Black in STEM 1
Neil deGrasse Tyson is the director of this world-famous planetarium at this museum, opened in 1935 & named for a philanthropist
What is the Hayden Planetarium?
In 2023, 2 teenagers presented "an impossible proof" of this theorem named for an ancient Greek to the American Mathematical Society.
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
In 1963, he spoke of his "dream" that his children would one day "not be judged by the color of their skin."
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
Like Langston Hughes, painter & illustrator Aaron Douglas was a leading figure of this arts movement centered in New York
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Spike Lee applauded that the 2025 film Sinners, directed by Ryan Coogler & starring this actor, famous for his role in Creed III, "tapped into our ancestors".
Who is Michael B. Jordan?
Jerry Lawson is the electronic engineer known as the father of this invention. Before it, games were built directly into the hardware of a console. He also created the arcade game Demolition Derby and founded Video-Soft in 1980, which made software for the Atari 2600.
What are game cartridges?
By replacing the boiling of cane juice with vacuum refining, Norbert Rillieux turned this from a luxury to a common table item.
What is Sugar?
What religious group did Malcolm X belong to before separating due to conflicts with its leader?
What is the Nation of Islam?
Louis Armstrong was born in this city, which was the 1st center for what would be called jazz.
What is New Orleans?
According to Forbes Magazine in 1996, this talk show host was on her way to becoming America's first black billionaire, and in 2003, she became the first woman to do it.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett led the team that came up with the COVID-19 vaccine from this company founded in 2010
What is Moderna?
Otis Boykin invented this electrical component, a part now used in many common devices, including computers and televisions, to restrict a current.
What is a resistor?
During the war, this former slave & Underground Railroad conductor was a spy for the Union in South Carolina.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
The 12-bar type of this "colorful" African-American song style has 3 lines of 4 bars each
What is the Blues?
In 1947, he broke the color barrier & became the first African American to play modern Major League Baseball.
Who was Jackie Robinson?
Charles Richard Drew organized the first of these alliterative plasma storage programs.
What is a Blood Bank?
Ronald E. McNair was a laser physicist and a mission specialist for NASA on a shuttle that exploded shortly after takeoff in 1986; this event was later dubbed a disaster.
What was the (STS 51-L) Challenger Disaster?
This event honoring Obama is the opening setting to the graphic novel, "MARCH", the John Lewis story.
What was Inauguration Day (2009)?
In a sixty-panel series, artist Jacob Lawrence depicted this movement of rural Southern blacks in the 20th century.
What was the Great Migration?
In 2003, this basketball player from St. Vincent-St. Mary High School was drafted #1 overall.
Who is LeBron James?
Cornell medical grad Mae Jemison won fame aboard the space shuttle Endeavour on this mission, becoming the first African American woman in space.
What was STS-47?
This woman made breakthroughs that enabled others to invent the portable fax, touch tone telephone, solar cells, and more. She was also presented a National Medal of Science in 2016.
Who is Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson?
Under the 14th Amendment, no person shall be deprived of "life, liberty, or property without" this.
What is due process?
A 2Pac alter ego & a Waka Flocka flame album both allude to this Italian author of "The Prince."
Who was Machiavelli?
George Lucas gave this Jedi character a unique purple lightsaber at the request of actor Samuel L. Jackson.
Who is Mace Windu?