Black Firsts
This actress was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
This artist is known as the "Queen of Soul."
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This actress was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award?
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
This period introduced an unprecedented outpouring of black art, literature and music.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This President of the United States signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Who is President Lyndon B. Johnson?
Charles Drew spearheaded the world's first:
What is the Blood Bank program?
This artist wrote the famous song "Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud"?
Who is James Brown?
This is the name of the character played by Bill Cosby in the "The Cosby Show."
Who is Dr. Cliff Huxtable?
This author wrote The Color Purple.
Who is Alice Walker?
Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
This writer was the first black person to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?
B.B. King is noted for what type of music.
What is the Blues?
He is the first African American to win an Oscar for Best Actor.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
This author wrote the book "Roots."
Who is Alex Haley?
The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
What are civil rights?
This person founded the magazine Ebony.
Who is John H. Johnson?
This group was comprised of Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, and Mary Wilson.
Who are the Supremes?
This actor won a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway musical Jelly's Last Jam.
Who is Gregory Hines?
This author wrote the book “Nobody Knows My Name.”
Who is James Baldwin?
This amendment outlawed slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
She was first black woman to own a TV studio.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Berry Gordy, Jr. create this record company.
What is Motown?
This actor won an Oscar for his role in the 1989 film Glory.
Who is Denzel Washington?
Her books include “If They Come in the Morning” and “Women, Race, and Class.”
Who is Angela Davis?
Also known as Freedom day, this holiday celebrates the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States.
What is Juneteenth?