Test Your Knowledge – 20 Questions
Q: Who was the first Black person appearing on a US postage stamp?
Booker T. Washington
Q: Which Black person has appeared the most on US postage stamps?
A: Jackie Robinson
Q: Who was the first Black woman to appear on US postage stamps?
A: Harriet Tubman
Q: Which Black person was honored with a stamp after winning four Olympic gold medals in a single day in 1936?
A: Jesse Owens
Q: Who was the first Black Brigadier General of the U.S. Army?
A: Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
Q: Which Black surgeon and researcher was the first director of the American Red Cross blood bank?
A: Charles R. Drew
Q: Which Black person gave the "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Monument in Washington, DC?
A: Martin Luther King Jr.
Q: Who was the first Black Supreme Court Justice?
A: Thurgood Marshall
Q: Who was the first Black woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first major party Black candidate for President?
A: Shirley Chisholm
Q: Who was the first Black woman to host a nationally televised public affairs program?
A: Gwenn Ifill
Q: Who was the first Black baseball player in the Baseball Major Leagues?
A: Jackie Robinson
Q: Who was a Black Revolutionary War soldier?
A: Salem Poor
Q: Who was the first Black person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
A: Ralph Bunche
Q: Who were the African-American soldiers who helped patrol the West after the Civil War?
A: Buffalo Soldiers
Q: What was the name of the plane of the Tuskegee Airmen (332nd Fighter Group)?
A: Red Tails P-51 Mustang
Q: Who was the gospel singer who sang at President John F. Kennedy’s inauguration?
A: Mahalia Jackson
Q: Who was the Black woman who refused to give up her seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama? She is known as the “Mother of the Freedom Movement.”
A: Rosa Parks
Q: Who was the first Black American hero of World War II, and an inspiration for his actions at Pearl Harbor?
A: Doris Miller
Q: Which civil rights leader was president of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years?
A: Dorothy Height
Q: Which songwriter and record producer was known as the “Prince of Soul”?
A: Marvin Gaye