Inventors and Business
This black hair entrepreneur invented the hot comb.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
First Black Mayor of Chicago.
Who is Harold Lee Washington?
Beyoncé used to sing with this hit group.
Who is Destiny's Child?
First Black writer to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Toni Morrison?
What is the name of the first black Greek fraternity for college students?
Alpha Phi Alpha
Invented the gas mask and the 1st traffic signal
Who is Garrett Morgan ?
Started the "Back to Africa Movement" and was later deported back to his homeland in Jamaica.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
First Black woman to own a television studio.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
He won four gold metals at the 1936 Olympics held in Munich, Germany.
Who was Jesse Owens?
University which was founded by Booker T. Washington?
What is the Tuskegee Institute?
An African American male named Wallace Jr. made millions selling cookies and founded this popular cookie brand.
Who is Famous Amos?
This case resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that no Black-free or slave- could be a US citizen?
What is the Dred Scott case?
This Black R&B singer was killed in a dispute over money with his father.
Who was Marvin Gaye?
First African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Who was Jackie Robinson?
1954 Supreme Court case that ruled segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional.
What is Brown Vs. Board of Education?
First Black-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
What is BET Black Entertainment Television?
First African American to hold a seat on the Surpreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Who was the first African American woman to win 5 Grammy Awards in one year?
Who is Lauryn Hill?
Youngest known inaugural poet who spoke at the 2021 presidential inauguration.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
What was the nickname of the first group of nine African American students to integrate a high school in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957. (Hint: It's in the name!)
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
The inventor of peanut butte.
Who was George Washington Carver?
First Black president of South Africa.
Who was Nelson Mandela?
The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
First African American woman to run for the office of President. Also became the first African American women in the House of Representatives as a Representative of Michigan.
Who was Shirley Chisholm?
The acronym HBCU means this.
What is "Historically Black College and University?"