Athletes
This Black American baseball player broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947
Jackie Robinson
What does HBCU stand for?
Double Jeopardy: How many are in the state of North Carolina?
Historical Black Colleges and Universities
Double Jeopardy: 10
Term commonly used to describe the fusion of rhythm, blues, and gospel music, leading to the birth of rock and roll
Double Jeopardy: What is the full name of the genre?
R&B
Rhythm and Blues
Who was the 1st Black First Lady of the United States
Michelle Obama
Frederick Douglass
This famous American was not only a boxer but a civil rights activist. Who was he?
Double Jeopardy: What phrase is used to describe his fighting style in the ring?
Muhammad Ali
”Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
Who was the first Black woman to headline Coachella?
Beyoncé
Aretha Franklin
What year did Rosa Parks Refuse to give up her bus seat in Montgomery Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
The CEO of this pizza franchise paid Rosa Park’s rent until she passed away in 2005.
1955
Little Ceaser’s
Mae C. Jemison was the first African-American female to become a(n)________.
Astronaut
Who is the first African-American to be a world all-around champion and the first woman to win 3 all around titles?
Simone Biles
Four students who attended NC A&T initiated a sit-in at the _______ lunch counter in 1960, Greensboro, NC.
Woolworth’s
2017 film directed by Jordan Peele, addressing issues of race in America through a horror-thrilled narrative
Get Out
What was the name of the peaceful march in Washington D.C., in 1963 where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous speech, "I have a dream"
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Who was the novelist and enslaved person who wrote the famous narrative "Incidents in the life of a Slave Girl" under the pseudonym Linda Brent
Harriet Jacobs
This dynamic duo had a successful doubles career winning 14 Grand Slam Doubles Titles and 3 Doubles Gold Medals in the Olympics.
Venus and Serena Williams
Who was the first African-American woman to serve on the US Supreme Court?
Kentanji Brown
Who was the first Black woman to win a Grammy for Best Comedy Recording in 1982?
Whoopi Goldberg
Black Panther Party
This African-American scientist and inventor, invented the illusion transmitter for which she received the patent for in 1980.
Valerie Thomas
This African-American sprinter overcame childhood polio and went on to become a world-record holding Olympic and international sports icon in track and field.
Wilma Rudolph
This African-American woman's sculpture of President Franklin D. Roosevelt is used on the dime.
Selma Burke
What influential rap group, known for their politically charged lyrics and activism, released the album "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us back" in 1988?
Public Enemy
Ruby Bridges was just _____ years old when she became the first African American student to attend an all white school in New Orleans, LA.
6
Who was the first African American to become a published author?
Double Jeopardy: How old were they when their work became published?
Phyllis Wheatley
Double Jeopardy: 8 years old