BHM Trivia

Question 1

Each February Black History Month is declared to honor African American achievement. What year was it first celebrated?

Accepted Answer

1976

Question 2

In which year did Mae Jemison become the first African American woman to travel into space as a NASA astronaut?

Accepted Answer

1992

Question 3

Which Supreme Court ruling in 1954 decided separate was not equal and brought about the end of legal racial segregation?

Accepted Answer

Brown vs. Board of Education

Question 4

Which female African American singer, noted for her hit song “Respect”, is known as the “Queen of Soul”?

Accepted Answer

Aretha Franklin

Question 5

Who joined the Tuskegee Institute in 1896, gaining fame for experiments with peanuts and other crops to replace cotton?

Accepted Answer

George Washington Carver

Question 6

Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball.

Accepted Answer

True

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