Black Women
This woman was the first self-made millionaire.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
This man was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Ralph Bunche?
This basketball player played for the Chicago Bulls and won finals MVP 6 times.
Who is Michael Jordan?
What is the first historically black fraternity?
What is Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
This man invented the stoplight
Who is Garrett Morgan?
This all-Black Women's Army Corps Battalion was stationed overseas during World War II to fix this administrative backlog.
What is mail service.
This man was the first black student enrolled at Villanova.
Who is Victor J. Ashe?
The first African American to play a major sport. When this player joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, baseball was segregated.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This African American couple is credited with being early donors, and thus founders, of Villanova. A hall on campus bears their name.
Who are William & Julia Moulden?
This engineer and physician was the first black woman to travel into space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
This female tennis player is known as the GOAT.
Who is Serena Williams?
This man was the first African American explorer to reach the North Pole.
Who was Matthew Henson?
This track and field athlete won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
Who is Jesse Owens?
"West Philadelphia born and raised" is part of the opening theme song for what TV sitcom?
What is the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?
This scientist was instrumental in the research and development of COVID vaccines.
Who is Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett?
This woman was confirmed as the first black woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court
Who is Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson ?
This doctor was the first to successfully perform open heart surgery.
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams.
This famous boxer was formerly known as Cassius X.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
It's 7 o'clock on the dot....where is Usher?
What is: I'm in my drop top, cruisin' the streets?
This agricultural scientist and inventor developed hundreds of products using peanuts.
Who is George Washington Carver.
This woman is a member of Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc., and one of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter Movement.
Who is Opal Tometi?
The first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first black head of state.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This basketball star was the first Black NBA coach to also play on the team. He also marched with MLK and stood up for Muhammad Ali as well as winning the 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Who is Bill Russell?
This Theta Nu Xi founder wrote a book examining the history of racism at the University of North Carolina
Who is Geeta Kapur?
This woman mathematician is credited with developing the foundation for GPS systems that we rely on today.
Who is Gladys West?