The Arts
In his 1978 debut album, this artist played 27 instruments
Who is Prince?
The HeLa cell line, the first immortal human cell line, was derived from this young mother's cervical tissue
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
His "Atlanta Compromise" speech of 1895 centered on vocational training as a means for economic advancement
Who is Booker T. Washington?
The first African-American woman to publish a book of poems
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
Who penned, "I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother."
Who is Langston Hughes?
The first physician to perform a successful open-heart surgery in the US
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?
This Black American won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"
Who is former President Barack Obama?
The founder of Bethune-Cookman University
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
In 1959 she became the first Black woman to win a Grammy Award
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
Who is George Washington Carver?
This US athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Who is Jesse Owens?
Founded in 1837, the nation's first Historically Black College and University
What is Cheyney University of Pennsylvania?