Actos/Directors
Who is the director of the movie Sinners and Black Panther?
Ryan Coogler
Who was part of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1967-1991?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was the first African American woman in space?
Mae C. Jemison
Who was the first African American female principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre?
Misty Copeland
Which actress has played Tina Turner, Rosa Parks, and Betty Shabazz?
Angela Bassett
Who is the U.S. Representative of Texas?
Jasmine Crockett
NASA mathematician whose calculations were critical to manned space missions, including the moon landing.
Katherine Johnson
The first black woman on the U.S. hockey team and won gold.
Laila Edwards
Who is the youngest nominee for best actresses?
Quvenzhané Wallis
American poet, activist, and model who gave one of her poems at a president's inauguration.
Amanda Gorman
Computer engineer who co-invented the personal computer (PC).
Mark E. Dean, Otis Boykin, Lewis Howard Latimer
Mark E. Dean
This female track & field athlete holds the record for 400m hurdles.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
Who is the most popular black director who directed the movie Malcom X starring Denzel Washington?
Spike Lee
Before Michelle Obama became first lady what was her job?
A lawyer at Sidley & Austin
Who was NASA’s first Black female engineer?
Mary Jackson
What was the name of the first person to successfully do open heart surgery?
Daniel Hale Williams, Frederick Jones, Philip Emeagwali
Daniel Hale Williams
First black Oscar winner.
Hattie McDaniel
She advocated for Black women's political power.
Ida B. Wells
Who helped contribute to the making of the GPS?
Gladys West
Who is the CEO of the Dallas Mavericks?
Cynthia Marshall