Black History Month

What famous African American scientist developed more than 300 products from peanuts?

Which innovator patented portable refrigeration for trucks in 1940, transforming food transport and military medicine?

Which famous African American civil rights leader delivered the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech?

The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses.

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

Which civil rights leader founded the “Freedom Rides” to challenge segregated bus terminals in the South?

Dr. Evelyn Boyd Granville, first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics and later helped develop software for Nasa.

What famous African American was an early pioneer in the aviation industry?

When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

Jesse Owens won four Gold Medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

The purpose of Black History month is to celebrate the achievements &contributions of African Americans to U.S. history.

Who broke the MLB color barrier in 1947, becoming the first Black player in modern Major League Baseball?

Which African American singer became known as the ‘Queen of Soul’?

When is National Black History Month observed in the United States?

What event sparked the modern Civil Rights Movement in the United States?

Oprah Winfrey coined the term "womanism" in her 1983 essay collection In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens.

Which African American politician elected to Congress in 1966 served as the first African American U.S. Ambassador?

Which 2020 global movement, sparked by the death of George Floyd, reignited calls for racial justice and police reform?

Which famous African American abolitionist’s birthday is celebrated during Black History Month?

President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976.