First Of All....
The First African-American president.
Who is President Barack Obama?
This activist's arrest sparked a 13-month boycott that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional
Who is Rosa Parks?
This Co-Founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.) once said, “The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.”
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
One of the richest African-American majority counties in the U.S.
What is Prince George's, Pistol-Grip, Pretty-Girl, County?
"Float like a butterfly...
What is "sting like a bee?"
The First African-American Baseball Player
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This activist wrote an open letter while detained in Birmingham jail defending the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
Doubling as an activist and musical artist, this California MC said “I have not brought violence to you. I have not brought ‘thug life’ to America. I didn’t create ‘thug life;’ I diagnosed it.”
Who is Tupac?
What city is widely acknowledged as the Birthplace of Hip Hop?
What is The Bronx, New York City?
"The blacker the berry...
What is "the sweeter the juice"?
First African-American woman millionaire, famous for the invention of the "hot-comb" and advancements in cosmetics
Madam C.J. Walker
This African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist, known for his "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" philosophy, spent a total of 6 and a half years in jail.
Who is Malcolm X?
This resilient African-American poet said "Bringing the gifts that ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of a slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Who is Maya Angelou?
The two largest Black fraternities in the US.
What are Alpha Phi Alpha & Kappa Alpha Psi?
West Philadelphia, Born & Raised.....
What is "On the playground is where I spent most of my days"?
First African-American woman Secretary of State and National Security Advisor
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
This revolutionary leader was arrested on charges of treason and sabotage for his hand in advocating nonviolent resistance to South Africa’s institutionalized system of white supremacy and racial segregation
Who is Nelson Mandela?
Wife of famous Baptist minister, author, and Civil Rights activist in her own right, she once said “Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”?
Who is Coretta Scott King?
American animated sitcom, centered around different aspects of Black culture, created by UMD Alum, Aaron McGruder
What is The Boondocks?
You and me will always be tight....
What is "family every single day and nighttttttt"?
(Fun Fact: Proud Family was the first Black cartoon by Disney)
NASA's first Black female engineer
(Think Hidden Figures.....)
Who is Mary Jackson?
This member of the Angola 3, spent 43 years in solitary confinement charged for a murder he did not commit.
Who is Albert Woodfox?
This Academy-Award winning actor said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Who is Morgan Freeman?
This African-American artist from Yale School of Art painted the famous Obama portrait.
Who is Kehinde Wiley?
I used to pray for times like this....
What is " to rhyme like this
So I had to grind like that to shine like this
And the amount of time I spent on some locked-up sh*t
In the back of the paddy wagon, cuffs locked on wrists
Seen my dreams unfold, nightmares come true
It was time to marry the game and I said, "Yeah, I do"
If you want it you gotta see it with a clear-eyed view
Got a shorty, she tryna bless me like I said achoo"?