Black History Trivia

2. What traditional African practice was brought to the United States by Onesimus to help deal with the smallpox epidemic?
7. Who was the first African American to receive an academy award?
11. Who founded cable station Black Entertainment Television?
12. What product is Madame CJ Walker known for?
15. The first black person to be president of an Ivy League school?
16. The only black owned newspaper in Kansas?
17. Interracial marriage un the United States was banned in 1664 and not overturned until what year?
19. Who was the first African American appointed by Pope Francis?
21. Phillis Wheatly, the first female African American Author was published at what age?
22. This speech was one of the greatest speeches in American history and key parts of it were improvised.
23. The youngest inaugural poet in US history?
24. In the 19th century, what percentage of cowboys in the American West were Black?

1. The first black woman to be a licensed NASCAR driver?
3. what Oklahoma tragedy occurred on Black Wall Street in 1921?
4. Which fifteen-year-old schoolgirl refused to move to the back of the bus, nine months before Rosa Parks?
5. What character did the man named Bass Reeves inspire?
6. A popular song sung during the civil rights movement?
8. Who created the quote “ When you can do the common things in life, in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world”?
9. What holiday is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States?
10. What cartoon character was inspired by a Black jazz singer named Esther Jones?
13. In 1926 what black Historian started the concept of “Black History Month”?
14. Who was both the first African American and first Native American woman to pilot an airplane?
18. Who was known as the Godmother of Rock and Roll?
20. The only black owned youth magazine in Wichita?
21. The first black person to independently own a film studio in the US in 2019?