Music
This famed rapper/hype man can play 15 instruments, from French horn to oboe to xylophone.
Who is Flava Flav?
Who was the first colonist slain in the Boston Massacre?
Who is Crispus Attucks
This Oscar winning actor plays Jesus Shuttleworth’s father in the film, “He Got Game”?
Who is Denzel Washington
Born Cassius Clay, what is the changed name of this former Olympic Gold Medal Prizefighter?
Who is Muhammad Ali
In 2009, he became the first African American U.S. attorney general and head of the Justice Department and its 110,000 employees.
Who is Eric H. Holder, Jr.?
Who is The Godfather of Soul?
Who is James Brown
Which Amendment, officially abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
______ is James St. Patrick’s nickname on the show Power?
Who is Ghost
Who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany?
Who is Jesse Owens
What is the oldest civil right organization still working today?
What is NAACP
What Chicago native rapper is responsible for the song, “Touch the Sky”?
Who is Kanye West
This measuring instrument for temperature was invented by Frederick Jones.
What is the thermostat?
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award?
Who is Hattie McDaniel
What professional boxer earned the nickname, “The Hit Man”?
Who is Thomas Hearns
Obama was a keynote speaker at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and later won a U.S. Senate seat in what state?
What is Illinois.
This singer/songwriter was inspired to write "God Bless the Child" after she and her mother had an argument over money
Who was Billie Holiday?
What landmark 1954 Supreme Court case ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
Born in 1957, what is the name of the director who created the film, Do the Right Thing?
Who is Spike Lee
Who was the first Black American professional football player?
Who is Fritz Pollard
She was the first woman to be elected to the Senate in Texas and the first Southern black woman to serve in the U.S. Congress.
Who is Barbara Jordan?
What was the first black-owned record company in America?
What is Black Swan Records
He was honored as the pioneer of nonviolent protest?
Who was William S. Whipper?
On the TV show “Martin”, how many characters did he play in his sitcom not including himself?
What is, 9
In 1980, Willie Davenport and Jeff Gadley were the first two Blacks to participate in the Winter Olympics. Name the sport.
What is Bobsledding.
Who was the first Black American to be appointed as a member of the United States delegation to the United Nations?
Who was Edith Sampson?