Which President officially recognized Black History Month?

What did Benjamin Banneker‟s book Almanac examine?

World War II
What was the first war in which blacks served in every branch of
the U.S. armed forces?

At the 1960 Olympics in Rome, this sprinter was the first
American woman to win three Gold Medals. Who was she?

What television program has received over 25 Emmy awards
and has been the highest-rated talk show in television history?

What organization formed Feb. 12, 1909?

Sarah Breedlove Walker developed special hair care products
for black women. Among them was the hot comb. By what name
she was known?

After an early childhood spent in Barbabos and a successful
career as a teacher, she was elected to the New York
Assembly. She then became the first black woman to serve in
the U.S. Congress where she worked for 13 years.

Born in Louisville, KY, who went on to become an assistant
basketball coach at LSU in 1976, the first African American
basketball coach hired full-time at the school?

What does the nickname of rapper and actor LL Cool J stand
for?

This organization was the first of the divine nine fraternities and sororities to be founded at an HBCU's campus at Howard University.

Dr. William Hinton is credited with developing a test to detect
what disease?

A casualty of the Boston Massacre in 1770, what was the name
of the Boston fugitive slave who was called the first martyr of
the American Revolution?

Dwight Smith and Clem Haskins became the first two African
American basketball players at what university?

The Cotton Club, The Savoy, and Small‟s Paradise were major
venues during what time period in history?

Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?

James Beckwourth, a former slave turned trapper, discovered
Beckwourth Pass through the Sierra Nevada mountains in
1850. The passage allowed pioneers to reach what state more
safely and quickly ?

Ratified in 1870, what Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
forbids the federal government and states from using a citizen's
race, color, or previous status as a slave as a qualification for
voting?

For what team did Jackie Robinson play in 1947?

This trumpet player was also a vocalist and was the first to use
a technique known as scat singing.

The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 destroyed what prosperous black
community?

Dr. Ronald McNair was a black astronaut who made his first
space shuttle mission in 1984. Unfortunately, his last space
mission was never completed. What happened to him and his
crew members on January 28, 1986?

Many civil rights leaders were opposed to the war in Vietnam for
what reason?

What do O.J. Simpson, Ernie Davis and Billy Simms have in
common?

Harry Belafonte became the first black to receive an Emmy for
what show in 1959?