Rain Makers
Masters of the Word
Quotes Heard 'Round the World

The ABCs of Black History
Trail Blazers
Trinkets and Gizmos
100

She was the first African-America woman to become a doctor of medicine in the U.S.

Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler?

100

This Compton born Hip-hop artist has "Loyalty" in his "DNA"

who is Kendrick Lamar? 

100

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly"

Hint: Poet

Who is Langston Hughes?

100

He is the Author of the New York Times Bestseller "Hair Love". Which also won an Oscar for Best Short Film.

Who is Matthew A. Cherry?

100

He was the first African-American to win an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. 

Whos is Jordan Peele?

100

He oversaw the creation of the video game system to use interchangeable cartridges.

Who was Jerry Lawson?

200

She was the first African-American to win an Oscar in 1939.

Bonus - Can you name the Movie

Who is Hattie McDaniell?

Gone With the Wind.

200

This Entertainer has rapped about his life as a Prince and his love of the "Summertime"

Who is Will Smith?

200

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek"

Hint: Politician

who is Barack Obama?

200

He was a comic book and cartoonist. He created iconic characters such as Static Shook and Icon.

Who is Dwayne McDuffie

200

She was recorded as the first female self-made millionaire, behind her cosmetic empire.

Who is Madam C. J. Walker?

200

She was an eye doctor famous for her invention of the Laserphaco Probe. A tool used in laser surgery surgery.

Who is Dr. Patricia Bath?

300

He co-led the first expedition to the North Pole.

Who is Matthew Henson?

300

This famous poet used the written word to illustrate the black experience, with works such as "Dreams" and "American Heartbreak"

Who is Langston Hughes? 

300

"Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations"

Hint: Astronaut

who is Dr. Mae Johnson?

300

He wrote "The Mis-education of the Negro" and launched the Negro Week with has expanded to Black History Month?

Who is Carter G. Woodson?

300

She was the first African-American  woman to practice law in Maryland.

Who was Juanita Jackson-Mitchell?

300

If you have ever sent Santa a letter from the Post office, you can thank this man for inventing the Street Letter Box

Who is Philp B. Downing?

400

He and 2 others founded a multi- million dollar sausage company based in Baltimore which was one of the first African American companies to sell its stock to the general public.

Who is Henry G. Parks Jr.?

400

This Hip-Hop artist used his ability to rhyme and make good business deals to become Hip-Hop's first Billionaire.

Who is Jay-Z?

400

"I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was"

Hint: Boxer

Who is Muhammad Ali?

400

This Baltimore author wrote "The Beautiful Struggle" and comic books including spinoff of Black Panther called "Black Panther and Crew"

Who is Ta-Nehisi Coates?

400

He was the first African-American attorney in Maryland.

Who was Everett Waring?

400

He invented Dry Cleaning in 1821, and was the first black man in the U.S granted a patent.

Whos is Thomas Jennings? 

500

This man invented and patented the carbon filament, so lightbulbs would last longer than those designed by Thomas Edison.

Who is  Lewis Howard Latimer?

500

This prolific writer authored great works such as "I know Why the Cage Bird Sings" and "Still I Rise".

Who is Maya Angelou?

500

"Life has two rules: number 1, never quit! Number 2, always remember rule number one"

Hint: Musician

Who is Duke Ellington?

500

This graduate of Florida A&M University wrote “How To Be an Antiracist”

Who is Ibram X. Kendi?

500

These four, young and brave men were the first to do a sit-in in Greensboro to protest racial segregation in America.

Bonus - can you name their names

Who are the Greensboro four? 

Bonus - Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain, and Joseph McNeil

 

500

If you have ever rushed to stop the elevator doors from closing, you can thank this man for making them close automatically.

Who is Alexander Miles? 

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