Ancient History
Phillip, one of the early disciples of Jesus, shared the Gospel with and baptized a man from this kingdom, which is now a country in Africa.
What is Ethiopia?
He sold over 750 million records and won 13 Grammys to earn the title "King of Pop."
Who was Michael Jackson?
She hosted the highest rated talk show in history, from 1986 to 2011.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
He was elected the first black President of the United States of America in 2009.
Who is Barak Obama?
She was the first black woman to serve as a Dean of a school at Johnson University.
Who is Dr. Cathy Brim?
He was about 9 years old when he became King of Egypt around 1332 B.C., becoming the 12th Pharaoh.
Who was King Tut (Tutankhamun)?
She achieved 12 number one hits as a solo singer after ending her role as the lead singer of the Supremes in 1970, with a career that spans over four decades.
Who is Diana Ross?
She was a Civil Rights activist who is known for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on an Alabama bus in 1955.
Who was Rosa Parks?
She was elected the first black Vice President of the United States in 2020.
Who is Vice President Kamala Harris?
He is acclaimed to be the greatest basketball player of all time.
Who is Michael Jordan?
This language which is thought to have originated around 600 A.D. is predominant in Africa, with an estimated 140 million people speaking it.
What is Swahili?
His trumpet playing revolutionized the world of music, and he became one of the 20th century's most recognized and best loved entertainers.
Who was Louis Armstrong?
When she heard about the fame of King Solomon and his relation to the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions as recorded in I Kings 10.
Who was the Queen of Sheba?
He was the first black United States Supreme Court Justice.
Who was Justice Thurgood Marshall?
This movie depicted the true story of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson-- three African American women working as mathematicians at NASA and their significant contributions to the space program.
What is Hidden Figures?
This Roman Catholic Saint was born in what is now Turkey's southern coast and is known for spending all his inheritance from his parents to help the sick and the poor.
Who was Saint Nicholas?
In the very early 20th century, African-American musical traditions mixed with others and gradually this genre of music emerged from a blend of ragtime, marches, blues, and other kinds of music.
What is Jazz?
This escaped slave led approximately 300 slaves to freedom in the North during her lifetime, earning her the nickname, "Moses."
Who was Harriet Tubman?
This man was was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district, and he also was the uncle of Johnson's Dean of the School of Business & Public Leadership.
Who was Representative John Lewis?
She is a four-time Olympic gold medal winner and holds the most Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles tennis.
Who is Serena Williams?
This Roman Catholic Saint was born in Africa and in his lifetime wrote dozens of books, two of which are The Confessions and The City of God.
Who was St. Augustine?
In 1956, he became the first African American performer to host a variety television series, and for many white families, he was the first black man welcomed into their living rooms each night.
Who was Nat King Cole?
She was the first black woman to write a screenplay of a major film and the first female poet of any race to recite a poem at a U.S. Presidential inauguration.
Who was Maya Angelou?
In 1870, he became one of the first black men to serve in the United States Congress.
Who was Senator Hiram Revels?
OR Who was Representative Joseph Rainey?
(Both were elected the same year.)
This inventor and scientist discovered over 300 products that could be produced from the peanut, including plastics, gasoline, and dyes.
Who was George Washington Carver?