Black History Month

Question 1

The first Black women elected to the House of Representatives?

Accepted Answer

Shirley Chisholm

Question 2

When was Phillis Wheatley the first African American Poet published?

Accepted Answer

1773

Question 3

Who was the first Black man to become a lawyer in 1854?

Accepted Answer

John Mercer Langston

Question 4

When was the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People founded?

Accepted Answer

1909

Question 5

Who's famous Birthdays are in February?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass

Question 6

Who was the first Black Baseball Player in the MLB?

Accepted Answer

Moses Fleetwood Walker

Question 7

Who was the First Black Super Model?

Accepted Answer

Donyale Luna

Question 8

Who created Black History Month?

Accepted Answer

Carter G. Woodson

Question 9

In 1839 Ethels Waters was the only Black on television, what was the name of her show?

Accepted Answer

The Ethel Waters Show

Question 10

When did Dr. Mae Jemison become the first Black Woman to go into space?

Accepted Answer

1992

Question 11

What country was the first successful slave revolt and the first free black nation @ that time?

Accepted Answer

Haiti

Question 12

Wealthy billionaire with a line of hair products for African-American Women.

Accepted Answer

Madam CJ Walker

Question 13

When did Jack Johnson become the first Black man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion title?

Accepted Answer

1908

Question 14

Josephine Baker, a Famous Black performer who moved to France in WW2, what was her other job?

Accepted Answer

Secret Informant Spy for France

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