1) The first black president of South Africa. a) Mae C Jemison b) Diahann Carroll c) Nelson Mandela d) Elijah McCoy 2) The first black US Surgeon General. a) Harriet Tubman b) Joycelyn Elders c) Nelson Mandela d) Althea Gibson 3) The first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Game. a) Joycelyn Elders b) Rosa Parks c) Wilma Rudolph d) Sidney Poitier 4) Invented three-way traffic signals. a) Garrett Morgan b) Katherine Johnson c) Althea Gibson d) Nelson Mandela 5) The first black woman to win an Oscar for a supporting role in a movie. a) Althea Gibson b) Carter G Woodson c) Hattie McDaniel d) Katherine Johnson 6) Helped more than 300 people escape slavery.  a) Katherine Johnson b) Hattie McDaniel c) Harriet Tubman d) Alice Walker 7) NASA's first black female engineer a) Nelson Mandela b) Willie O Ree c) Mary Jackson d) Althea Gibson 8) The first African-American woman to travel into space. a) Mae C Jemison b) Mary Jackson c) Alice Walker d) Nelson Mandela 9) The youngest person to recite a poem at the US Presidential Inauguration. a) Amanda Gorman b) Katherine Johnson c) Wilma Rudolph d) Joycelyn Elders 10) Her refusal to give up her seat on a bus started a bus boycott and led to segregation reform on public transit systems. a) Katherine Johnson b) Althea Gibson c) Garrett Morgan d) Rosa Parks 11) The first black player in the NHL while partially blind in one eye. a) Carter G Woodson b) Willie O Ree c) Mary Jackson d) Amanda Gorman 12) Known as the "Father of Black History" because he wanted to make sure that the stories of African Americans were written and published. a) Garrett Morgan b) Rosa Parks c) Carter G Woodson d) Willie O Ree 13) The first black tennis player to win the French Championship, the US Open, and Wimbledon. a) Joycelyn Elders b) Alice Walker c) Rosa Parks d) Althea Gibson 14) The first black woman in America to star in her own tv series. a) Rosa Parks b) Diahann Carroll c) Mae C Jemison d) Willie O Ree 15) Worked on space flight plans for Alan Shepard and John Glenn's missions in the 1960s. a) Katherine Johnson b) Diahann Carroll c) Elijah McCoy d) Hattie McDaniel 16) He was a mechanical engineer with many patents - improvements to ironing boards, lawn sprinklers, and train travel, to name a few! a) Elijah McCoy b) Althea Gibson c) Garrett Morgan d) Rosa Parks 17) The first black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. a) Mary Jackson b) Mae C Jemison c) Sidney Poitier d) Rosa Parks 18) The first Black American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize; won for her novel, The Color Purple. a) Sidney Poitier b) Alice Walker c) Harriet Tubman d) Nelson Mandela

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