Inventors
This man helped invent the first video game console with interchangeable games.
Who is Jerry Lawson?
Juneteenth is a day commemorating the emancipation of African-American slaves. What day is it celebrated?
What is June 19?
He was the first Black Heavyweight Boxing Champ in America?
Who is Jack Johnson?
He was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll.
Who is chuck Barry?
This Black Man invented and patented the carbon filament, which allowed lightbulbs to last longer than they did with the paper filament used in Thomas Edison’s design.
Who is Lewis Howard Latimer?
This woman was an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
On this day the decision declared all laws establishing segregated schools to be unconstitutional, and it called for the desegregation of all schools throughout the nation.
What is May 17, 1954?
She was the first Black Athlete to Compete in International Tennis.
Who is Althea Gibson?
Pioneer of soul music, integrating R&B, gospel, pop and country to create hits like "Unchain My Heart," "Hit the Road Jack" and "Georgia on My Mind."
Who is Ray Charles?
Before Rosa Parks. A teenager named Claudette Colvin got arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her bus seat for a white woman. Some local civil rights leaders saw the event as a chance to highlight the city's unfair bus policy, but decided that Colvin was too young to represent the struggle.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
After witnessing a crash between a car and a buggy. This event supposedly convinced this man to create the stoplight.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
When was the Emancipation Proclamation Signed?
What is January 1, 1863?
She is an American gymnast who became the first African American in Olympic history to win the individual all-around event at the 2012 Summer Games
Who is Gabby Douglas?
This woman Held Record For Billboard Hot 100 Singles By a Woman for 40 Years. She was also the first woman Inducted Into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This civil rights activist and campaigner helped to found nearly 1,000 citizenship schools, which contributed to helping Blacks register to vote.
Who is Septima Poinsette Clark?
She was the first African American woman doctor to patent a medical device, the Laserphaco Probe for the treatment of cataracts, which has helped restore or improve vision to millions of patients worldwide
Who is Patricia E. Bath?
She was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
She was the first woman with her own signature shoe
Who is Sheryl Swoopes?
Sam was also an activist his refusal to sing at segregated concerts led to what many have described as one of the first real efforts in civil disobedience and helped usher in the new Civil Rights Movement according to ABKCO.com
Who is Sam Cooke?
One of the greatest African rulers of all time, he led the Mali Empire at the height of its power and creativity. He directly controlled the price of gold, and he has been described as the richest person in human history.
Who is Mansa Musa?
His significant accomplishments include the successful prediction of a solar eclipse, publishing his own almanac, and the planning out Washington, D.C.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
On this date Obama defeated the Republican nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona, making him the President-elect and the first African American elected President.
What is November 4, 2008
was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. He broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.
Who is Jackie T. Robinson?
This man is considered the leading trumpeter and one of the most influential artists in jazz history, who helped develop jazz into a fine art.
Who is Loius Armstrong?
She was the first Black woman in the United States to qualify as a doctor, opened her own medical clinic in Boston and dedicated herself to treating women and children who lived in poverty. She treated patients regardless of their ability to pay and often took no money for her work.
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler?