Famous Inventors
This famous Black Man invented peanut butter and lotion among others
George Washington Carver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URZGm1iyspM&list=PLjnL2NSDUI6balkzEUaQevYjImzgXe4Dx&index=28
This holiday celebration is relatively new, but includes candles and a day called "Umoja"
This is one of the first African American to break the "color barrier" to become a legendary figure in baseball
Who was the first black President?
Barack Obama
This actor played Black Panther in the Marvel films before passing away to cancer in 2020
Chadwick Boseman
C.B. Brooks invented this maintenance machine is why our asphalt shines and has been the reason why many cars get parking tickets
The Street Sweeper
This is a community-based organization from Oakland that focused on giving All Power to the People by starting free food programs, free bussing to prisons to visit family members, and assistance to the elderly
The Black Panther Party
Widely believed to be the pinnacle of basketball talent, Michael Jordan has how many NBA championships with which team?
6, Chicago Bulls
What is Rosa Parks known for?
Answersmay vary
John Coltrane and Miles Davis birthed a cool new music genre that focused on instrumentals and improvisation
Jazz
Granville T. Woods is the reason for this adrenaline producing ride you'd find at an amusement park
Roller Coaster
This civil rights revolutionary was around the same time as MLK Jr. but instead of "I Have a Dream" he lauded (praised) more militant view seen in his speech "The Ballot or the Bullet"
This famous Laker player started a program which focuses on scholarship, transformation and community empowerment through HIV/AIDS awareness & prevention programs
Irving "Magic" Johnson
https://www.instagram.com/magicjohnson/reel/DDSTFTYPs5t/?hl=en
When was the Civil Rights Act passed?
1964, 1972, or 1864
1964
This type of music was started in The Motor City of Detroit in 1959 when a man named Berry Gordy Jr. began recording artists like The Supremes and The Temptations
Motown
Our friend Lonnie Johnson reimagined summer fun with this toy that leaves its users drenched in water
The Super Soaker
The murders of Trayvon Martin among others spurred this female-created social justice organization seen fighting for civil rights since 2013
BLM
This Olympian is regarded as the GOAT of gymnastics
Simone Biles
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
A Supreme Court Justice (Judge)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVeaEIWOBfw&list=PLjnL2NSDUI6balkzEUaQevYjImzgXe4Dx&index=153
This is the only rapper to have won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry
Kendrick Lamar
This movie follows three female African-American mathematicians: Katherine Goble Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), who worked at NASA during the Space Race.
Hidden Figures
This period of time in New York included art, literature, and music as exemplified by Langston Hughes, Zora Neal Hurston, and Louis Armstrong
Known as one of the greatest tennis players ever, Serena Williams was recently seen doing this type of dance at the Super Bowl halftime show
The C Walk
Recently acknowledged as a federal holiday, this day commemorates the declaration of slavery's end, despite slavery over in 1963 with Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" was written by which black female author?
Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Solange Knowles
Maya Angelou