Some questions to test your knowledge of Black History: 1.
Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African-American woman to win
this honor in 1950. What did she win? 2. In 1989, he was the
first African-American to head the Joint Chiefs of Staff and
later became Secretary of State. Who was he? 3. Jackie Robinson
was a star in this sport 4. Eleanor Roosevelt supported this
singer, who sang at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939? Who was she?
5. Who was the first black heavyweight box champion (1908)? 6.
What African-American baseball star was born in Cairo, Georgia
in 1919? 7. What happened to the Little Rock, Nine in 1957? 8.
Where did the 1963 Freedom March take place? 9. Who was
America’s first African-American woman senator? 10. What
“firsts” did Shirley Chisholm achieve? Here are the answers: 1.
The Pulitzer Prize. She also was poetry consultant to the
Library of Congress—the first black woman to hold that
position—and poet laureate of the State of Illinois. 2. Colin
Powell in 1989 3. Baseball—Robinson was the first bla