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This trailblazer was the first Black woman to win an Academy Award.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
This D.C. native is the first Black woman to serve as a U.S Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
This is the name of Michelle Obama's debut memoir.
What is "Becoming"?
From peanuts to paint, this inventor created over 500 products throughout his lifetime.
Who is George Carver?
“These young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.”
Who is Kobe Bryant?
This musical artist was the first Black woman to compose music for the NYC Ballet.
Who is Solange Knowles?
This Brooklyn native was the first African American Major League Baseball player.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This author wrote "The Color Purple".
This cosmetics and hair company owner became America's first female, self-made millionare.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
"I think you'd better call Tyrone"
Who is Erykah Badu?
This virtual music platform created by two Black music producers took the world by storm during COVID lockdown.
What is "Verzuz"?
This was the title to Beyoncé’s critically acclaimed first solo album.
What is "Dangerously in Love"?
This collection of essays titled "Souls of Black Folk" writen by this author would go on to influence plethora of African-American writers and novelists.
Who is "W.E.B DuBois"?
This astronaut was the first Black person in space, spending 688 hours in space over the course of his career.
Who is Guion Bluford?
"You are the perfect verse over a tight beat."
Who is Brown Sugar?
This NBA superstar has scored 38,411, making him the all time scoring leader.
Who is Lebron James?
This American singer, jazz pianist, and actor was the first Black man to host a network television show.
Who is Nat King Cole?
Themes of masculinity, sexuality, race, and class are intertwined in this James Baldwin's novel, written in 1956.
What is "Giovanni's Room"?
Known as the "Father of Black History", this historian created Black History Month.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
“Our freedom of speech is freedom or death. We got to fight the powers that be. Lemme hear you say. Fight the power!”
Who is Public Enemy?
This TV show influenced African Americans to attend college at higher rate.
What is "A Different World"?
This first-ever commercially successful rap record was titled "Rapper's Delight" by this musical group.
Who is the Sugar Hill Gang?
Abolitionist and lecturer William Wells Brown was the first Black man to publish a novel, titled "Clotel: The President's Daughter" in this year.
What is 1853?
This entrepreneur invented the three-position traffic signal in 1923 that includes the yellow light.
“Back up! Back up! Mind your business, that’s all! Just mind your business!”
Who is Will Smith in "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"