HHS Black History Month Trivia #1

Question 1

What African American historian is responsible for creating "Black History Week" in 1926?

Accepted Answer

Carter G. Woodson

Question 2

Who was the first African American network television anchor?

Accepted Answer

Mark Robinson

Question 3

Which team was the first professional African American baseball team?

Accepted Answer

New York Cuban Giants

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Hattie McDaniel

Question 5

Who was the first female African American published author?

Accepted Answer

Phillis Wheatley

Question 6

This iconic African American entertainer, also served as a spy for France during WWII.

Accepted Answer

Josephine Baker

Question 7

Who became the first female self-made millionaire?

Accepted Answer

Madame C.J. Walker

Question 8

Who was the first African American Senator of the United States?

Accepted Answer

Hiram Revels

Question 9

What was the first institution of higher education founded for African Americans?

Accepted Answer

Lincoln University

Question 10

Who was the first person to refuse to give up their seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama 1955?

Accepted Answer

Claudette Colvin

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