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He was the second AA to graduate from Harvard and considered the "Father of Black History."
Who is Carter G Woddson?
Born in the Gambia, the first African American to publish a book of poetry, "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral", in 1773.
Who was Phyllis Wheatley?
A 1920s-1930s explosion of Black literature, art, and music, with figures like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.
What is the "Harlem Renaissance?
Known as "Black Wall Street," this thriving community was destroyed in 1921, leaving up to 10,000 Black residents homeless and hundreds dead.
What is Greenwood District, Tulsa OK?
First Black billionaire after selling BET to Viacom for $3 billion (2001)
Who is Robert Johnson?
He was the first AA born in the 13 colonies to two indentured servants in Jamestown, Virginia in 1624.
Who is William Tucker.
First black woman to earn a 4-year degree at Oberlin College in 1850.
Who is Lucy Stanton?
Deeply rooted in history, meals such as cornbread, collard greens, and black-eyed peas symbolize resilience and abundance. Well known items include Fried Chicken, sweet potatoes, okra, gumbo, etc.
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What is Soul Food/Sunday Supper?
A primarily Black town in Florida that was burned to the ground in 1923 following racial accusations, with up to 150 deaths reported.
What is Rosewood FL?
First Black gymnast to win the individual all-around Olympic gold medal (2012)
Who is Gabby Douglas?
He was the first AA to earn a medical degree awarded by the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland.
Who is James McCune Smith?
First Black PERSON to win an Oscar when she could not even attend the all-white Gala in 1940.
Who is Hattie McDaniel.
4-player, partnership trick-taking card game played with a 52-card deck plus 2 jokers (Big and Little) and Players bid on the number of tricks they can win, naming the trump suit and whether the game is "Uptown" (high), "Downtown" (low), or "No Trump".
What is Spades/Bid Whist?
The city used eminent domain to seize property from Black owners (Carles & Willa Bruce) in 1924, including a resort, to eliminate an African American presence.
What is Manhattan Beach, California?
First Black artistic director for Louis Vuitton’s menswear line (2021)
Who is Virgil Abloh?
First Black Senator sworn in in 1870.
Whi is Hiram Rhodes Revels?
Who is Lisa Gelobter?
Located in New Orleans' (now Louis Armstrong Park), is a landmark of African American history where enslaved people and free people of color gathered on Sundays in the 18th and 19th centuries to play music, dance, and trade.
What is Congo Square?
White residents burned down Black homes in this Illinois city in 1954, forcing an exodus.
What is Vienna, Illinois?
First non-jazz, non-classical artist to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music (2018)
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
He wrote "Clotel: The President's Daughter" in 1853; a novel about a slave who was Thomas Jefferson's Daughter which turned out to be very true.
Who was William Wells Brown?
Trailblazing U.S. Army officer who became the first Black female general in 1979 and the first Black chief of the Army Nurse Corps. Overcoming racial barriers, she joined in 1955, specialized in nursing education, and led 7,000 nurses globally.
Who is Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown?
The cultural history of needing to communicate in code, or as a response to societal exclusion, fostered a unique, expressive language and, in some cases, "coded" musical patterns.
What is African American Vernacular English (AAVE)?
In 1912, racial violence and terror, fueled by the lynching of a young Black man and subsequent hangings, drove almost all Black residents out of Forsyth County. The town was later flooded to create this lake in the 1950s.
What is Lake Lanier, Forsythe County GA?
First Black woman appointed to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (2024)
Who is
Dr. Lisa DeNell Cook?