Movies / Television
What movie coined the diss phrase "Bye Felicia"
Friday
About half of the 28 first winners of this race were African American.
Kentucky Derby
Who is the most Grammy awarded female artist
Beyoncé
Who is known as the father of Black History
Carter G. Woodson
Which space flights did Katherine Johnson calculate the trajectories, launch windows, and emergency return paths for?
Project Mercury
What was the first Black entertainment company to be publicly traded?
BET (Black Entertainment Network)
Who was the second African American to play in a Major League Baseball game after Jackie Robinson
Larry Doby
What genre gained popularity during the Harlem Renaissance?
Jazz
Who sparked the Montgomery bus boycott
Rosa Parks
What was Dr. Alexa Canady specialty
What movie chronicles the achievements of Jesse LeRoy Brown?
Devotion
Willie Simms is credited with adopting what piece of equipment that allows the horse better balance while racing?
Short stirrup
Which rap duo won the first Grammy for Best Rap Performance?
DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
Who is considered the principal organizer for the "March on Washington"
Bayard Rustin
Which physician directed the blood plasma programs of the US and Great Britain during WWII?
Dr. Charles Drew
The three NASA African American mathematicians were depicted in what successful movie?
Hidden Figures
Which NFL team signed the first African American players?
Los Angeles Rams
This performer was the first to win eight Grammys in one night?
Michael Jackson
This gentleman was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University and started the NAACP's official journal, The Crisis, in 1910.
W.E.B. Du Bois
What black female mathematician was pivotal in helping create a GPS (global positioning system) for the Naval Surface Warfare Centers?
Gladys West
Who was the first African-American to win a non-acting Oscar award.
Isaac Hayes
Original Song category - Shaft
Who was the first Black NASCAR driver and eventual team owner in NASCAR
Wendell Scott
What Stevie Wonder album helped him to become the first African American to win Album of the Year?
Innervisions
This lady was an American political activist and member of the Black Panther Party. Her son is a well known rap artist
Afeni Shakur
This black female became the first African-American woman to complete her PhD in astrophysics at Yale in 2014.
Jedidah C. Isler