BLACK HISTORY
First Black woman to win a Grammy Award.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
This black hair entrepreneur invented the hot comb.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
The first black woman to own a TV studio.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
First Black woman to enter space
Who is Mae Jemison?
The first woman and first Black American to run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
The first African-American chosen as Miss America
Who is Vanessa Williams?
He started the "Back to Africa Movement" and was later deported back to his homeland in Jamaica.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
invented the gas mask and the 1st traffic signal
Who is Garrett Morgan ?
This movie told the story of African-American women and their role at NASA
What is Hidden Figures?
Who is Halle Berry?
First African American to hold a seat on the Surpreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
What was the emancipation proclamation?
What is "In 1863, nearing the third year of the Civil War, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. In it, he declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the Confederate states "are, and henceforward shall be free." Ironically, it did not technically set free any slaves in northern states—Lincoln reportedly didn’t want to alienate any slave states that were still loyal to the Union. The Emancipation Proclamation also allowed Black soldiers to fight in the Union army. "
What was the first Black-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
What is BET Black Entertainment Television?
Who is Famous Amos?
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
Made racial segregation (the separation of people based on race) legal. During this time, places like theaters, restaurants, waiting rooms, building entrances, and even cemeteries were segregated. Some businesses kept “Whites Only” signs posted outside. Black families couldn’t live in white neighborhoods, and Black kids couldn’t attend white schools.
The spread or dispersion of people from their original homeland
What is Diaspora?
Booker T. Washington was the founder and president of what educational institution?
Tuskegee Institute
The first black mayor of Chicago.
Who is Harold Lee Washington?