Politics
Firsts
Quotes
Black Women
Black entertainment
100
They founded the Black Panther Party.
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale
100
The first Black woman to speak at the State of the Union.
Stacey Abrahams
100
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
Barack Obama
100
She participated in the Montgomery bus boycott, worked to pass the Civil Rights Act and founded the Center for Non-Violent Social Change after her husband’s assassination.
Who is Coretta Scott King?
100
What Harlem theatre is a showcase for African- American talent
Apollo Theater
200
She is the Vice President of the United States
Kamala Harris
200
The first Black female superhero.
Who is Storm?
200
A Black Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam until 1964
Malcolm X?
200
On March 2, 1955, she was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a bus.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
200
Who was the first black woman to own a TV studio?
Oprah Winfrey
300
He was stripped of his title. His source of income was gone. He was banned from his sport during his prime athletic years. He refused the idea of a 'comfortable level of blackness' and was associated with the Nation of Islam and Malcolm X.
Who is Muhammed Ali?
300
The first Black NBA player.
Who is Earl Lloyd?
300
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”
Maya Angelou
300
This woman is a political activist, academic, and author and was involved in the Black Panther Party in the 60's.
Who is Angela Davis?
300
She won the French Legion of Honor Award for entertaining WWII allies, maybe she did it in a banana costume...but maybe not
Who is Josephine Baker
400
She was an American politician, educator, and author. In 1968, she became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress.
Shirley Anita Chisholm
400
The first Black billionaire.
Who is Robert (Bob) Johnson?
400
"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
400
This lady made her fortune from beauty products.
Madame CJ Walker
400
This person released the first rap album to win Best Album of the Year.
Who is Lauryn Hill?
500
He coined the term Black Power.
Who is Stokely Carmichael?
500
Who was the first Black American chosen as Miss America?
Vanessa Williams she was crowned Miss America in 1983 for 1984.
500
I've wrestled with alligators, I've tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning. And throw thunder in jail. You know I'm bad. Just last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick. I'm so mean, I make medicine sick."
Who is Muhammad Ali?
500
What was the name of the Black American Woman who helped hundreds of slave escape to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
500
She was appointed as an ambassador of education, tourism, and investment by the Government of Barbados in 2018, and was declared a National Hero of Barbados on the first day of the country's parliamentary republic in 2021, entitling her to the style of "The Right Excellent" for life.
Robyn Rihanna Fenty
600
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
600
Who was the first African-American to travel in space?
Guion Stewart Bluford
600
What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.
Oprah Winfrey
600
Winner of 23 Grand Slam tournament singles titles, most of any man or woman in the Open Era.
Serena Williams
600
Singer who won 6 Grammys in 2010 - the most wins in a single night by a woman in the history of the awards show.
Beyoncé