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In 1935, He was the first five-time world record holder in Track and went on to continue his winning streak at the 1936 Olympics where he won four gold medals.
Who is Jesse Owens?
In 2008, he was elected the first African American President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
This actor was the lead star of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air who went on to star in the Men in Black movies later in his career.
Who is Will Smith?
This woman was the first black millionaire after the development of her cosmetic and hair care products.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
From what other musical form does jazz originate?
What is The Blues?
He was the first African American man to hold the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion title in 1908. He held this title for 7 years until 1915
Who is Jack Johnson?
This law outlawed discrimination based on race, gender, religon, color, and national origin.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
He founded Young Money Entertainment which is an American record label based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Who is Lil Wayne?
This inventor and engineer invented the carbon filament, a vital component of the lightbulb and then went on to design an early air conditioning unit as well.
Who was Lewis Latimer?
She refused to move to the back of the bus, nine months before Rosa Parks’ stand that launched the Montgomery bus boycott.
Who was Claudette Colvin?
This man was the top-ranked golf player in the world from 1999-2004, then again from 2005-2010. He regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and one of the most famous athletes.
Who is Tiger woods
This Supreme Court case was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court Case that ruled that the racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This hip hop group was the first rap group to receive a gold record for their self named album in 1984.
Who is Run DMC?
This inventor is most famously known for finding over 300 uses of the peanut including dyes, gasoline and plastics.
When was the ban on interracial marriage finally lifted and overturned?
What is 1967?
She ran track in the 1960 Olympics in Rome and took home three gold medals, becoming the first American woman to accomplish such a feat at a single Olympics.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
The first African American man to be appointed to the US Supreme in 1996.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This actor has won two Golden Globe Awards, one Tony Award, and two Academy Awards and is known primarily for his roles in ‘Glory’, ‘Malcolm X’, and ‘The Hurricane’.
Who is Denzel Washington?
This man became the first black billionaire when he sold the cable station he founded, Black Entertainment Television, better known as BET, in 2001.
Who is Robert Johnson?
Who is Mae Jemison?
An American basketball player who his entire 20-season career for the Los Angeles Lakers. Winning 5 NBA championships and being an 18-time all star, this man is known as one of greatest basketball players of all time.
Who is Kobe Bryant
This man was elected as the Mississippi representative in the US Senate, becoming the first African American man in the United States Senate
Who Is Hiram Rhodes Revels?
Originally written as a poem in 1900 by James Weldon Johnson, this song is now known as the Black National Anthem.
What is Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing?
This inventor is responsible for the development of IBM computers, burglar-proof cash registers, chemical air filters, and an electronic resistor used in control missiles and other devices.
Who is Otis Boykin?
She was the first licensed African American female pilot.
Who was Bessie Coleman?