Black History Month NHS 2025

Who was the first Black Secretary of Labor under President Clinton from 1997 to 2001?

Who was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Chemistry in the U.S.

The Civil Rights Act was enacted in...?

What year did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?

Who invented the traffic light signal with a "third" or "caution" light?

Barack Obama was the?

Who wrote the play "A Raisin in the Sun"?

What year did Black History Month start?

Juneteenth is celebrated on which day?

Black workers make up what percent of the U.S. Labor Force today?

Who was the first Black tennis player who crossed the color barrier and won a grand slam (French Open)?

Who was the first President to recognize Black History Month?

Barack Obama was the first black man to run for president?

What did George Washington Carver develop hundreds of uses for?

Which African American led the action for Amazon workers' rights by establishing the Amazon Labor Union (ALU)?

What genre of music originated in the African American communities of New Orleans in the 19th and 20th centuries?

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

When did Destiny's Child make it big?

What is the significance of Juneteenth?

What famous speech did Frederick Douglass deliver on July 4th, criticizing the hypocrisy of slavery?

What organization did Malcolm X belong to before he renounced its teachings?

Who is known as the "King of Pop"?

During the 20th Century, this African American woman led the "Fair Fight" to increase voter registration in Georgia

What famous singer and actress starred in the movie "The Bodyguard"?

Where did MLK Jr. give his iconic speech?

The inventor of the Super Soaker, Lonnie Johnson was a member of which agency?

Which is not a famous female African American writer?

What African American mathematician's calculations were critical to NASA's space missions in the early 1960s?

Who is considered the "Queen of Soul"?

What month is Black History Month celebrated in?

Frederick Douglass was a ________? (Fill in the blank)

W.E.B. DuBois is the father of ________?

Who was the first African American to win a Nobel Peace Prize?

Who led the "Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters," a Black union recognized by the AFL (American Federation of Labor)?

What medical breakthrough is Dr. Charles Drew known for?

What year did Jackie Robinson break the color barrier in baseball?

What is the year that the Federal Gov. officially counted Black workers in the U.S. Census?

In 1881, Black Laundry workers participated in the "Atlanta Washerwomen Strike." What were they NOT striking for?

Who was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field?