Umoja Black History Quiz 2

In what year did Mike Tyson become the youngest heavyweight boxing champion in history?

Did Michael Jordon switch to Basketball to Play Professional Golf ?

WHO WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO PLAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IN THE MODERN ERA?

7. In what year did interracial marriage change because of the Loving v. Virgina Case?

This African American Abolitionist was a Trusted Advisor of President Lincoln, Who is this person?

10. Did Harriet Tubman was the first woman to lead a U.S. military operation?

7. WHO WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTOR TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD ?

In what year did Nasa send the First African American Astronaut named ( Guion Stewart Bluford Jr. ) to go to space ?

4. IGNITED BY ROSA PARKS, IN WHAT CITY DID THE MASS BUS BOYCOTT TAKE PLACE?

Who was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. completing his dissertation in physics at Yale in 1876. ?

4. WAS EARTHA KITT THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTRESS TO PLAY CATWOMEN ?

9. DID RAY CHARLES PIONEER THE SOUL MUSIC GENRE DURING THE 1950'S ?

Was Betty Boop based on a African American woman?

8. The ——- Voting Rights Act created a significant change in the status of African Americans throughout the South.

8. Was Billie Holiday’s famous song “Strange Fruit” originally a poem written by a student ?

Did Benjamin Banneker teach himself astronomy to become America's "First Known African American Man of Science ?

In what year did James Durham become the first African-American doctor in the United States ?

3. WAS ELLA FITZGERALD THE FIRST JAZZ PERFORMER AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO PERFORM AT A SUPERBOWL HALF TIME ?

5. In 1963 during the March on Washington, Did Martin Luther King Jr improvise his speech ( I HAVE A DREAM )

9. Who was the first African American self made Millionaire ?

In what year did Whitney Houston sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl?

WAS MUHAMMAD ALI THE FIRST FIGHTER TO WIN THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE 4 TIMES ?

Did Mae Jemison become the first African-American woman Astronaut to go into space. ?

6. WAS SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDERVERSE THE SECOND BLACK ANIMATED FILM TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD ?

6. IN 1964, HE BECAME THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO WIN THE NOBLE PEACE PRIZE?

5. In 1984, what African American singer won eight Grammy Awards?

1. WHO BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTRESS TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD ?

Was John Baxter Taylor the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal.?

2. WHO WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD TO DESEGREGRATE AN ALL WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ?

WHICH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST JOINED THE NATION OF ISLAM DURING A BRIEF STINT IN JAIL DURING THE 1950'S