Celebrating Black History & Excellence - Instructure

How old will Ruby Bridges (first African American child to attend a whites only elementary school) be in 2025?

Who wrote "Lift Every Voice & Sing"?

Who published the novel "Go Tell It on the Mountain" in 1953?

Which invention was designed by a black person?

What was compromised population value of a black life in early US history?

Who is recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first female self-made millionaire in America? 

Who is Robyn Fenty? 

What artist released the album “What’s Going On” in 1971, addressing social and political issues of the time? 

Who was the first African American woman to hold a pilot license?

What prominent Black American abolitionist and women’s rights advocate gave the “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech in 1851?

Seneca Village was a community of free African American property owners. What replaced this community in 1857?

David Dinkins became the first African American mayor of New York City in what year?

The first time a U.S. postage stamp depicted the image of an African American was in 1940. Who was on that stamp? 

For what movie did Sidney Poitier become the first black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor? 

Who was the first African American in space? 

Jesse Owens is considered one of the greatest athletes of his time in which sport?

In what city did Rosa Parks refuse to move to the back of the bus?

FUN QUESTION: In the movie, The Color Purple, how long did Sophia have to fight?

The women’s 200m race record of 21.34 was set by which athlete? 

What year was interracial marriage legalized in the US?

What did Garrett Morgan invent in 1923? 

Soul Train was created and hosted by which TV presenter?

Which Hip Hop artist is the first to have won a Pulitzer Prize for their album “DAMN”?

When year did Martin Luther King Jr. give his "I Have A Dream" speech?

Who was the first African America Supreme Court Justice?

Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?

Who is the first African American women to serve on the JPMorgan Chase Board of Directors?

Which President officially recognized Black History Month?

FUN QUESTION: To what architectural structure did Lil Jon direct us?

Who is the first Black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice?

What food product did George Washington Carver help to establish as a staple in American households to this day?

Virgil Abloh was best known for being the artistic director of which brand?

Who was the first Black baseball player to integrate the American League?