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Inventors
Inventors
He pioneered numerous uses for peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes.
Who is George Washington Carver?
Known to many as the "Moses of her people," she enslaved, escaped and helped others gain their freedom as a "conductor" of the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Name the first historically Black University
What is Howard University?
The only player to have won the NBA Finals MVP with three different franchises. He was selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
Who is LeBron James?
What is the full name of this organization? NSBE
National Society of Black Engineers
Hip Hop was birthed in this city in New York
What is the Bronx?
The first African-American woman to become a self-made millionaire after creating a line of hair products geared toward black hair.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
At 14 years old, she became the youngest Black executive producer in Hollywood history with the film "Little". This teen actress and singer is best known for playing the role of Diane Johnson in the comedy series Black-ish.
Who is Marsai Martin?
What is the name of the first black Greek fraternity for college students?
Who is Alpha Phi Alpha?
The first African-American who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009-2017.
Who is President Barrack Obama?
What is the full name of this organization? NAACP
This artist holds the current record for most song entries in the Billboard Top 100.
Who is Drake?
This inventor improved the light bulb and worked with Thomas Edison.
Who is Lewis Latimer
She created a successful line of hair care products and became one of the first self-made Black female millionaires.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
By the late 1960, thanks in part to the civil rights movement and a growing awareness of Black identity, "Negro History Week" was evolved into this...
What is Black History Month?
This actor played King T’Challa in Black Panther and portrayed historical figures like Jackie Robinson and James Brown.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
PIOMH Hint: You ask where you should place something
Put it on my head
This soul and R&B singer became the first Black woman to win the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1999.
Who is Lauryn Hill
This engineer invented the super soaker, one of the most popular water toys in history.
Lonnie Johnson
Noted for her innovation of the natural gas heating furnace
Who is Alice H. Parker?
The story of Black History Month begins in 1915, half a century after which amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
The No.1 draft pick in 1957, he helped led the Cleveland Browns to the team's last championship in 1964.
Who is Jim Brown?
DYPTB
Hint: Your mom would say this when you would use up a lot water/electricity in the house
Do you pay the bills?
This Nigerian singer, known for Fall and If, is one of Afrobeats' biggest global stars.
Who is Davido?
He invented a device that allowed firefighters to breathe safely in smoke-filled buildings, an early version of the gas mask.
Who is Garret Morgan?
The first African-American woman to be nominated to the United States Supreme Court.
Who is Judge Kentaji Brown Jackson?
This Constitutional Amendment gave Blacks equal protection under the law....
What is the 14th amendment?
This man was the first black Supreme Court Justice, appointed in 1967
Who is Thurgood Marshall
BHBTSLCO
Hint: Your mom would say this when you went out
Be home before the street lights come on
This rap duo from Atlanta is known for hits like Ms.Jackson and Hey Ya!
Who is OutKast
This man invented a system that helps machines lubricate their own parts without constant supervision
Who is Elijah McCoy?
This woman invented Voice Over Internet Protocol (i.e., Skype, MagicJack, Vonage, and other Internet-based audio/video communications)
Who is Marian Croak?
The first Black writer to win a Nobel Prize in Literature
Who is Toni Morrison?
The first black astronaut to live and work at the International Space Station.
Who is Victor J. Glover, Jr.
WWGITSDTN Your mom would say before you went into a certain place...
When we get in this store do not touch nothing
What was the name of Beyoncé's solo debut album?
What is Dangerously in Love?
This man improved resistors commonly used in pacemakers and computers.
Who is Otis Boykin?
First Black woman to enter space
Who is Mae Jemison?
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. give his “I Have A Dream Speech”?
Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C
The first African American actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Who is Sidney Pointer?
SATCBIGYSTCA Hint: Your mom would say this when she was mad
Stop all that crying before I give you something to cry about
She was the first Black Gospel artist inducted into the GMA Hall of Fame and was the first gospel artist ever to win a Grammy Award.
Who is Mahalia Jackson?