Historical Figures
The bestselling memoir "I Know Why The Caged Birds Sings?" is written by this famous poet.
Who is Maya Angelou?
Your Momma is not...
What is "one of your little friends"?
Artist known as the "Queen of Soul"
Who is Aretha Franklin?
Thanks to Lloyd P. Ray, we can sweep things out from under the rug with this invention.
What is a dustpan?
What is Juneteenth?
The first African American to be on a Major League Baseball team.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
What is the first question you ask when invited somewhere?
What is "Who all going to be there?"
Hometown of the "Fresh Prince".
What is West Philadelphia?
Sending your location or dropping a pin wouldn't be a thing without this mapping technology invented by Dr. Gladys West.
What is GPS (Global Positioning System)?
What is the 1982 epistolary novel written by the American author Alice Walker which recently debuted its movie remake with Oprah Winfrey as the producer?
What is The Color Purple?
The first African American Olympic gymnast to win the all-around.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
What should you know better than song lyrics?
What is school work?
Fastest man in the world holding the all-time 100 meter dash world record at 9.58 seconds.
Who is Usain Bolt?
"Google it" wouldn't be a thing without this invention by Alan Emtage that makes searching the web optimal.
What is a search engine?
The first black woman and first former public defender to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
The first African American woman elected to Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
As a child, if you wanted to eat at McDonald's what did you need to have?
What is McDonald's money?
Richest NBA Player of all time with a net worth of $2.1 billion.
Who is Michael Jordan?
This invention by Marie Van Brittan Brown lets you have some sense of security when you're in and out of your home.
What is a home security system?
Who won gold in the 100m dash at the 2023 World Track & Field Championship in Budapest at a record time of 10.65 seconds?
Who is Sha'Carri Richardson?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
The first African American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
A moment of fear happening for a child when you hear your mother's keys in the door and you forgot to do this.
What is take the meat out of the freezer?
What famous fast food chain did Prince Akeem work at in Coming to America?
What is McDowell's?
This Harlem innovator took logos of high-end designer brands and used them for apparel, furniture, luggage and more.
Who is Dapper Dan?
Who is Duke Slater?