Famous firsts
Who was the first black woman to serve as a supreme court justice
Ketanji Brown
Who invented automatic elevator doors
Alexander Miles
What is J Cole's brand's name
Dreamville
"The time is always right to do what's right"
Martin Luther King Jr
Who was the first black self made millionaire?
Madame C.J Walker
Who invented peanut butter
George Washington Carver
who is the only couple to each win 20 or more Grammys
Beyonce and Jay Z
"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up"
Michael Jordan
Who was the first African American model to be on the cover of GQ magazine?
Tyra Banks
Who patented the three way traffic light
Garrett Morgan
Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win a Pulitzer prize for what?
For her book Annie Allen
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress"
Fredrick Douglas
Who was the first African American woman neurosurgeon
Alexa Irene Canady
Who invented the ironing board
Sarah Boone
Which artist held the record for highest one week sales by a female artist in 1992 (bonus points if u can name the song)
Whitney Houston for I will always love you
"Truth does not change, only our awareness of it"
Malcom X
Who was the first African American to hold a pilots license.
Bessie Coleman
Who invented the audio-visual home security system
Marie Van Brittan Jones
Elise Neal played the love interest of Duane Martin on what sitcom
All of us
"To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships"
W.E.B Dubois