Cosmetology
Heated on stoves and gas heaters and used to temporarily straighten and smooth black hair
What is the Hot Comb/Pressing Comb
A combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.
What is Beauty
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956
Who is Rosa Parks
Who said “Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream.”
Who is Oprah Winfrey
What primarily black female college was founded by two white women in Atlanta, Georgia?
What is Spelman College
Who was the Women's Rights Activist that invented the improved hair brush design for efficiency and hygiene?
Who is Lyda Newman
Became the first Black American woman to be a self-made millionaire with her namesake cosmetics line, which is still in business today.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
Known as the "Queen of Soul"
Who is Aretha Franklin
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King ,Jr.
The first African American to host a nationally-syndicated talk show.
Who is Oprah Winfrey
Who embodies the Black Power movement of the 1970s, letting her own Z-curl texture grow into an Afro
Who is Angela Davis
The first Black female celebrity make-up artist.
Who is Bernadine Anderson
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
Who said "You have to believe in yourself when no one else does -- that makes you a winner right there."
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Who made a statement by wearing cornrows in the 1962 television drama, East Side/West Side and made further history in the style on the cover of JETmagazine in 1973.
Who is Cicely Tyson
The use of cosmetics to care for the skin
What is Skincare
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball Player?
Who is Jackie Robinson
Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise."
Who is Maya Angelou
Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School. Served as a role model for women, and worked as an advocate for poverty awareness, education, nutrition, physical activity and healthy eating. She supported American designers and was considered a fashion icon.
Who is MICHELLE OBAMA!!!!
In 1950 invented the hair weaving method
Who is Christina Jenkins
In 2017 made history as the first Black woman and makeup artist to receive a Founder's Awards from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) for her influential work within the Industry
Who is Pat McGrath
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is BEYONCE KNOWLES!!!!!
Who said "If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, you'll eventually make progress"
Who is Barack Obama
Before it became Black History Month what was the observance of Black History called?
What is Negro History Week