Miscellaneous Facts
The first Black Disney princess, created for the film 'The Princess and The Frog' in 2009.
Who is Princess Tiana?
From a peanut, this prominent inventor and scientist discovered over 300 products, which include plastics, gasoline, and dyes.
Who is George Washington Carver?
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This group took the midnight train to Georgia
Who is Gladys Knight & the Pips?
W.E.B. DuBois was a founding member
What is the NAACP?
Before Rosa Parks, she refused to give up her seat to a white woman, so she was dragged off a bus and arrested....yelling “It’s my constitutional right!” to sit where she wanted on the bus
Who is Claudette Colvin?
Hometown group known for hits such as More Bounce to the Ounce, Doo Wa Ditty, I Can Make You Dance, Heartbreaker, and Computer Love.
Who is Zapp?
Practice of marking a line on a map to delineate an area where banks would not make loans; most frequently discriminated areas were Black inner-city neighborhoods.
What is redlining?
In 2016, the story of human-computer Mary Jackson was told in this box office smash hit.
What is Hidden Figures?
First African American to play in Major League Baseball
Who is Jackie Robinson?
They were the first group to debut with four consecutive number one hits on the Hot 100 with the songs I want You Back, ABC, The Love You Save, and I'll Be There.
Who are the Jackson 5?
A revolutionary political organization founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California.
What is the Black Panther Party?
With federal marshal escorts, she was the first African-American to attend William Frantz Elementary School in 1960.
Who is Roby Bridges?
Groups such as The Ohio Players, Lakeside, Heatwave, Slave, and Zapp contributed to this eara of music that helped put Dayton, Ohio on the map.
What is Funk music?
Known as one of the leading modern dancers of the 20th century, he went on to form a dance company named after himself in 1958.
Who is Alvin Ailey?
I discovered methods on the processing and storing of blood plasma, which is blood without its cells.
Who is Charles R. Drew?
Who was the first American athlete to win 4 gold medals in one Olympics
Who is Jesse Owens?
Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, actor, and businessman. Hit songs include In My Feelings, God's Plan, and Money In The Grave.
Who is Drake?
This group had nothing to do with an apple
What is CORE?
Congress of Racial Equality
On Sunday, September 15, 1963, The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was bombed by members of the Ku Klux Klan, killing 4 young girls who became jointly known as...
Who are The “4 Little Girls”?
Cynthia Wesley (14), Addie Mae Collins (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Denise McNair (11)
Both the oldest Black and the oldest AME church in the Dayton area.
What is Wayman Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church?
These brothers developed a type of dance which combined jazz, ballet, and tap dancing. Their style became known as classical tap.
Who are the Nicholas Brothers?
This royal musician helped establish the #YesWeCode organization in order to help African Americans in the technology industry.
Who is Prince?
American baseball player, manager, and pioneer executive in the Negro Leagues.
Who is Rube Foster?
The gang had sugar on the hill with this 1st main stream radio rap song
Who is Rapper's Delight?
Prince Hall organized the first Black self-help fraternal institution in the United States in 1787, allowing blacks to join the first lodge of this type.
What is the Masonic Lodge No. 459?
A controversial episode of the modern civil rights movement, and the 1963 Birmingham Campaign in which African American school children marched for desegregation.
What is the Children's Crusade?
The location of Dayton’s first public school for Black children.
What is the basement of First Wesleyan Methodist Church?
Accidentally invented the potato chip in 1853 while he was working as a chef at the Cary Moon's Lake House in Lake Saratoga, New York.
Who is George Crum?
My company helped create the early architecture for Nintendo 64 gaming consoles.
Who is Marc Hannah?
NFL player of the year award was named after this sweet guy
Who is Walter Payton?
Born on Christmas Day, 1745. He was an African French classical music conductor, composer, musician, and military officer.
Who is Joseph Boulogne “Chevalier de Saint-Georges”?
This is the oldest Black religious denomination
What is AME?
African Methodist Episcopal
Referred to as “The Smallest Freedom Fighter” by Dr. King
Who is Sheyann Webb?
Only 8 years old when she became involved in the Civil Rights Movement.
Born in 1860, she was a pioneer Black teacher in Ohio public schools from 1878 to 1920. She also helped establish the Dayton branch of the NAACP and was its first treasurer.
Who is Louise Troy?