African Americans Leaders and Inventors

What was the name of the first African American woman to travel in space?

• Mae Jemison

• Bessie Coleman

• Sally Ride

• Karen Lewis

Who was the first African American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Ralph Bunche

• Nelson Mandela

• Barack Obama

Who was the first African American to earn a PhD from an American university?

• Booker T. Washington

• Edward Bouchet

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• W.E.B. DuBois

Invented the first home security system including a sliding camera, 2-way microphones, and television monitors

• Maggie Lena Walker

• Garrett Morgan

• Marie Van Brittan Brown

• Sarah Boone

Who was the first African American woman elected to the US Congress?

• Madam CJ Walker

• Shirley Chisolm

• Kamala Harris

• Sheila Jackson Lee

All of the following states have elected African American governors except

• Georgia

• Virginia

• Massachusetts

• Maryland

Which year marked the only time in US history two African American women served in the US Senate at the same time?

• 1998

• 2024

• 2001

• 2018

Who was the first African American woman to charter a bank?

• Ella Baker

• Cathy Hughes

• Oprah Winfrey

• Maggie Lena Walker

Who is the African American chef responsible for introducing macaroni and cheese to America?

• Edna Lewis

• Leah Chase

• James Hemings

• Lloyd Hall

Who is the chef that was the star of the first TV program to feature an African American chef in their own cooking show?

• Julia Child

• Lena Richard

• Leah Chase

• Edna Lewis