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The first female solo artist to have seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously
Who is Nicki Minaj?
This was the year when the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified, abolishing slavery.
What is 1865?
She wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Who is Maya Angelou?
He was the first Black President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
the most decorated American gymnast — male or female — of all time.
Who is Simone Biles?
Ties the Beetles as only artist with at least 20 hot 100 top 10's in a single decade.
Who is Drake?
This organization was founded in Oakland in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This is the year of Rosa Parks' bus boycott.
What is 1955?
He became the first Black Supreme Court Justice in 1967.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
She became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in ABT's (American Ballet Theatre) 75-year history.
What is Miste Copeland?
This was the first Black woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year.
Who is Lauryn Hill?
This president officially recognized Black History Month. Former Michigan Student-Athlete
Who is Gerald Ford?
This was Harriet Tubman's code name in the Underground Railroad.
What is "Moses"?
Ella Fitzgerald was one of the two first African Americans to win this award.
What is a Grammy?
These sisters have won a combined 30 Grand Slam titles in tennis.
Who are Venus and Serena Williams?
This was the first music video by a black artist to appear on MTV.
What is Billie Jean by Michael Jackson?
The name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's church.
What is Ebenezer Baptist?
She calculated the precise trajectories that would let NASA's Apollo 11 land on the moon in 1969.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
In 1773, Phillis Wheatley became the first known African American woman to do this.
What is to publish a book?
the first woman of color (teen) and the first Black gymnast in Olympic history to be the Individual All-Around Champion
Who is Gabby Douglas?
This blues singer released the song "Hound Dog" in 1953, 3 years before Elvis Presley released his version.
Who is Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton?
This is the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Who is Ralph Bunche?
She was the first African American to win an Academy Award with her role in Gone With the Wind.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
She was the first African American woman to serve in the U.S. Army, pretending to be a man.
Who is Cathay Williams?
After overcoming childhood polio, she became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field in a single Olympics.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?