Inventions
This women is popular for her revolutionary hair care products like the hot comb and chemical hair straightener.
Who is: Madam C.J. Walker?
This restaurant is located on Bass Pro Lane in Cary, and serves famous Chicken and Waffles.
What is: Dame's Chicken and Waffles?
She is the first female, black, and South Asian Vice President of the United States.
Who is: Kamala Harris?
This piece is deemed "The Black National Anthem", and was written by James Weldon Johnson.
What is: Lift Every Voice and Sing
This school is famous for the BGMM, and is located in Greensboro, NC. AGGIE PRIDE!
What is: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT)?
This item, also known as a disher, was created by Alfred L. Cralle
What is: The Ice Cream Scooper?
This food truck will be featured at the Cary BSA Movie Night, and is owned by a Cary Alumni
What is: Corner Boys BBQ?
He was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991.
Who is: Thurgood Marshall?
She was the first African-American woman to have her music performed by a major symphony orchestra.
Who is: Florence Price?
This school is located in Durham, NC; and is the Alma Matter for multiple Cary Staff Members.
What is: North Carolina Central University (NCCU)?
Dr. Gladys West, mathematician, invented this technology, also known as Global Positioning System.
What is: GPS Technology?
This restaurant is located in Durham, NC and is owned by Chef Ricky Moore. They serve a variety of seafood.
What is: Saltbox Seafood Joint?
This woman is the fastest woman of all time; and set the world records for the 100 m and 200 m in 1988. She became a popular figure in track and field because of her record-setting performances and flashy personal style.
Who is: Florence Griffith-Joyner (Flo Jo)?
She is an American Artist who uses photography, video, and collage to portray her identity as a black woman.
Who is: Lorna Simpson?
This school is in Tallahassee, FL; and its colors are Orange and Green.
What is: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU)?
This man was a Canadian-born inventor and engineer who was notable for his 57 US patents, most having to do with the lubrication of steam engines.
Who is: Elijah J. McCoy?
This is a chocolate store owned by a black women in Raleigh, NC.
What is: The Chocolate Boutique?
Maulana Ndabezitha Karenga is an American professor of Africana studies, activist, and author. He is best known as the creator of what holiday?
What is: Kwanzaa?
This man also known as Chevalier de Saint-George was a black musical superstar of the 18th-century.
Who is: Joseph Boulogne?
This school, located in Washington DC, is the Alma Matter of Vice President Kamala Harris
What is: Howard University?
This man created ultraviolet camera/spectrograph which was used by NASA for the Apollo 16 launch.
Who is: George Carruthers?
This barber shop is owned by Rev. Sam Blalock and has been on 217 South Wilmington St. for 50 years!
What is: Blalock's Barber and Beauty Salon
He is the Father of Black History. On February 1, 1926 he established Negro History Week, which then evolved into Black History Month.
Who is: Dr. Carter G. Woodson?
She was known ad the Godmother of Rock and Roll, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Who is: Sister Rosetta Tharpe?
These TWO schools, are both in Atlanta Georgia. One is male only, and the other is female only.
What are: Morehouse College and Spelman College?