Black Inventors
This scientist discovered hundreds of uses for previously useless vegetables and fruits, principally the peanut
Who is George Washington Carver
This woman refused to give up her seat on the bus which started the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who is Rosa Parks
This Character beat a machine in a railroad building contest
Who is John Henry
This green plant comes from West Africa and is normally fried or used in gumbo
What is okra
He was the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Who is Jackie Robinson
This person is the founder of the HBCU Tuskegee Institute
Who is Booker T Washington
The name of Speech MLK Jr gave at the "March on Washington"
What is "I have a Dream" speech
This was the main character of the miniseries "Roots"
Who is Kunta Kinte
This dish, also known as Carolina peas and rice, is made with black-eyed peas and rice, chopped onion, and sliced bacon
What is Hoppin' John
This platinum award wining artist was also know as the "King of Pop"
Who is Michael Jackson
This person is the creator of the Super Soaker
Who is Lonnie G. Johnson
This civil rights leader, who was also a minister for the Nation of Islam, made the saying "By any means necessary" popular
Who is Malcom X
This fictional title character is the narrator of a collection of black American folktales featuring Br'er Rabbit
Who is Uncle Remus
A cornmeal flatbread similar to cornbread
What is a Johnnycake (hoecake)
This actor won an Academy Award for best actor for his role in "Training Day"
Who is Denzel Washington
This person is the inventor of the Ironing Board
Who is Sarah Boone
This person is the founder of the Negro Improvement Association and the "Back to Africa" Movement
Who is Marcus Garvey
A smiling, rotund, elfin creature, popular in the early 1900s that became the mascot of an annual African-American parade in Chicago
What is a Bilikin
This dish is a prepared food usually made from the large intestines of a hog
What are Chitterlings
This person was the first African American to be nominated and win an Academy Award for "Gone with the Wind"
Who is Hattie McDaniel
First US patent for a disposable syringe
Who is Phil Brooks
This landmark decision allowed public schools to be desegregated
What is Brown v the Board of Education
This triskster God often takes the shape of a spider and is considered to be the god of all knowledge of stories in West African folklore
Who is Anasi the Spider
This Jamaican dish, in which meat is dry-rubbed or wet marinated with a hot spice mixture. (normally beef, chicken, or goat)
What is Jerk
This famous novelist, playwright, and activist had his novel, " If Beale Street Could Talk", turned into an Academy Award-winning dramatic film in 2018
Who is James Baldwin