Black Inventors
She was an African American 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?
2023's Black History Month Theme
What is Black Resistance?
He became the first African American of the modern era to become a Major League Baseball player in 1947, "breaking the color barrier" and ending the 60 years of segregated leagues.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
She was a memoirist, popular poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years.
Who is Maya Angelou?
These are the four colors that represent Black History Month.
What is red, green, black and yellow?
He was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.
This person is known as the father of Black History month
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
The first African-American General Manager of an NFL team.
Who is Ozzie Newsome?
He garnered acclaim for his work across several mediums, including essays, novels, plays, and poems. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, was published in 1953; decades later, Time magazine included the novel on its list of the 100 best English-language novels released from 1923 to 2005.
Who is James Baldwin?
African American History Week's first edition coincided with these 2 historical figures birthdays
Who are Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas?
The light bulb itself was perfected by Thomas Edison, however, the innovation used to create longer-lasting light bulbs with a carbon filament came from this inventor.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
The year that Black History Month became nationally recognized
What is 1976?
He recently broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's all-time scoring record with his career regular-season total now at 38,390 points.
Who is Lebron James?
Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon (1977) brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1988, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved (1987); she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This city is known as the birthplace of hip hop
What is the Bronx, New York?
She invented an improved device for laser cataract surgery.
Who is Patricia Bath?
Just like in the U.S, this country's Black History month celebrations occur in the same month.
What is Canada?
This Rochester native is the first black woman hired by the NFL as an on-field official.
Who is Maia Chaka?
Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially related to the plight of African Americans during the late 19th to mid-20th centuries suffering discrimination and violence
Who is Richard Wright?
The first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year
Who is Lauren Hill?
In 1821 he became the first African American to be granted a U.S. patent. His status as a freedman (and, therefore, a citizen) provided the loophole he needed to circumvent the suppression of enslaved ownership of their own intellectual property. Thus began a rich history of Black inventors who were able to patent their genius creations that continue to have an effect on your everyday life.
In the Netherlands, Ireland and the United Kingdom, Black History Month takes place in this month.
What is October?
She was the first black athlete to win a medal at any Winter Olympics and was also the first and only African American Figure skating champion in the US.
Who is Debi Thomas?
She was an author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2022, Black Americans account for this percentage of the U.S. Population.
What is 13.6%?