History
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
She is the Queen of Hip-Hop/Soul.
Who is Mary J. Blige?
She became the first African American female billionaire in 2004.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
He is the youngest prizefighter ever to win the heavyweight championship of the world.
Who is Mike Tyson?
He was the first man to discover the North Pole.
Who is Matthew Henson?
What is 1963?
MC Hammer's real name is this.
What is Stanley Kirk Burrell?
The North Star was a weekly newspaper founded by this abolitionist in 1847.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Muhammad Ali was born in this city.
What is Louisville, Kentucky?
This measuring instrument was invented by Frederick Jones.
He was the first black elected senator to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate.
Who is Blanche Bruce?
The name of the first successful TV variety show starring a Black American.
What is the Nat King Cole Show?
The first land grant for a black college was made in 1871 for what is now Alcorn State University in this city.
What is Lorman, Mississippi?
Marlin Briscoe was the first Black starting quarterback for this football team.
What is the Denver Broncos?
This man, known as the "Black Edison," invented railway telegraph, incubator, and the modern subway system.
Granville T. Woods
This was the first war that blacks served in every branch of the U.S. armed forces.
What is World War II?
Sidney Poitier was the first Black American to win an Oscar for his role as Homer Smith in this movie.
What is Lillies of the Field?
What is 105?
This speed skater became the first Black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual sport and currently holds the world records for the 1000m and 1500m speed skate.
Who is Shani Davis?
Dr. Louis Wright invented a vaccine that prevented this disease.
What is smallpox?
In 1845, he became the first Black American lawyer.
Who is Macon B. Allen?
The name of this rapper/actor is James Todd Smith.
Who is LL CoolJ?
He was the first Black American to have a seat of the New York Stock Exchange.
Who is Joseph L. Searles?
Jesse Owens won this many gold metals did during the 1936 Summer Olympics.
What is 4?
He invented the automatic car washer, directional signals for automobiles, beer taps, and improved automatic gearshifts.
Who is Richard Spikes?