Not Your Average Kid
This 15 year old refused to give up her bus seat 9 months before Rosa Parks.
Claudette Colvin
Which city is widely known as the birthplace of Hip-Hop?
The Bronx, New York
This quick bread and Southern staple may be served with butter, gravy or jam.
Biscuits
Who invented the 3-position traffic signal that includes the yellow light in 1923?
Garrett Morgan
Who was the 1st African-American to win an Academy Award?
Hattie McDaniel
At the age of 6, she became the 1st African-American child to integrate an all-white public school in the South.
Ruby Bridges
This Renaissance Man, whose work influenced artists like Michael Jackson, has the most Grammy nominations in history.
Quincy Jones
*BONUS!* What is the name of one of the two large group dances that people break out into at family reunions or bbqs?
This rice dish originated in Louisiana and is prepared with and assortment of vegetables and proteins celery, garlic, chilies, tomatoes, onions, carrots, bell peppers, shrimp, sausage, pork, crawfish or chicken
Jambalaya
What was the 1st historically Black college in America?
Cheyney University
Which record company was founded by Gerry Gordy, Jr. in Detroit in 1959?
Motown Records
This 17 year old became the 1st African-American woman to qualify for the US Olympic speedskating team in 2018.
Maame Biney
This musician is hailed as the creator of “Afrobeat” and used his music platform to call for political and social progress.
Fela Kuti
This is the official dish of Louisiana which is a stew made with shellfish stock, okra, a roux, meat or seafood, and vegetables such as bell peppers and celery.
Gumbo
Who was the 1st American woman to become a self-made millionaire after inventing a line of Black hair products?
Madame C.J. Walker
Who was the 1st African-American to win 5 Grammy Awards in one year?
Ms. Lauryn Hill
She was 9 years old and one of many children arrested for the “crime” of protesting racial discrimination during the Children’s Crusade in Birmingham, AL in 1963
Audrey Faye Hendricks
Which gospel singer would go on to be called the Godmother of Rock-N-Roll?
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
This side dish which also goes by the name “buttered beans” is usually served at barbeques and picnics.
Baked beans
Who was the 1st African-American woman elected to the US House of Representatives?
Shirley Chisolm
Which African-American was the 1st to star in his own television series?
Nat King Cole
Known as the “Smallest Freedom Fighter” she marched with Dr. King from Selma to Montgomery on the date referred to as “Bloody Sunday”
Sheyann Webb
In 1953, the song “Hound Dog” was released by this blues singer before Elvis Presley’s 1956 version.
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton
This dish, which is also known as Carolina peas and rice, is prepared with sliced bacon, rice, black-eyed peas, and onions.
Hoppin' John
*BONUS!* true or false- Raisins belong in potato salad
Who was the 1st African-American to graduate from Harvard and become a US senator?
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Who was the 1st African-American to win a Pulitzer prize?
Gwendolyn Brooks