Black History-Presidential-Ethnic Equality Trivia

This son of Puerto Rican parents is an award-winning actor & writer known for his popular Broadway musical 'Hamilton'

With only an elementary school education, ________ invented the three-light traffic signal in 1923.

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?

Which president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that prohibits racial discrimination in voting?

An American labor leader and civil rights activist who led the first successful farm workers union in American history

Which president issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring freedom for enslaved people in Confederate states?

This country is the world’s 4^th largest island of the southeastern coast of Africa.

Who was the first President of the United States?

What is the name of the federal holiday that celebrates the end of slavery and the Civil War?

This country is home to millennia-old monuments that sit along the Nile River.

The first person of color to win a Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a United Nations mediator in the Palestine conflict

Who singed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, making segregation & discrimination illegal?

Who was the youngest person to become President at 42 years old?

Who was the only U.S. President to resign from office?

Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech?

AKA "Queen of Soul--" brilliant singer, songwriter, pianist, and one of the best selling musical artists ever.

Who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice?

Barack Obama was elected as the first African American president in what year?

Who was the first African American to host a national TV show?

Madame CJ Walker was the first African American female _____________.

Which Disney Channel show did Zendaya make her acting debut?

_________ made her mark by becoming the first Hispanic American woman to go to space with a nine-day mission in 1993.

What president signed the Jones-Shafroth Act into law on March 2, 1917, making Puerto Rico a U.S. territory?

What was Muhammad Ali’s nickname?

Which President purchased the Louisiana Territory from France?

Until 2011, this Grambling State coach had the most wins in all of college football sending 200+ players to the NFL.

Jackie Robinson debuted on the MLB as first base for which team?

The parents of this popular Chinese stuntman, actor, & director were political refugees from the Chinese Civil War.

In 2019, who made history with the first rap song to win a Grammy award for song and record of year?

This country was the only state in Africa never to be subjected to colonial rule and is Africa’s oldest republic.

Who became the first Black woman to be elected to Congress, & the first to run for President?

Which President was a famous actor before entering politics?

In 1999, she was the first African American woman to win the U.S. Open in tennis at only 17 years old.

She was Bollywood's most iconic costume designer and the first Indian to win an Academy Award in 1983.

This country is a haven for endangered mountain gorillas and contains part of Africa’s largest lake, Lake Victoria.

Which President served the shortest term in office?

How many times did Kobe Bryant win the NBA Championship?

The carbon light bulb filament and evaporative air conditioner was invented by _______________.

Nominated by Barack Obama in 2009, she was the first Hispanic person & woman of color to serve on the Supreme Court.

This East African country is known for the Serengeti & Kilimanjaro National Park, home to Africa's highest mountain.