Umoja Black History Quiz 2

Did Michael Jordon switch to Basketball to Play Professional Golf ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ?

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

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

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

Was Betty Boop based on a African American woman?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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