History Quiz

2. was awarded the U.S. Army Air Corps contract to help train America's first Black military aviators because it had already invested in the development of an airfield
3. In 1940, in his first baseball game for UCLA, Robinson went 4-for-4 at the plate and stole four bases.
4. an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991.
9. She honed her skills at a Black tennis club in Harlem.
12. was the first black pitcher to play in the American League and was the seventh black player to play in Major League Baseball
14. never learned to read or write, but was smart, calculating, and bold—and was never caught during her 13 dangerous missions to lead her friends and family out of slavery.
16. His business built and repaired buggies and carriages until his death in 1910, when his company was passed on to his son.
17. He oversaw over 15,000 blood donations
18. She was the first skater of African descent to reach the top ranks of international skating.
20. American actress and singer who first garnered attention on the reality television show American Idol and later earned acclaim for her music and acting.

1. Both her parents were from a mixture of African, European and Native American descent.
5. She was the first female inaugural poet in U.S. presidential history and was the first Black woman to write a screenplay for a major film release.
6. scored 56 or more points 61 times in regular-season games, tallied 36 field goals in a game (March 2, 1962), and captured 55 rebounds in a game (Nov. 24, 1960).
7. widely v recognized as the first African American woman and only the third American woman to publish a book of poems.
8. built the largest Black organization in history. 7. In 1918, nine years after the failure of his first newspaper
10. One of the most influential and widely read 20th-century American poets the author of more than 20 books, she was highly regarded even during her lifetime and had the distinction of being the first Black poet to win the Pulitzer Prize.
11. invented a safety helmet to protect the wearer from smoke and ammonia.
13. was the first African American to win both Wimbledon (1975) and the US Open (1968) and reach the world number one ranking in professional tennis.
15. Having gained experience as a lobbyist for the cable television industry in the late 1970s, Johnson saw an opportunity to reach African American audiences through a cable TV channel.
19. To support herself and her daughter, Lelia, she took a job as a washerwoman. She earned roughly $1.50 a day, but managed to save up in order to provide for her daughter's education.