Black History
Who is the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to serve in this position?
Who is Barack Obama?
This holiday commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas learned they were free, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed
What is Juneteenth?
Formed in the 1960s, this organization was created on college campuses to provide a space for cultural representation to advocate for this type of campus support and community.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
Where can you find 50 cents?
What is in the club?
This entrepreneur, often called the first female self-made millionaire in America, built her empire in the early 1900s by creating beauty and hair products for Black women
Who is Madame C.J. Walker
In 1954, the US Supreme Court made this ruling in favor that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
What is Brown v Board of Education
This organization was founded in 1909 and is the home of grassroots activism for civil rights and social justice that advocates and litigates for the civil rights due to Black America.
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
In 1947, this athlete broke Major League Baseball's color barrier when he started at face for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Hip hop was created in the 1970s in what city?
What is the Bronx, New York City?
What state was the first to elect a black governor, doing so in 1989?
What is Virginia?
This HBCU was the first to be founded (in 1837 in Pennsylvania) to provide higher education opportunities to Black students
What is Cheyney University ?
This is the governing organization, founded in 1930, for the nine historically African-American fraternities and sororities.
What is the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)?
This beauty industry mogul and founder of a global beauty brand is the first Black woman to lead a luxury brand.
Who is Rihanna?
When is African American Music Appreciation Month celebrated?
What is June?
This entrepreneur and inventor, known for his innovations in hair care products and tools, built an empire and opened the first African American-owned manufacturing company in the early 1900s
Who is Garrett A. Morgan?
This revolutionary group, founded in 1966, was known for its stance on self-defense and community programs like free breakfasts for children
What is the Black Panther Party?
This organization, founded in 1906 at Cornell University, was the first Black Greek-Letter fraternity in the Divine Nine.
What is Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated?
This woman was the first Black woman to visit space in 1992 along with being inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993.
Who is Mae Jemison?
With over 22 years in the music industry and over 118 million records sold worldwide, this artists had broken Barriers for Black artists. Not only is she a master of performance, but she is also t most Grammy-nominated female artists of all time, most awarded artist ever at the MTV Video Music Awards, and the first black female headliner at Coachella.
Who is Beyonce?
Who was the first African-American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
In 1960, four African American college students staged a sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.
What is Woolworth's?
Founded in 1960, this organization was started by Ella Baker who invited college students who had participated in the early 1960 sit-ins to a gathering at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
This man was the real person behind the efforts of the "March on Washington" and also assisted with the boycott of segregated buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Due to being an openly gay Black male, many overlooked his activism in the community. Netflix tells his story in a documentary released last year.
Who is Bayard Rustin?
What artist is remember as the "Queen of Jazz"?
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?