African American Nurses in Black History
The first Black female nurse to be formally trained and licensed in the U.S.
Who is Mary Eliza Mahoney?
The “Queen of Jazz.”
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
Invented the traffic signals.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
The first black Disney Princess.
Who is Princess Tiana?
First African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Beauty Mogule founded Fenty Beauty.
Who is Rihanna?
She served as a nurse, scout, and spy for the Union Army during the Civil War.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
First African American woman to win an Academy Award.
Who is Hattie McDaniel, for “Gone with the Wind.”
Developed specialized hair care products for Black women and became the first self-made female millionaire in America.
Who is Madame C. J. Walker?
90's sitcom followed a wealthy African American family living in California.
What is The Fresh Prince of Bel Air?
First African American woman billionaire.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Created and starred in the HBO Series, Insecure.
Who is Issa Rae?
The First Black Chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps.
Who is Hazel Johnson-Brown?
Holds the record for most Olympic gold medals by a female track and field athlete.
Who is Florence Griffith Joyner, known as Flo-Jo.
Created the Global Positioning System.
Who is Dr. Gladys West?
The number of characters played and their names by Martin Lawrence in "Martin".
Mama Payne
Bob from Marketing
Sheneneh
Himself
Ol Otis
Dragonfly Jones
Mechanic
Jerome
King Beef
Roscoe
The “Godfather of Soul.”
Who is James Brown?
NBA player opened I Promise School.
Who is LeBron James?
Established her own ward near the Criemean War battlefield, where she treated wounded soldiers, offered comfort through meals, and provided rest amidst the chaos.
Who is Mary Seacole "Mother Seacole" ?
The youngest African American poet to perform at a U.S. presidential inauguration
Who is Amanda Gorman?
First HBCU founded.
What is Cheyney University of Pennsylvania?
Where did King Akeem work in this movie?
What is MAC Donalds?
The name of Michelle Obama’s debut memoir.
"What is Becoming?"
Kneelt during the National Anthem in 2016?
Who is Collin Kaepernic
A nurse and advocate whose leadership helped dismantle racial barriers in the nursing profession. Acted as executive secretary of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN).
Who is Mabel Keaton Staupers?
Beyoncé’s first solo album was called:
What is Dangerously In Love?
Invented potato chips.
Who is George Crum?
First Rap Song everplayed on the radio.
What is Rapper's Delight?
Starred as Annalise Keating in How To Get Away With Murder.
Who is Viola Davis?
Houston rapper coined the phrase, "Hot Girl Summer."
Who is Megan The Stallion?"
First Black nurse in the U.S. to earn a master’s degree and first Black faculty member of NYU’s College of Nursing
Who is Estelle Massey Osborne?
The most decorated gymnast.
Who is Simone Biles?
Key Scientist behind the Moderna COVID -19 Vaccine.
Who is Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett?
Complete this phrase, "God is good all the time ....."
What is "All the time, God is good."
Whitney Houston’s greatest-selling hit.
What is "I will always love you."
"They not like us!"
Who is Kenrick Lamar?
Former president of the American Nurses Association (ANA) and CEO of the National League for Nursing (NLN).
Who is Dr. Beverly Malone?
First African American model to be featured on the cover of GQ magazine
Who is Tyra Banks?
Performed one of the first successful open-heart surgeries in 1893 and founded Provident Hospital in Chicago, the first Black-owned, interracial hospital in the U.S.
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?
New Year's Tradition symbolizing luck and money:
What are Collard Greens and black-eyed peas?
NAACP stand for.
What is the National Association of Advancement of Colored People?
Dance performed at cookouts.
What is the electric slide (Line dances)?
A nurse and physical therapist who invented a feeding device for amputees during WWII.
Who is Bessie Blount Griffin?
Played T'Challa in Black Panther.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
Invented the first digital-based mobile cellular phone.
Who is Jesse E. Russell?
When Usher was in his drop-top cruisin' the streets, what time was it?
What is " it's 7 o'clock."
First black person to run for the presidency?
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Famous for "I got Bronchitis, ain't nobody got time for that, and Issa a fire!"
Who is Sweet Brown?