AAH Quiz 1

Who was the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize?

• Gwendolyn Brooks

• Halle Berry

• Shonda Rhimes

• Amanda Gorman

Who was the first African American musical director for the Academy Awards?

• John Lewis

• Sidney Poitier

• Malcolm X

• Quincy Jones

Who was the first African American woman to become a prima ballerina at the Metropolitan Opera?

• Janet Collins

• Halle Berry

• Dorothy Height

• Rosa Parks

Who was the first African American woman CEO to head a Fortune 500 company?

• Bessie Coleman

• Ursula Burns

• Mae Jemison

• Anna Julia Cooper

Who was the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in math in the United States?

• Anna Julia Cooper

• Bessie Coleman

• Rebecca Lee Crumpler

• Euphemia Lofton-Haynes

Who was the first African American to be elected President of the United States?

• Marian Wright Edelman

• Karen Bass

• Kamala Harris

• Barack Obama

Who were the first African American military pilots to serve in World War II?

• Katherine Johnson

• Barack Obama

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Thurgood Marshall

Who was the first African American to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics?

• Hank Aaron

• Vonetta Flowers

• Lee Elder

• Althea Gibson

Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the 20th century?

• Simone Biles

• Cullen Jones

• Jackie Robinson

• Frank Robinson

Who developed the African American holiday of Kwanzaa in 1966?

• Langston Hughes

• Maya Angelou

• Dr. Maulana Karenga

• Effie Lee Newsome