What Do You Know About Black History?

An out-of-wedlock son of a Medici pope, this young man ruled Florence for 7 years before being assassinated.

Leader of a successful slave revolt and community of freed Africans in México, he resisted re-enslavement for decades.

His grandfather was an Ethiopian prince gifted to Peter the Great; this man established Russian as a literary language.

Founder of Provident Hospital for all races in Chicago, this cardiac surgeon trained many Black nurses and doctors.

The first Black female Cabinet member ever, she grew up in Mattoon, IL and led Delta Sigma Theta sorority for 6 years.

This famous gunslinger and Buffalo soldier spoke several Native American languages but was illiterate in English.

This Harlem Renaissance artist is famous for both paintings and collages.

Descended from an African migration over 5,000 years ago, where do these women live today?

This singer, influenced by Marian Anderson and Leontyne Price, sang at the Reagan and Clinton inaugurations.

This Englewood, Chicago native was the first African-American Olympic athlete in 1936.

A famous Chicago resident of Bronzeville, she made America aware of lynchings and the need for women's suffrage

Known for her vigorous cancer cells taken without permission, this woman has aided medical research for over 70 years.

She was the first Black woman to serve in the US Congress and to run for President.

The last governor of Mexican California, he became a prominent pioneer citizen of Los Angeles.

Grandson of a famous French-Haitian soldier in Napoleon's army, this man wrote classic adventure stories.

This football player, actor, activist and singer changed the lyrics of a well-known song as racial consciousness grew.

This woman, dressmaker and confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln, has a wax likeness in the Lincoln Museum in Springfield, IL.

This place was likely the home of the biblical Queen of Sheba.

Wife of "mad King George", this queen had Black Portuguese blood and is the namesake for North Carolina's capital.