Who's Who?
In 2002, she became the first Black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress.
Halle Berry
This show was the biggest Black TV hit of the 1980s.
The Cosby Show
A ____ in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Raisin
She became the first Black person to star in a primetime drama with her role in the series "East Side/West Side" and the first Black actress on the soap opera "Guiding Light."
Cicely Tyson
Who was the first African American to host his own television show?
Nat King Cole
This show came out in the 1970s and it was set in the Chicago housing projects; episodes showed how family members stuck by each other despite adversity.
Good Times
______ Riders
Freedom;
more than 400 Black and white Americans traveled through the South together in an act of nonviolent protest, deliberately violating Jim Crow laws that segregated the transportation system.
In 1962, she became the first Black actress to appear in a national TV commercial with speaking lines.
Gail Fisher
Who was the first African American actress to win an Oscar?
Hattie McDaniel (Gone with the Wind)
This television show is a spinoff of "All in the Family" and the longest-running TV show ever featuring a mostly Black cast, spanning 11 seasons.
The Jeffersons
_____ X by Spike Lee
Malcolm;
chronicles the life and influence of Malcolm X. the story of the charismatic Black Nationalist leader and Nation of Islam member
In 1964, he made history as the first Black man to win the Best Actor Oscar for Lillies of the Field.
Sidney Poitier
In 2018, who became the first athlete and black person to win an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, Dear Basketball?
Kobe Bryant
What is the longest-running Black-owned TV show?
Soul Train
The _____ Purple
Color
In 1960, he became the first Black Emmy winner, which he earned for his TV special, "Tonight with Belafonte".
Harry Balafonte
Who was the first African American to be nominated for an Academy award for Best Actress?
Dorothy Dandridge
This is the first sitcom that starred an African American woman in a non-stereotypical role.
Julia (Diann Carroll)
Hidden_______
About 3 African American women that changed the history of NASA
He was the first Black director (and youngest) to be nominated as Best Director at the Oscars. He directed such films as "Boyz in the Hood" and "Poetic Justice"
John Singleton