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Black People at Skyline College
Did you know? General
100
An American inventor and engineer who invented the Super Soaker water gun, one of the best selling toys of all time.
Who is Lonnie George Johnson?
100
An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that was adopted by the 38th Congress in 1865. This Amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th amendment?
100
I've been dubbed, the “Queen of all Media”, and have been ranked the richest Black American woman and greatest philanthropist.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
100
I'm a communications professor who runs the Women's Leadership and Mentoring Academy, known my most as WMLA.
Who is Danielle Powell?
100
The first licensed African American female.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
200
I invented the automatic closing elevator doors in 1887.
Who is Alexander Miles?
200
I was the first African-American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
200
In 1967, I played the role of Catwoman in the television series, Batman.
Who is Eartha Kitt?
200
I authored the book, Black Man in Europe.
Who is Nathan Jones?
200
Most African American ancestry can be traced to these regions of Africa.
West Africa & Central Africa
300
In 1992, I was the first African-American woman to travel to space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
300
I am an award winning children’s book illustrator who lives in San Francisco.
Who is Christian Robinson?
300
I was the first African-American opera singer to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1955.
Who is Marian Anderson?
300
I'm a Math Professor who used data from the Flint Water Crisis to teach statistics.
Who is Kenyatta Weathersby?
300
I refused to give up my seat ten months before Rosa Parks did the same thing.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
400
I invented a refrigeration system for long haul trucks. He received over 60 patents in his lifetime.
Who is Frederic McKinley Jones?
400
One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry.
Who is Langston Hughes?
400
I was the first African-American to win both the U.S. Open and Wimbledon.
Who is Arthur Ashe?
400
I am the new Executive Director of the Equity Institute and a Star Trek fan!
Who is Oyame KenZoe Brian Selassie-Okpe, known as O'KenZoe?
400
The first neurosurgeon to separate conjoined twins joined at the back of the head. He also became the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery in the country at age 33.
Who is Ben Carson?
500
I was an engineer and a part of a team of Black women “computers” who worked at NASA, helping to send rockets into space.
Who is Mary Jackson?
500
I am the Black poet who have read at Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama in 2008.
Who is Elizabeth Alexander?
500
In 1967, a famous athlete refused to fight in the Vietnamese-American War, and had his awards taken away.
Who is Muhammed Ali?
500
I received my doctorate in 2019 and the title of my dissertation was, Early Childhood Teacher Educators Perception of Their Own Critical Reflection on Race, Ethnicity, and Culture.
Who is Dr. Nicole Porter?
500
I was the first Black Attorney General of California. I now have a BIG national role.
Who is Kamala Harris?
