Who am I?
“I have a dream”
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
First and only black Disney princess.
Who is Princess Tiana?
The Duchess of Sussex who received scrutiny and discrimination from the royal family.
Who is Meghan Markle?
True or false: Lonnie Johnson was the inventor of the soaker water gun.
True!
The first Black president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
I refused to give my seat up on the bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
True or False: President Lincoln freed the slaves
True.
True or false: Black people were brought over from Jamaica to fight for England in WWI
True!
Many race riots ensued after the war because of the lack of jobs available and the influx of Black people in the UK
Created the three signal traffic light.
Who is Garret Morgan?
It was the first to offer a third “caution” signal, which we now know as the yellow light.
The first African American female billionaire (and talk show host).
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Black American producer, writer, comedian, and actor known for his role in the tv and film industr, specifically the thriller/horror genre.
Who is Jordan Peele?
First black person to with a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Who is Stevie Wonder?
A regional subgenre of drill music and road rap that originated in the South London district of Brixton from 2012 onwards.
What is UK drill?
True or False: George Washington Carver invented the delicacy we call peanut butter.
False!
Peanut butter was created by the Incas as early as 950 B.C. George Washington Carver created a version of peanut butter, but not the actual paste itself.
An American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist
(Hint: She is a Black woman.)
Who is Maya Angelou?
English composer, conductor, and political activist in the 20th century. Died of pneumonia.
Who is Samuel Coleridge-Taylor?
Variation of english using slang words and phrases such as “finna”, “spill the tea”
What is AAVE?
AAVE (African American Vernacular English) is a dialect of English spoken in some urban communities and adopted by African American people.
ex: finna, spill the tea, fam
Considered to be the first Black Queen of England.
Who is Queen Charlotte?
Created the first home security system.
Who is Mary Van Brittan Brown?
In 1966, Brown invented a system that used a camera that could slide into and look through four peepholes in her front door. The camera’s view would then appear on a monitor in her home so she could survey any potentially unwanted guests.
Muslim, African American human rights activist and popularized black empowerment.
Malcom X
Youngest, Black, female doctor to perform surgeries on a niche group of people and is recognized amongst many young people.
Who is Doc McStuffins?
246 years of racism, discrimination, and prejudice against Blacks and African Americans
What is slavery in the US?
The first Black Marchioness in England.
(Hint: 2020)
Who is Lady Emma Clare Thynn?
The first Black woman to become a self made millionaire.
Who is Madam CJ Walker?
created a line of hair products geared toward Black hair. (She created the first, Madam Walker’s Wonderful Hair Grower, in 1905)
Three African American women who teamed up to solve mathematical equations for NASA.
Who are Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson.