Black Inventions/Inventors
He created and found over 300 uses for peanut products & peanut butter but is often mistakenly remembered as the one who created it.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This well know figure, led the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, won a Nobel Peace prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolent resistance, and is most famous for his 'I Have A Dream' speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
This organization, established at Cornell University in 1906, was the first black intercollegiate fraternity.
What is Alpha Phi Alpha.
What month And year did Harriet Tubman escape from slavery?
What is July 1849?
Who was the first ever African American to win an Oscar?
Who is Hattie McDaniel
This invention, improved by Sarah Boone, made it easier to get the wrinkles out of clothing.
What is the ironing board?
They became the first black military aviators in the U.S Army Corps.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
This renowned mathematician, who's life was depicted in the 2016 blockbuster 'Hidden Figures' was one of the first African American Women to work as a NASA scientist.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
What day did President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
What is January 1, 1863?
Who was the first black woman to win an Emmy in Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series?
Who is Viola Davis?
This black inventor & nurse is the pioneer for home security companies such as ADT, Brinks Home Security, and Xfinity Home as she devised an early security unit for her home and patented it.
Who is Mary Van Brittan Brown?
After segregation was made illegal in public school, this group of kids showed up to Central High School to begin schooling and eventually had to be escorted by federal troops to and from classes for safety in the previously segregated school.
Who are The Little Rock Nine.
In 1823, he became the first known African American to graduate from a College in the United States.
Who is Alexander Lucius Twilight?
What day did the Million Woman March take place?
What is October 25, 1997?
Who was the first black heavyweight boxing champion?
Who is Jack Johnson?
Garret Morgan, a inventor who had only an elementary school education, came up with several inventions including an improved sowing machine and gas mask. He was most famous, however, for this improved invention.
What is the Three-Light Traffic Light?
He believed that social change could be accomplished only through agitation and protest. He urged his leaders to see "Beauty in Black" and shared in the creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Who is W.E.B Du Bois?
First known as the African Institute, this school became the nation's first Historically Black College & University (HBCU)
What is Cheyney University?
What is the name of the first African-American owned and operated newspaper published in the United States and when was it founded?
What is the Freedoms Journal and March 16, 1827?
Who was the first black woman to compete on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam in 1956?
Who is Althea Gibson?
In 1832, this Chef who worked in the white house invented a new way of making ice cream, using the method we use now, by mixing salt, flavoring and cream. He is dubbed as the 'Father of Ice Cream'
Who is Augustus Jackson?
Nine months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in Montgomery AL, this 15 year old school girl also refused to give up her seat and was thrown in jail. She became one of the first four women to challenge the segregation law in court
Who is Claudette Colvin?
In this 1954 Supreme Court case-- it was unanimously ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans?
What day did Abraham Lincoln say the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, “A house divided against itself cannot stand?
What is June 16 1958?
Who were the first black head coaches to be in a Super Bowl?
Who are Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith?