Who created “Negro History Week”?  

• Charles G. Woodson

• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Dr. Martin Luther King

When did Black History Month start?

• 1945
• 1976
• 2017
• 1926

Why was February chosen as the month to recognize the history and contributions of African Americans?

• It coincides with the birthdays of Fredrick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln
• It is the shortest month of the year
• February is the holy month of Ramadan
• Because it is the month that all slaves were finally free

What was the name of the first all Black Medical school?

• Howard University

• Spelman College

• Meharry Medical College

• Morehouse College

Who created the first blood bank and ultimately saved millions of lives?

• Dr. Charles Drew

• Dr. Daniel Hale Williams

• Dr. Ben Carson

• Dr. Patricia Bath

Who was the first African-American woman to earn a medical degree?

• Dr. Jocelyn Elders

• Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler

• Dr. Myra Adele Logan

• Dr. Alexa Irene Canady

What breakthrough medical procedure was performed by Dr. Daniel  Hale Williams in the United States?

• Cataract Surgery
• Thyroid Surgery
• Open-heart surgery
• Orthopedic Surgery

What African American was called to assist a rescue effort of six workers trapped by a gas explosion using his patented breathing device?

• Elijah McCoy
• Garrett A. Morgan
• Granville T. Woods
• George Crum

I was a scientist who made hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans.  Some of these products included adhesives, dyes, and rubber substitute.

• George Washington Carver
• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Garrett A. Morgan

This period between 1920-1930 experienced a large migration of black citizens from the South to New York and launched one of the largest intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics.

• Harlem Renaissance

• Great Migration

• Middle Passage

• Reconstruction