the first "Negro History Week" observed?

Supreme Court decision that declared "separate but equal" unconstitutional leading to integration in the U.S.

With an enrollment over 13,000, it is the largest historically black university in the U.S.