Black History Month

Question 1

First black woman elected to Congress

Answer 1

Shirley Chisholm

Question 2

Who organized the March on Washington in 8/63

Answer 2

Bayard Rustin

Question 3

Who did Oprah play in the movie Selma, a noted protector of voting rights and punched Alabama Sheriff Jim Clark in the face

Answer 3

Annie Lee Cooper

Question 4

Who won 4 gold medals at 1936 Berlin Olympic Games

Answer 4

Jesse Owens

Question 5

Who was the first licensed black pilot

Answer 5

Bessie Coleman
License was from France

Question 6

Who started the Chicago Defender in 1905, encouraging African Americans to migrate from the South for economic opportunities

Answer 6

Robert Abbott

Question 7

First black author to win Pulitzer Prize

Answer 7

Gwendolyn Brooks (for Annie Allen)

Question 8

First African American to star in her own TV show

Answer 8

Ethel Waters. She was a blues singer and Broadway star

Question 9

Minnie Riperton sang Lovin’ You in the whistle register as ode to what SnL alum (her daughter)

Answer 9

Maya Rudolph

Question 10

First African American in space

Answer 10

Dr Guy Bluford (1983)

Question 11

Which president recognized BHM?

Answer 11

Gerald Ford

Question 12

First African American woman in space?

Answer 12

Mae Jemison
Stanford and Cornell. Medical doctor

Question 13

Black character on Star Trek

Answer 13

Communication officer
Nyota Uhura
Nichelle Nichols
Dr. King was a big fan and convinced her to stay on
Kissed Kirk in Plato’s Stepchildren