African American Firsts
She was the founder of her own college, the organizer of the premiere Black female public issue association in the 20th century, and the first African female administrator to head a federal office.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune
In 1905 this woman invented a hair softener and straightening comb, that revolutionized the cosmetics industry in the African- American community. She is also known for her work to end lynching and gain women's rights.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
This power-house couple is known as “Hip-Hop Royalty”
Who are Jay-Z and Beyonce ?
In 1882, Booker T. Washington founded this college to train African Americans as teachers and train in agriculture and industry
What is Tuskegee Institute?
The year the first African slaves were brought to America
What is 1619 ?
The college that was founded by Mary Bethune McLeod
What is Spelman University
During the Civil Rights Movement, the NAACP was at the heart of protest movements on behalf of African Americans. Its most famous director switched from a career of recording news to one of making news when, in 1955, he became Executive Director of the NAACP.
Who is Roy Willkins?
She was born in Barbados and her birth name is Robyn Fenty
Who is Rhianna ?
The Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary opened in 1881 and later changed its name to this.
What is Spelman College?
This commodity created the initial demand for slaves in America.
What is sugar ?
The first African American to be honored with a federally-funded statue (1960) to his memory.
Who is George Washington Carver
He initiated Negro History Week in 1966, which later evolved into Black History Month in 1976.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
The title of the movie which starred Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan with the theme surrounded around the Hip Hop music genre
What is Brown Sugar ?
The first African-American Catholic College located in New Orleans, Louisiana.
What is Xavier University?
This was the first state to abolish slavery in 1780.
What is Pennsylvania ?
The first Black female professional anti-slavery orator.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
This African American revolutionary and Muslim minister was assassinated on February 21, 1965 in New York City
Who is Malcolm X?
This artist took a bus from Florida to Los Angeles hoping to launch a music career, and released the hit single "Low".
Who is Flo Rida ?
This theological seminary in 1867 changed its name and became the first black school for men to establish Undergraduate, Graduate and Professional Schools.
What is Morehouse College?
President Abraham Lincoln issud this in 1863 to free the slaves
What is The Emancipation Proclamation?
Before entering the space program in 1987, Mae Jemison worked in Sierra Leone, Africa for two years in this career
What is a medical doctor?
On February 11, 1990, this South African revolutionary leader, who stood up against apartheid, was freed from prison after 27 years
Who is Nelson Mandela?
In 1988, after years of being neglected by mainstream media, hip- hop got its own show on this channel
What is MTV ?
What is Howard University?
On June 19th, 1865 the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed in Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that all slaves were now free. This date was two and a half years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Today we celebrate this holiday in commemoration of their independence
What is Juneteenth?