Black Inventors
Who Said That?
Important Places
Movies
Music
100
Invented Thousand of Uses for the Peanut
Who is George Washington Carver
100
Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!3
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
100
Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day, is a holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in this state.
What is Texas
100
1989 American comedy-drama film produced, written, and directed by Spike Lee, who also played the part of Mookie in the film.
What is Do the Right Thing
100
With his debut album, "The Block Is Hot", it released when this rapper was only 17 years old. It is nearly profanity-free because of his mother’s wishes.
Who is Lil' Wayne
200
Created a Black Hair Products Empire
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
200
"Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise."
Who is Maya Angelou
200
Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of this state in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco.
What is Virgina
200
1985 American period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Alice Walker. This film provided the first film appearance for Whoopi Goldberg as Celie Harris-Johnson.
What is The Color Purple
200
"This is a man's world But it would be nothing, nothing Without a woman or a girl."
Who is James Brown
300
Inventor of a Traffic Signal and Gas Mask
Who is Garrett Morgan
300
"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."
Who is President Barack Obama
300
During Prohibition in Harlem, NY, this club was originally called "Club Deluxe" from former Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Johnson, but was sold to a bootlegger a year later changing it to "Whites Only."
What is the Cotton Club
300
1995 American romance film directed by Forest Whitaker (in his feature film directorial debut) and starring Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett. The film was adapted from the 1992 novel of the same name by Terry McMillan.
What is Waiting to Exhale
300
"I'm startin' to feel like a dungeon dragon."
Who is Nicki Minaj
400
Pioneer of the Modern Blood Bank
Who Charles Drew
400
"Fly like a butterfly, Sting like a bee!"
Who is Muhammad Ali
400
Founded in 1867 and directly associated with the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education., Howard High School was the first school in this state to offer a complete high school education to black students and was one of the earliest black secondary schools in the Nation.
What is Delaware
400
In the year 2000, American sports, written by Gregory Allen Howard, is based on the true story of African-American coach Herman Boone, portrayed by Denzel Washington, and his attempt to integrate the T. C. Williams High School football team in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1971.
What is Remember the Titans
400
Her marriage and portrayal of Etta James in Cadillac Records influenced her third album, I Am... Sasha Fierce
What is Beyonce
500
Invented the Potato Chip
Who is George Crum
500
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."
Who is Booker T. Washington
500
In 1837, originally established to educate freed slaves to read and write, this first Historically Black College was established in Pennsylvania.
What is Cheyney University.
500
Produced, directed, and co-written by Robert Townsend, the film is semi-autobiographical, reflecting Townsend's experiences as a black actor when he was told he was not “black enough” for certain roles
What is Hollywood Shuffle
500
She is perhaps best known for being the first African-American actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1954 film Carmen Jones.
Who is Dorothy Dandridge
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