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The first HBCU established in Kentucky in 1879
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This method of communication shapes the lives of people around the world and is used as a messenger, an outlet, and a space of freedom.
What is Music
After several failed attempts on April 9, 1909, this person arrived as the first black person to make it to the North Pole. He continued to explore the arctic for another 2-decades.
Who is Matthew Henson
When asked why they chose to kneel during the national anthem they responded “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.
Who is Colin Kaepernick
These famous children were coined by the popular phrase "They don't die, they multiply"
Who are Be-Be's kids
This organization is a collaborative umbrella council composed of historically African American fraternities and sororities also referred to as Black Greek Letter Organizations
What is National Pan-Hellenic Council
The heritage of music can be traced back to this time frame
What is Slavery. Spirituals were the earliest forms of musical expression.
With only an elementary school education, this black inventor and child of an enslaved parent developed several significant inventions, including an improved sewing machine and the gas mask, and stop light.
Who is Garrett Morgan
This person was known as the first Black American to earn a PhD from Harvard University and started a journal, The Crisis, in 1910.
Who is WEB Dubois
These traditional African American comfort foods play a significant role in enriching cultural identity and is a catalyst for Blacks to connect with their values of community and fellowship beyond bloodline relatives
What is Soul Food
These institutions were initially called this when they were established.
Humphreys originally named Cheney University-The African Institute, which then changed to the Institute for Colored Youth a few months later.
This style of music was created in the black culture however is white dominated
What is Country Music
Country music may be white-dominated, but the genre is deeply rooted in Black culture.
This person is an American inventor, aerospace engineer, and entrepreneur. While working as an engineer they developed the mega water gun or the “super soaker” in their free time while working at NASA's Jet Laboratory.
Who is Lonnie George Johnson
This group dropped a controversial record to unapologetically bring attention to racial profiling and the unjust treatment of black men at the hands of police.
Who is NWA
This all American Hall of Fame jockey won three runnings of the Kentucky Derby and was the first jockey to be inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame at its creation in 1955
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This prestigious college is known as the "mecca" of HBCU's and rated #1 in the top HBCU rating.
What is "THE" Howard University
The period from the end of the First World War until the start of the Depression in 1929 is known as
What is the "Jazz Age"
In 1920 the first vocal blues recording, "Crazy Blues", was made by singer Mamie Smith. After this blues sung by African American females became popular
This person was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.
Who is Carter Godwin Woodson
According to historians, this person is the richest person ever to walk the earth. A 14th century West African ruler, whose wealth was simply “indescribable” and “incomprehensible with a net worth totaling 400 billion dollars.
Who is Mansa Musa
This substance is found in the body and produces hair, eye and skin pigmentation. The amount of this substance in your body is determined by factors to include genetics, sun exposure your ancestral population.
What is Melanin
The first colleges for Blacks were established largely through the efforts of these two organizations
Who is black churches through the American Missionary Association and the Freedman's Bureau.
This person is known as the most important person in the history of popular music and has one of the most defining voices of the last 100 years.
Who is Aretha Franklin
Black or white, Aretha Franklin is the most important woman in the history of popular music, the “Queen of Soul,” and one of the defining voices of the last 100 years. Originally a gospel singer, Franklin would merge her church singing background with an R&B style that would rule over the pop charts.
In 1966, this person invented a system that used a camera that could slide into and look through four peepholes in the front door. The camera’s view would then appear on a monitor in the home to survey any potentially unwanted guests.
Who is Mary Van Brittan Brown
One of the wealthiest African Americans in the world, this person has committed to assisting graduates of the only all-male historically black college start a path towards generational wealth by pledging to rid student debt for 400 Morehouse students.
Who is Robert F. Smith
During a congressional hearing this person patented the phrase "reclaiming my time" after being overlooked and ignored by their Caucasian counterpart
Who is Representative Maxine Waters