The team Jackie Robinson played for
What is the Brooklyn Dodgers?
This former NBA player is the first athlete to become a billionaire.
Who is Michael Jordan?
The inspiration for this well-known cartoon character was Esther Lee "Baby Esther" Jones, a Black Chicago woman and well-known singer of the 1920s was the original inspiration.
Who is Betty Boop?
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison?
The name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods?
The African American talk show host who started her own media TV Channel.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This 1956 autobiography entitled "Lady Sings The Blues", is based on this "Strange Fruit" singer
Who is Billie Holiday?
She was only 12 when she became the first female African American author published for her poetry.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks?
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” and was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This boxing champion endorsed a grill for healthy eating.
Who is George Foreman?
In 1959 he founded the Motown Record corporation, the first recording home of The Temptations, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Smoky Robinson, and Stevie Wonder...
Who is Berry Gordy Jr.?
They wrote Lift Every Voice and Sing, The Negro National Anthem?
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
Known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
Who is Malcolm X?
This female gymnast has won 23 gold medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
This legendary vocalist was nicknamed "The Voice" for her significant singing abilities.
Who is Whitney Houston?
The author of Still I Rise?
Who is Maya Angelou?
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing?
He played for the Los Angeles Lakers for 12 years, until he retired in 1991 due to his HIV diagnosis.
Who is Magic Johnson?
This singer started her own beauty line called "Fenty Beauty".
Who is Rihanna?
This song was the first to ever have a full-length music video! Written by former boy band member and Icon Micheal Jackson.
What is Remember the Time?
The recent Best Spoken Book Grammy winner for the Light We Carry.
Who is Michelle Obama?
Which fourteen-year-old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmet Till?