Black History Trivia

The PGA was considered "Caucasian Only" until which golfer joined?

At its height, what was the slave population in the U.S.?

Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?

Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?

With the 15th Amendment ratification in 1870, what did African Americans gain in the United States?

What was the first black owned and operated newspaper?

Who signed The Emancipation Act

Who established the first non-indigenous settlement of Chicago?

Sarah Goode was the first African-American woman to receive a patent. What did she invent?

Who is considered the "Father of Black History"?

Where Was Malcolm X killed?

Who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. Senator?

Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award?

Who broke three track & field World Records in 45 minutes at Ohio State?

Who was the first African American to perform at the White House?

What year was the 13th Amendment ratified?

Who became the first African American to graduate from Harvard University?

Before it became known as "Black History Month" what was the observance of Black History Called?

Ed Dwight, Jr. was the first African-American to become what?

Whose proposal that Congress consider civil rights legislation culminated in the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?

An all white jury acquitted J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the murder of whom?

Who was the first African American to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice?

Who was the only African American amoung the original NAACP executives?