Kimora
Who became the first African American to win gold in the Olympics in 1908?
John Taylor
Who is the actor that was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in January 2025 and is famous for his Academy award winning performances in Glory and Training Day?
Denzel Washington
Who graduated from Harvard Law School in 1956, becoming the first African American woman to graduate from the prestigious legal institution?
Lila Fenwick
What Black Inventors invented the toilet paper holder?
Mary and Mildred Davidson
2. What law was passed banning no-knock warrants after the tragic killing of Breonna Taylor?
Breonna’s Law
7. Who In 1948, became the first Black woman in the world to win an Olympic gold medal while competing in the high jump?
Alice Coachman
10. Who was the first African American woman to create and executive produce a top 10 network series with Grey's Anatomy?
Shonda Rhimes
What is the oldest Black female Greek-letter organization, Sorority founded in 1908?
AKA (Alpha Kappa Alpha)
. What is the name of the Black man who worked hand-in-hand with both Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell to develop the carbon filament in modern light bulbs and helped design Bell’s telephone?
lewis latimore
3. Which City elected Dedrick Johnson as the city’s first Black mayor.?
Texas City, Texas
8. She is the first black person to win a major tennis title and inducted into the Inter-national Tennis Hall of Fame. In 1957 and 1958, she won championships at Wim-bledon, England.
Althea Gibson
Who became the youngest executive producer in history and earned several awards for her work at the 2020 NAACP Image Awards for a Hollywood film?
Marsai Martin
What is the first Black male Greek-letter organization, founded in 1906 at Cornell University?
Alpha Phi Alpha
What is the name of the black women who invented the first home security system while she was a full-time nurse living in New York City in 1966?
Marie Van Brittan Brown
5. Who was the first known Black person to be born in the 13 colonies?
William Tucker
A champion boxer, wining the heavy weight title three times, he has a career record of 56 wins, five losses, with 37 knockouts. In 2005, he was honored with the Presidential metal for freedom.
Muhammad Ali
13. Who is the Actress, Author, Writer, producer known for the show Awkward Black Girl and Insecure?
Issa Rae
4. In July of 1777, which became the first colony to ban slavery?
Vermont
Who was the black physicist and engineer who in 1969 invented the camera to photograph ultraviolet images in space that captured the first UV images of the Earth’s atmosphere?
George Carruthers
Born a slave, he is regarded as a prominent figure in African American and U.S History. In 1872 he became the first Black man to be nominated as a Vice Presi-dential candidate. He was a firm believer of equality for all people.
Frederick Douglass
Who published A Domestic Cookbook in 1866?
Malinda Russell
Richmond Heights became a historic district in what year?
2016
4. Popular with blacks and whites alike, Overtown was a center for nightly entertainment in Miami, comparable to Miami Beach, at its height post-World War II in the 1940s and 1950s. In what year did Overtown become a city?
1896
Who starred as Annalise Keating in How To Get Away With Murder?
Viola Davis
He is named as a National Hero for Jamaica. He created the Black Star Line shipping and is the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and started the back to the "Back to Africa Movement".
Marcus Garvey
Who became the first Black woman to host her own televised cooking show?
Lena Richard
In which decade was Richmond Heights Founded?
1940’s
What was Overtown know for in the late 19th through the mid-20th century.
Overtown was known as the greatest historic center for commerce in the black community in Miami and South Florida.
Which of the following is one of Morgan Freeman’s most iconic roles?
The Shawshank Redemption
When the southern states decided to secede(leave) and form their own country, what did they call this country?
Confederate States of America
What would become Liberty City developed during which decade?
1930's
What is the name of the first Black-owned 24-hour News channel, launched on Feb. 10, 2020? -
Black News Channel (BNC)
7. What is the name of the Negro National Anthem (aka: Black National Anthem)?
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Who played T’Challa in Black Panther?
Chadwick Boseman
What were people who wanted to outlaw slavery called?
Abolitionists
Abolitionists
Liberty City, along with Overtown, Brownsville and Black Grove, are all communities that took part in the Riots of 1980. This riot occurred because of the injustice surrounding the murder of?
Arthur McDuffe
Who is an African-American actress, dancer, choreographer, singer, director, producer, and a former member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
Deborah Allen
1. What is an at-promise girl?
An amazing and promising young girl whose bright future is in danger of harm or self-harm and who needs our help, protection and guidance.
Which singer is remembered as the ‘queen of jazz’?
Ella Fitzgerald
What is the purpose of the 15th Amendment:
The 15th amendment protects the rights of Americans to vote in elections to elect their leaders.