Gospel Origin & History
He's the Father of black gospel music
Who is Thomas A. Dorsey
Who led the Chicago Bulls to 6 NBA Championships?
Michael Jordan
Who was the first African American millionaire?
Madame C.J Walker - invented black hair care products in 1905
I was known as the "First Lady of Song". I could also imitate every instrument in an orchestra. My SCAT singing became very popular.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald
I was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature!
Who is Toni Morrison
Which church denomination publicly endorsed modern gospel as a genre?
BAPTIST (1930)
What year did the NBA All Star game begin?
1951
Who was the first black Victoria's Secret model and was an Angel from 1997 to 2005?
Tyra Banks
What singer/songwriter set the 2006 Guinness World Record for the most awarded female artist of all time?
Who is Whitney Houston
What is the name of the number one best-selling black gospel song of all times?
"O Happy Day" by the Edwin Hawkins Singers
She has been called the "Jackie Robinson" of tennis. She became the first black woman to compete in the U.S. National Championships in 1950.
Who is Althea Gibson
Who cells were stolen in 1951, known as the 1st "immortal" human cell line?
Henrietta Lacks - an African-American tobacco farmer whose cervical cancer cells were taken without her knowledge or consent in 1951 at Johns Hopkins Hospital. These cells, known as HeLa, became the first "immortal" human cell line, revolutionizing medical research, including the polio vaccine, COVID-19 vaccines, and gene mapping.
Soul Music is a combination of which two styles of music?
What is Gospel and R&B
I was the first African American member of the Metropolitan Opera in 1955.
Who is Marion Anderson
What medicine was used in the Bible days to heal the sick and take the pain away?
BALM
Who was the first black athlete to play multiple sports professionally
Jackie Robinson:
Baseball — breaking MLB’s color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers
Football — playing professionally with the Los Angeles Bulldogs (1941)
Basketball — playing semi-professionally
Other hall of fame names is Bo Jackson & Deon Sanders
Who invented the machine responsible for keeping your home warm in winter (central heat)?
Alice H. Parker (early 1900's)
Hattie McDaniel was the first black woman to receive an Oscar for a supporting role in "Gone with the Wind", but I was the first black woman to win a Best Actress Oscar in 2001.
Who is Halle Barry
Who was known as the queen of Gospel and described as the "most powerful woman in the United States?
"Mahalia Jackson" (1911 - 1972)
This runner won four gold medals in one Olympics season in 1936.
Jesse Owens
Minister Solomon Sparrow's first music teacher
Mr. Barbour
I was the first black player selected to the U.S. Davis Cut team, and the only black man ever to win the Singles title at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Australian Open
Who is Arthur Ashe