Black History Month Quiz

Langston Hughes was the first black man to become a lawyer in 1854.

Hattie McDaniel was the first African American performer to receive an Academy Award in 1940.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed in...?

George Washington Craver created peanut butter.

What did Ruby Bridges do?

Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine Johnson, and Mary Jackson helped launch which astronaut into space?

Simone Biles has won the most medals out of any American gymnast. What season does gymnastics compete in?

Who was the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives?

Madam C.J. Walker was the first woman to become a self-made millionaire.

Claudette Colvin was arrested 9 months before Rosa Parks for not giving up her seat on the bus to a white passengers.

When did Jackie Robinson become the first African American Major League Baseball player?

During World War II, Josephine Baker was a brave entertainer and French Resistance agent. When did the war end?

Who was a NASA astronaut and the first Black woman to travel into space.

Maya Angelou was both a talented poet and a civil rights activist. What is the title of her most famous poem?

Misty Copeland became the first Black woman to be principal dancer for the American Ballet Theater.