LGBTQ Celebrities
Historical LGBTQ Figures
Black Inventions
History
Grab Box
100
His debut album is Channel Orange
What is Frank Ocean
100
This man is a broadcast journalist and television anchor on CNN
Who is Don Lemon
100
Benjamin Banneker is credited for creating a device that we use daily. (Ex. Flava Flav wears this around his neck everyday)
What is the clock?
100
This man was the first Black man to play Major League Baseball?
Who is Jackie Robinson
100
Who was the first black person to win a Grammy award?
What is Stevie Wonder
200
This artist has an alter ego that she refers to as her son named "Roman"
What is Nicki Minaj
200
This man is a poet- most remembered for his poetry during the Harlem Renaissance
Who is Langston Hughes
200
This man was the first person to invent peanut butter and made over 100 uses for peanuts.
Who is George Washington Carver?
200
This lady marched with Martin Luther King Jr during the Civil Rights movement and is most famous for not giving up her seat.
Who is Rosa Parks
200
While in prison in 1949, Malcolm X embraced this religious movement. a. Nation of Islam b. Baptist c. Catholic Liberation Theology
What is the Nation of Islam
300
This artists hosts ____ Race?
What is Ru Paul
300
This author's most famous work is the ____ Purple
Who is Alice Walker?
300
This woman invented hair-growing lotion and was the first African-American female millionare
Who is Madame C.J. Walker
300
In 1967, he became the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall
300
True or False. Martin Luther King Jr. was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
What is False - he was the youngest
400
This woman is a comedian, writer, and starred in her own show titled " ____ at Large"
What is Wanda Sykes
400
What historical President has shown support for the LGBTQ Community?
Who is President Obama
400
This famous inventor is responsible for creating the Cotton Gin
Who is Eli Whitney
400
President Lincoln signed this document in 1863 that ended slavery.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
Also a social activist and philanthropist, he was the first boxer to win the world heavyweight championship three times and made the statement: "It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up."
Who is Muhammad Ali
500
This artist is of Latino heritage and is a famous Pop Musician who came out a few years ago
What is Ricky Martin
500
This poet/writer says, "It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences."
What is Audre Lorde
500
This is the year that Guion Bluford Jr. became the first African American to journey into space. a. 1978 b. 1980 c. 1983
When is 1983?
500
This Supreme Court Case is the reason schools have become integrated.
What is Brown vs. The Board of Education
500
This antislavery activist was nicknamed after Moses, the biblical figure who led his people from the promised land. She is also acclaimed for "never losing a passenger."
Who is Harriet Tubman
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