History
This author wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
The legendary singer and "Queen of Soul" known for hits like "Respect" and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"?
Who is "Aretha Franklin"?
The birth place of Martin Luther King Jr.
What is Atlanta, Georgia?
Who is Spike Lee?
Baseball's inaugural winner of the Rookie of the Year award, the first black All-Star, and MVP in 1949, and later, the first Black Hall of Fame inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962
Who is Jackie Robinson?
The first Black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice
Who is "Ketanji Brown"?
"Strange Fruit" a song about lynched black people, was originally sang by this person
Who is Billie Holiday?
The city where Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old, refused to give up her seat on a bus
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
Jordan Peele was the first Black director to win Best Original Screenplay for this horror film
What is "Get Out"?
The first Black Golf Major Champion
Who is Tiger Woods?
The first African-American Women Elected to the U.S. Congress
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
In 1953, the song “Hound Dog” was released by this blues singer before Elvis Presley’s 1956 version
Who is "Willie Mae "Big Mama” Thornton’ "
The city formerly known as "Black Wall Street"
What is Tulsa, Oklahoma?
The first Black person to win an Academy Award
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
The first Black All-Around Gymnastics Champion
Who is Gabby Douglas?
The first female African American self-made millionaire
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
This gospel singer would go on to be called the “Godmother of Rock-N-Roll”
Who is "Sister Rosetta Thorpe"
Kwame Ture or Stokely Carmichael was born in this country
What is Trinidad and Tobago?
The film "Boyz n the Hood" was released during this year
What is 1990?
The first Black Female Tennis Player
Who is Althea Gibson?
The first black cable car conductor in San Francisco, and author of several poetry books
Who is Maya Angelou?
The only artist to chart 7 consecutive #1 Billboard Hot 100 hits
Who is "Whitney Houston"?
Predominantly Black neighborhood of around 200 residents in the Upper West Side from 82nd Street to 89th Street. Residents were forced out of the area for the building of Central Park.
What is Seneca Village?
This person played the role of Dorothy in the film The Wiz
Who is Diana Ross?
The first WNBA player signed to the league during its inception in 1996
Who is Sheryl Swoopes?