Black History Month Trivia

The PGA was considered "Caucasian Only" until which golfer joined?

What major U.S. city elected the first African American Mayor in 1967? ____________

What is the name of the slave who sued for his freedom & lost, before the Civil War?

Who was the first African American to perform at the White House?

What year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?

What is the name of the woman who helped over 300 escaped slaves flee to freedom in the North ?

At its height, what was the slave population in the U.S.?

The first black player in the NHL was Willie O’Ree. What team did he play for?

Who signed The Emancipation Act?

Who was the only African American among the original NAACP executives?

African American scientist George Washington Carver used ____ as the basis for his experiments?

Who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. Senator?

With the 15th Amendment ratification, what did African Americans gain in the United States?

Which African American basketball pro made history becoming the first woman to dunk in 2002?

What is Tiger Woods’ real first name? __________

Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. was the first African American to become what?

What was the first African American owned-and-operated newspaper?

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

Where was Malcolm X killed?

Sarah Goode was the first African American woman to receive a patent. What did she invent?

Before it became Black History Month what was the observance of Black History called?

Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?

Jean-Baptist-Point Du Sable founded the settlement that would later become which  U.S. city?

Black History Month originated in 1926 by ? ___________

Who was the wealthiest man of all time?

Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?

Which track & field star was the first athlete to win 4 gold medals in an Olympic Games?

Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?

Who is considered the "Father of Black History"?

Who became the first African American to graduate from Harvard University?

What is the name of the great Civil Rights leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize ?

What is the name of the first African American who served on the U.S. Supreme Court?