Black History Month

When was Black History Week first celebrated?

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

Who led the largest slave rebellion in history?

What did Marie Maynard Daly accomplish first as an African American woman?

Who was the first African American gold medal olympian? 

What did Louis Armstrong do for a living?

What year did the Voting Rights Act become law?

What African American woman made history when she refused to give up her seat to a white man?

Which president signed the 13th Amendment, outlawing slavery?

Which was the first historically black college/university (HBCU) that was established?

In the year 1513, Who was the first documented African to arrive in America?

Who was the first black president?

An abolitionist is someone who...

Who helped make peanuts nationally recognized?

She was the first mega-star of her time. Paving the way for the Beyonce's of today.

In 1989, Douglas Wilder became the first black governor of which state?

Where did MLK Jr. receive his doctorate from?

Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his famous "I have a dream..." speech?

From 1973 - 1976, this famous singer won 3 out of 4 Grammy awards for best male pop vocalist:

When was Black History Month celebrated for the first time?

Shirley Chisolm was the first black woman elected to

In what year did the first enslaved Africans arrive in North America?

In 1940, who was the first African American to win an Academy Award?

Martin Luther King, Jr., later renamed Martian, was born in which Southern city?

How do you spell this person´s name?

Wilma Rudolph did not learn to walk until she was 8 years old. At age 20, she was called:

Which was the first state to abolish slavery?

Who was the first African American star of a network TV show?

What was the total number of slaves that escaped to freedom using the Underground Railroad?

What was Maya Angelou famous for?

Who wrote, "A letter from a Birmingham Jail"?

Who founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to educate black teachers?

Who is the father of Black History Month?

Who was the first African American in space?

What is the meaning of liberation?

What is Rosa Parks famous for?

What year was Malcolm-X assassinated?

Who became the first black player in major league baseball in 1947?

First African American to earn a PH.D from Harvard University?

What was Jackie Robinson’s baseball number?

Who is this woman and was her title?

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

Who is the first person in history to win four gold medals in Track and Field?

What is the name of the all African American WWII Airforce unit?

Which was the first to have a higher African American population than Caucasian?

What Constitutional Amendment gave all citizens the right to vote?

What year was slavery abolished?

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

Who is named the "Queen of Soul"?

Black History Month is in Feb. due to 2 birthdays of famous abolitionists.  Who are they?

Who was the most famous "conductor" of the Underground Railroad?

When was Black History Month established?

Besides the U.S., what other two major political powers celebrate Black History Month?

Baseball legend Jackie Robinson played for which team?

What woman led more than 300 slaves to freedom through the underground railroad?

Who is the only African American honored with a National holiday?

What was the name of the first black Barbie?

What was the informal system that helped slaves escape to the North during the mid-1800's?

Who was the first African American judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court?

Who was the first African American Miss America?

Who was the first male African American country music star?

Who is Madame CJ Walker

Which African American athlete won 4 fold medals at teh Berlin Olympics in 1936?

What court case overturned the separate but equal decision of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1954?

What famous book stirred up anti-slavery sentiment in the U.S. prior to the Civil War?

Who was the first African American Inventor to receive a patent for their dry cleaning process?

Who was the first African American Women to run for President?

She was an African American jazz/pop music singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist.

Which boxer heavily supported the civil rights movement. His birth name was Cassius Clay.

In what year did Harriet Tubman flee Maryland?

Who invented over 300 products from the peanut?

When did the NAACP celebrate its 100th anniversary?