Black History Month

Who was the first African American recipient of the "Miss America" title?

What was the name of the influential anti-slavery newspaper published by Frederick Douglass?

In what attack did Dorris Miller respond quickly making him the 1st American hero of World War II?

What famous musician's trademark was puffing cheeks and a trumpet bell that pointed skyward?

Bill Cosby, Will Smith, and Kobe Bryant were born in "the city of brotherly love." What is the name of this city?

What was the name of the network of hiding places which helped slaves to escape to freedom?

What is the name of the record label started by Berry Gordy, Jr.?

Who is the African American businessman that founded Ebony and Jet magazines?

Who was the 1st African American to win the world heavyweight boxing championship?

Who is known as the queen of soul?

This trumpet player was also a vocalist and was the first to use a technique known as scat singing.

What state was the first to abolish slavery.

What African American female gymnast won 3 medals in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics?

What African American helped to draft the blueprints for the patent for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone?

Starting with $1.50 in cash and 5 students, what college did Mary McLeod Bethune found?

Who became the 1st black player to quarterback a Super Bowl team to victory?

Who was the 1st African American to win a Heisman Trophy?

Who received her pilot's license in 1921, making her the 1st African American civil aviator?

What landmark Supreme Court case did Thurgood Marshall help orchestrate in 1954?

George Washington commended what Black American woman for her literary achievements?

Who is credited with inventing approximately 300 uses for the peanut?

The first rap song to achieve commercial success, "Rapper's Delight," was recorded by what group in 1979?

Dr. Charles Drew spearheaded the world's first...?

What artist recorded the songs, "I Will Always Love You," "The Greatest Love of All," and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"?

What African American invented the three-way traffic light?

Who was the first Black American woman to win an Academy Award?

The Black Panther Party was founded in what California city?

What did many associate with the term "Jim Crow"?

Which former beauty queen from Ohio started her career as a model and won an Academy Award for best actress in 2001?

In 1909 W.E.B. Du Bois co-founded what national organization?

What African American explorer is best known as the 1st co-discoverer of the Geographic North Pole?

Who won a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway musical Jelly's Last Jam?

Benjamin Banneker assisted in the survey of what major US city?

What Harlem theater is a showcase for African American talent?

What breakthrough medical procedure was performed by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams in the USA?

What professional African American baseball player finished his career with 755 home runs?

What TV comedy show made Eddie Murphy a household name?

Who's known as the "hardest working man in show business," "godfather of soul," and led the way for Disco & Hip Hop?

What African American patented a telephone transmitter that was bought by Bell Telephone?

Who became the 1st African American woman candidate for President of the USA in 1972?

Who was the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1950?

What leading crusader against lynching founded the 1st black women's suffrage organization?

Who was the 1st African American to play major-league baseball and win baseball's MVP award?

Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. utter the immortal words "I still have a dream."?

Who was the 1st African American to lead the NFL in rushing?

What Chicago Bulls NBA great got his start at the University of North Carolina?

What was the nickname given to Harriet Tubman because of her efforts to free the slaves?

Who was the 1st African American Supreme Court justice?

What did Madam C.J. Walker invent & sell door to door in 1905 that made her the 1st African American female billionaire?

Who became the 1st African American appointed U.S. Surgeon General?

What basketball superstar became the 1st African American to coach a major-league sports team?

Who wrote the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?

What was the name of the first hip hop group to break into mainstream American culture in the early 1980s?

Who was the 1st African American woman to own a cable network?

What was Louis Armstrong's nickname?

Who was the 1st African American male to win an Oscar for Best Actor?

What famous boxer was born with the name Cassius Clay?

Who provided the voice for Darth Vader in the original Star Wars movie?

Who was the 1st African American President of the USA?

Who wrote the song "Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud"?

What revolutionary led colonial forces during the Boston Massacre on 3-5-1770 becoming "the 1st to defy and 1st to die"?

What anti-slavery newspaper was founded by Frederick Douglass?

Who sparked the Montgomery boycott of 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on the bus?

What African American astronaut died in the 1986 space shuttle disaster?

What is the name of the 1st black Greek fraternity for college students

Barbara Jordan became the South's 1st African American to hold this political position.

The Guiness Book of World Records lists what Michael Jackson album as the best selling album of all times?

What television program received over 25 Emmy awards and has been the highest-rated talk show in television history?

The Roaring Twenties introduced an outpouring of black art, literature and music. What was this period known as?

Who was the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association?

Who became the 1st African American woman to win the prestigious Wimbledon singles title?

What occupation do Iman, Beverly Johnson, and Naomi Campbell have in common?

What is the name of the educational institute Booker T. Washington founded for African Americans in 1881?

When did President Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

What Black American sparked the "Montgomery Bus Boycott"?

Who is known as the "Father of Black History" & lobbied for schools to participate in studying African American history?

What is the music-related nickname of Detroit, Michigan?

What NBA basketball player scored a record-setting 100 points in 1962 while playing for the Philadelphia Warriors?

Who set world records in 3 different track events at the 1935 Olympic Games