Black History Trivia 2011 Final Question
North Carolina
2. years old
Foster care
Linda and Edward Brown
Spelman College
College Student Pre-commissioning Initiative
Officer Candidate School
Lt. Jeanine Menze
Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater
La Shanda Holmes
Let’s see how much we learned:
_______ ________ ______ invented a smoke hood in 1916 that he used to rescue several men trapped by an explosion in tunnels under Lake Erie. This invention was later refined by the US Army into ___ ___ _____, which was used to protect soldiers from chlorine fumes during ______ ___ __. He also invented an early version of a traffic signal that featured automated _____ ___ ___ ______.
African American ______ _______ patented an improvement to the _________ ______ on April 26. 1892. Her device was designed to be effective in ironing the sleeve and bodies of ladies’ garments.
_________ ________ ____ became the first Black person to speak in the House of Representatives as a ___________ in 1871.
_______ was the first US territory , in 1777, to _______ ________. ____________ was the first state to do so , in 1780.
______ __ _____ became the first African American to earn a _____ ____ ________. He was perhaps best known for his work in founding the ___________ __________ ___ ___ ____________ __ _________ _______ in 1909 and helping it to become the country’s single most influential organization for African Americans.
In 1770, _______ _______, who father was African and mother was a Nantucket Indian became the first casualty of the _______________ __________________ when he was shot and killed in what became known as the ______ ________.
_______ __________________, a historically black college in Louisiana, has one of the highest success rates in the country getting their graduates into medical school.
______ ______, a black security guard discovered ________________ __________ cover-up known as ____________________, that resulted in the President of the United States resignation. Despite Wills’ discovery he struggled to find work for the rest of his life.
If you enjoy buying fresh food from across the country in your local supermarket, you have an African American inventor named _________ ________ _______ to thank. He invented the _____________ _____ used in food transportation trucks in the 1930s and was awarded more than __ patents over the course of his life, __ of which involved refrigeration equipment.
________ ______ ________ was the first African American to receive a college degree. He earned a bachelor’s degree form _________ _______ in 1823.
______ _____ ______ was the first African American elected to the ____ _____ __ _______________. He was a congressman from _____ ________ elected to that post in 1890 and he enjoyed the longest tenure of any Black during _______________.
In 1900, _____ ______ _______ wrote with his brother the song “____ ______ _____ ___ _____” on the occasion of Lincoln’s birthday. The became immensely popular in the black community and became known as the “_____ ________ ______.”
The first _________ to settle in Alabama were ______ that arrived with the ___________ in _____ (date) 80 years before the pilgrims.
__ ______ ____ __________ was born in Pennsylvania and attended medical school in _________, where he received his M.D. in 1883. He founded the ________ ________ in Chicago in 1891, the oldest free-standing Black-owned hospital in the United States. He was also the only African American in a group of 100 charter members of the ________ _______ __ ________ in 1913.
The son of escaped slaves from Kentucky, _____ _____ was born in ______ and educated in _________. Settling in ___________, _______________ he invented a type of lubricator for _______ _______ (patented in 1872) and established his own manufacturing company. During his lifetime he acquired ____ patents.
A tailor in New York City, ____________ __ ___________ is credited with being the first African American to hold a ___ ___________. The patent was issued in ______ (date), for a drycleaning process.
In 1959, the ______ ______ ______ _____ __ ___________ in Prince Edward Co., VA voted to close its public schools in a show of “_______ __________” against integration. The vast majority of the county’s ________ African American students and some white students went without formal education from ______ to ______ (date).
______ _______ was the Black mayor of ___ ________ in 1809., before slavery was abolished, while ______ was still part of _______.
Of the estimated 35,000 cowboys that worked the ranches and rode the trails of the American West, _______ __________ or more were Black. They participated in almost all the drives northward and were assigned to every job except that of trail boss. We know some of them as “__________ __________.”
______ __________ ______ designed the concept of a ________ ______, with teachers and equipment traveling to remote areas to instruct the poor in agriculture and nutrition. This concept was later adopted in underdeveloped areas around the world.
February was chosen as ____ _____ _____ because two important birthdays occur in February, ________ ________, the author of the Emancipation Proclamation and the birthday of ___________ ___________ an early African American abolitionist.
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