Show Me Your Black Card
You have to come inside when
The street lights come on
With a combined total of 30 Olympic and World Championship medals, they are the most decorated Black gymnast.
Simone Biles
"most decorated American gymnast"
Yara Shahidi got her start on this sitcom.
Black-ish
The first black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
Patented in 1892, Sarah Boone improved this invention with a narrower and curved design, making it easier to get wrinkles out of clothing.
The Ironing Board
In the movie Friday, Craig is allegedly seen on tape and subsequently fired for this.
Stealing boxes
Known as one of the greatest writers of the 1920's Harlem Renaissance celebrating Black life and culture.
Langston Hughes
This critically praised throwback sitcom recreates a comedian's childhood growing up in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn during the 1980s.
Everbody Hates Chris
The first Black major league baseball player
Jackie Robinson
In the 1930s and ’40s, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was one of the first to combine gospel music with melody-driven urban blues, traditional folk, and a unique pulsating swing style and is considered the precursor to this music genre.
Rock and Roll
Finish the quote "First things first ______________________" -J. Cole
Rest in peace Uncle Phil
The first person to be arrested for refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger on a bus.
Claudette Colvin
In March 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks.
One of the few major network shows to be centered on Black women, this show was one of the most popular Black sitcoms of the 90s.
Living Single
The first Black man to win an Academy Award
Sidney Poitier
This physicist, inventor, and NASA data analyst invented 3D Movies & Television technology
Valerie Thomas
In what year did Cash Money Records take over?
1999-2000
or 'the 999 and the 2000' is acceptable.
A 1865 announcement by Union Army general Gordon Granger, proclaiming the end of slavery in Texas, is commonly celebrated as?
Juneteenth
This was television's first Black two-parent family sitcom.
Good Times
The first Black, female self-made millionaire in America.
Madame C. J. Walker
Increasing crime in New York neighborhoods, coupled with the fact that police were slow to respond to calls in certain parts of town inspired Marie Van Brittan Brown to create this invention.
Home Security System
In 1966, Brown and her husband filed a patent for a household closed-circuit-television security system.
Who wrote the electric slide?
At the 1968 Summer Olympics, these two men gave a Black Power salute on the podium during the medal award ceremony.
John Carlos and Tommie Smith
Where does Tommy work?
Tommy ain't got no job.
The first Black Regiment to fight in the Civil War for the Union.
The 54th Massachusetts Regiment.
Inventor of caller ID, touch-tone phones, portable fax machines, and the fiber optic cables that make your long-distance phone calls come in crystal clear
Dr. Shirley Johnson