Black History Quiz 2025

What month is Black History Month celebrated in the U.S.?

What landmark piece of Civil Rights legislation, aimed to eliminate barriers to voting for Black Americans?

Who was the first Black woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in tennis?

Who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 and worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on civil rights?

What Black artist is known for his many accomplishments as the "King of Pop"?

Which Black poet read at President Bill Clinton's inauguration?

Who was the first African American Secretary of State?

Who was the first Black player in Major League Baseball?

Who made history with the first rap song to win a Grammy Award for Song and Record of the Year in 2019?

Who was the first African American to win an Oscar?

Who was the first Black billionaire in the U.S.?

When did Black History Month officially become a national observance in the U.S.?

What was the goal of the Freedom Rides?

Who was the first Black Miss America?

Who was the first Black astronaut to travel to space?

Who was the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968?

Who invented the traffic light?

Who was the founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a key orginization in the Civil RIghts Movement?

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

Which rapper won a Pulitzer Prize for his critically acclaimed album?

Who was known as the "Moses of her people" for leading enslaved people to freedom?

Who was the first Black woman elected to Congress?

Which Black athlete won four gold medals in the 1936 Olymics?

Which Black musician is a known as the "Godfather of Soul"?

What was the significance of Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

Which Black scientist developed over 300 uses for peanuts?

Who founded Black History Month?

Which Black athlete was the first to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?

Who improved the light bulb inventing a longer lasting filament?

Who developed the first successful open-heart surgery

In what year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her bus seat in Montgomery Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Who is known as the "Queen of Soul"?

What was Black History Month originally called?

Which law ended segregation in public places?

Who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama?

Who was the first Black Supreme Court Justice?

In which 1990s sitcom starred Will Smith as a teenager from West Philadelphia?

Who was the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy?

Who was the first African American President of the U.S.?

Who was the first Black woman to headline Coachella?

Which groundbreaking sitcom featured an affluent African American family living in a Manhattan high-rise?

How can we get more involved in Black culture?

Who was the first African American woman to earn licensure as a practicing veterinarian?

Who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech?

Who was the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Who was known for developing blood transfusion methods?

Why was February chosen for Black History Month?

In which event did Sha'Carri Richardson win her first Olympic gold medal?

Who was the first Black woman to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series?

Who was the first Black female Vice President of the U.S.?