Weehawken Library's Black History Month Challenge

Question 1

Many consider this doctor to be the originator of the Blood Bank concept.

Accepted Answer

Charles Drew

Question 2

This person, a well-known trumpet player, was known by the nickname "Satchmo".

Accepted Answer

Louis Armstrong

Question 3

This person started the Tuskegge Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama.

Accepted Answer

Booker T. Washington

Question 4

This person ws one of the first people killed in the cause of American independence.

Accepted Answer

Crispus Attucks

Question 5

This person started a newspaper called "The North Star".

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass

Question 6

This person, the child of ex-slaves, developed a hair product and died a millionaire.

Accepted Answer

Madame C. J. Walker

Question 7

This person, the child of former slaves, invented the ironing board, the lawn sprinkler, and many other useful things.

Accepted Answer

Elijah McCoy

Question 8

In 1962, this person became the first black player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

Question 9

This person's given first and middle names at birth were "Edward Kennedy".

Accepted Answer

Duke Ellington

Question 10

This person was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949.

Accepted Answer

Joe Louis

Question 11

This person's performance at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games made him famous.

Accepted Answer

Jesse Owens

Question 12

This person wrote proudly of black people in books, poems and plays.

Accepted Answer

Langston Hughes

Question 13

This person attended the University of California on a tennis scholarship.

Accepted Answer

Arthur Ashe

Question 14

This doctor spent two years working with poor people in Africa before she went on to become an astronaut.

Accepted Answer

Mae Jemison

Question 15

This person born to former slaves got a degree from Harvard University and started what is now "Black History Month".

Accepted Answer

Carter G. Woodson

Question 16

When this person was just a few weeks old, he and his mother were kidnapped. His mother was sold into salvery.

Accepted Answer

George Washington Carver

Question 17

This person worked at a childcare center before becoming a well-known political figure.

Accepted Answer

Shirley Chisholm

Question 18

This person was nicknamed "Moses" because they led so many slaves to freedom.

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 19

This lay preacher lead a Virginia slave revolt in 1831.

Accepted Answer

Nat Turner

Question 20

This person served three years in reform school before writing many famous rock-and-roll songs.

Accepted Answer

Chuck Berry

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