Famous Black Women Artists
Black History at LSU
Black Women TV Shows
First Black Woman To Do...
Mystery...
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Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970..

Who is Toni Morrison?

100

Influential Woman Basketball Player

Angel Reese

Seimone Augustus 

Elaine Powell

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The series is about the awkward experiences of a contemporary African-American woman. The series premiered online on September 23, 2016, via HBO Now and HBO Go, before airing weekly on HBO from October 9, 2016.

What is Insecure?

100

The First Black Woman to Run for President...

Who is Shirley Chisholm?

100

An American actor, producer, writer, and director who's best known for creating and portraying the beloved character Madea.

Who is Tyler Perry?

200

Started singing at the age of 7, she won a school talent show singing John Lennon's "Imagine". 

Who is Beyonce?

200

First Black Louisiana State University Basketball Player...

Who is Collis Temple, Jr.?

200

An American political thriller television series starring Kerry Washington. Created by Shonda Rhimes, it aired on ABC from April 5, 2012, until April 19, 2018. 

What is Scandal?

200

The First Black Woman to Win an Oscar

Who is Hattie McDaniel?

200

Created the song "When You Believe" in 1998.

Who is Whitney Houston?

300

She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950, for Annie Allen, making her the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize.

Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?

300

First Black Louisiana State University Professor...

Who is Julian T. White?

300

An American drama television series created by Mara Brock Akil and starring Gabrielle Union The pilot aired on July 2, 2013, as an hour-long television film across a 90-minute timeslot. 

What is Being Mary Jane?

300

The First Black Woman to go in Space...

Who is Mae Carol Jemison?

300

The First College to admit Black People...

What is Oberlin College in Ohio?

400

Is best known for her photography. She achieved prominence through her early 1990s photographic project The Kitchen Table Series.

Who is Carrie Mae Weems?

400

The First Black Woman to earn a doctorate from Louisiana State University...

Who is Pinkie Gordon Lane?

400

An American drama television series created by Katori Hall. The series is an adaptation of Hall's play, and follows primarily African-American women working at The ___ strip club in the Mississippi Delta. 

What is P-Valley?

400

The First Black Miss America...

Who is Vanessa Williams?

400

In March 1955, a 15-year-old Black girl, refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

Who is Claudette Colvin? It's not Rosa Parks. 

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Was a blues and jazz singer who died in a car accident in Mississippi in 1937.

Who is Bessie Smith?

500
The First Black Woman to attend Louisiana State University in 1964...

Who is Freya Anderson Rivers?

500

An American comedy drama mystery thriller television series based on the 2021 novel of the same name by Zakiya Dalila Harris. The series premiered on Hulu on September 13, 2023.

What is The Other Black Girl?

500

The First Black Woman Millionaire....

Who is Madam C.J. Walker?

500

Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?

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