BHM JEDI QUIZ

Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?

• Da Brat

• Foxy Brown

• Lauryn Hill

• Missy Elliott

Who was the first African-American to graduate from Harvard University and become a U.S. senator?

• Blanche Bruce

• Hiram Rhodes Revels

• Colin Powell

• Thurgood Marshall

Who invented the three-position traffic signal in 1923 that includes the yellow light?

• J.P. Knight

• Garrett Morgan

• Benjamin Franklin

• Morgan Freeman

Which of the following songs is NOT a song by TLC?

• Creep

• Waterfalls

• Say My Name

• No Scrubs

Taraji P. Henson played Katherine G. Johnson in the movie Hidden Figures. What was Johnson known for?

• Secretary for the Department of Defense

• Invented America’s first clock

• Her calculations helped NASA’s space program

• She was the first black female astronaut

Which popular rap artist's real name is Nayvadius Wilburn?

• Young Thug

• Future

• 6lack

• Birdman

What player hit 73 home runs in a season and earned Major League Baseball's Silver Slugger Award 12 times?

• Jackie Robinson

• Barry Bonds

• Hank Aaron

• Willie Mays

What was the first historically black college in America?

• Lincoln University

• Howard University

• Cheyney University

• Wiley College

In 1939, she wasn't able to perform at Constitution Hall because of a "white performers only" policy but first lady Eleanor Roosevelt protested and the singer eventually performed at Lincoln Memorial. Who is the singer described here?

• Aretha Franklin

• Ella Fitzgerald

• Marian Anderson

• Della Reese

These two historically black colleges played in the first college football game between black schools in 1892.

• Morehouse College vs Clark College

• Howard University vs Hampton Institute

• Biddle University vs Livingstone College

• Fisk University vs Tennessee State University