Black History

Who was the first African American to serve as Secretary of State?

At its peak, how many African Americans were living as slaves in the United States?

What year was it when Mae C. Jemison became the first African American woman in space?

What year did Madam C.J. Walker become the first female African American multi-millionaire?

How long did Matthew A. Henson explore the Arctic?

Who was the first African American to serve as a United States Supreme Court Justice?

Which of these events occurred first?

What are the books that Anna Arnold Hedgeman wrote?

What is Michael Jackson's song about equality called?

Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to win an Academy Award for this movie.

Fannie Lou Hamer is responsible for which of these famous quotes?

Who was the first African American to serve as a United States Senator in 1870?

Why did Ralph Bunche, the first African American Nobel Peace Prize recipient, win the award?

What month does the U.S. observe a public holiday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Which U.S. president officially integrated the United States armed forces on July 26, 1948?

When was Black History Week first celebrated?

Who was a largely self-educated mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs and writer?

The ratification of which Amendment legally gave some African Americans the right to vote.

In which city did Rosa Parks famously not give up her seat on a bus to a white man?

In 1831, who was the leader of the only effective slave rebellion in United States history?