Black History
Finally breaking the bonds for most of the slaves, this document signed by Lincoln proclaimed freedom for them but was not fully outlawed until 1865.
What is The Emancipation Proclamation?
This savvy personal coach has made huge strides with 4 of his closest queer friends on Queer Eye.
Who is Karamo Brown?
This salty and sweet dish has a storied history, appearing first in 1871 in Mrs. Porter’s Southern Cookery Book, and later in What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking, published in 1881 by former slave Abby Fisher. Just make sure you have your iron ready to make it.
What is chicken and waffles?
Maya Angelou wrote this autobiographical novel in 1969, detailing her struggles with being a black women in America.
What is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
The first black owned radio station, WERD, was located in this city.
What is Atlanta, GA?
Known for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus, this pioneer stands for refusing to give up the fight.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This curious piece of pork has become a key part of Southern comfort food, most often fried, boiled or stewed. It can also be made into sausage. And during the Jim Crow era, places serving this dish were deemed safe for Black Americans.
What are chitlins or chitterlings?
"What happens to a dream deferred?" is the first line in Harlem, the most notable poem from this author, part of the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Langston Hughes?
The first black women to be featured on a quarter also received a nomination for a Pulitzer in 1976 the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2010.
Who is Maya Angelou?
Highlighted in the Netflix series, Self Made, this entrepreneur was one of the first black women to start and own their own company and the first black woman to become a millionaire in America.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
What African-American made millions selling cookies?
Who is Wally "Famous" Amos?
Invisible Man, published in 1952, is not the sci-fi story you normally think of. Instead, this author described how it felt to be a black man in society, where he felt invisible to the world.
Who is Ralph Ellison?
This maple loving state was the first to formally abolish slavery in 1777
What is Vermont?
This highest justice was appointed in 1967 as the first African-American to sit on the bench.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Leah Chase, the heart of Dooky Chase, helped inspire this beloved classic about a girl and a jumping creature. Don't let Facilier catch on though.
What is The Princess and The Frog
Known for his mastery of the American stage, this playwright wrote such masterpieces as Fences, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and The Piano Lesson.
Who is August Wilson?
A ten-cent stamp, first issued in 1940, features the first African American on US Postage. This individual helped form the NAACP and National Negro Business League and advised several presidents.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Dr. Louis Wright, while serving in the first World War, is credited with being the first person to inoculate against this disease, that causes small rashes on the face that ultimately take over the whole skin.
What is smallpox?
Alfred L. Cralle invented this useful tool for taking a frozen dessert and serving it, possibly with bananas or pie.
What is an ice cream scoop?
Zora Neale Hurston was a prolific writer in the 1920 and penned four novels detailing the struggle in the American south, her most notable of which was this text.
What is Their Eyes Were Watching God?