Inventions
____ invented the pressing comb.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
“Let’s keep this water 400 degrees Farenheit, you ever been inside a federal court room____”
You ever went to trial and fought for your life? (Tee Grizzley, First Day Out)
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Who signed The Emancipation Act?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Who is the first woman astronaut?
Who is Mae Jemison?
George Washington Carver invented _____
What is peanut butter?
“In New York I milly rock, hide it in my sock ________”
Running from an opp, and I shoot at opp (Playboi Carti, Magnolia)
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell?
Who was the only African American among the original NAACP executives?
Who is W.E.B Du Bois?
Who is Robert Johnson owner of Black Entertainment Television?
Phillip Downing invented the ____
What is Mailbox?
“You came out of hiding girl, don’t act like I’m your man _________”
You just a fan, you don’t hold rank (Goldlink, Crew)
Who was the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives?
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Before it became Black History Month what was the observance of Black History called?
What is Negro History Week?
First bank owned by African Americans in the United States.
What is True Reformers Bank, The (1888-1910)?
Charles Richard Drew was responsible for creating _____
“We on an ultralight beam, we on an ultralight beam _____”
This is a God dream, this is a God dream (Kanye West, Ultralight beam)
Who was the first African American ever elected to the U.S. Senate?
Who is Hiram Rhodes Revels?
What year was the NAACP founded?
1909
First predominantly black basketball team to win an NCAA championship
Who is The Texas Western Miners, 1966?
The pacemaker was the succesful works of ____
Who is Otis Boykin?
And since you picked up, I know hes not around. I’m just saying you could do better ________”
Tell me have you heard that lately (Drake, Marvin’s Room
This amendment gave African Americans the right to vote
What is the 13th amendment?
What year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?
1865
First African American owned and operated newspaper in the United States
What is Freedom’s Journal?