LAW/POLITICS
I became the 44th President of the United States of America
Who is Barack Obama
The Harlem theater well known as a showcase for African-American talent
What is the Apollo Theater
An American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights
Who is Katherine Johnson
U.S. organization, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells
What is the NAACP
I attended Morehouse College, became a preacher, and gave a famous speech in Washington D.C.
Who is Dr Martin Luther King
First African-American mayor of a large U.S. city
Carl Stokes, Cleveland, Ohio
The first African-American to play Major League Baseball
Who is Jackie Robinson
A former barber, I performed the first documented, successful open heart surgery in the US to repair a wound. I founded Chicago's Provident Hospital, the first non-segregated hospital in the United States, I also founded an associated nursing school for African Americans
Who is Daniel Hale Williams
Being well informed of current affairs. A slang word used as a byword for social awareness
What is "woke"
What University did Former FLOTUS Michelle Obama Attend for undergrad?
What is Princeton
This organization's primary function is to enforce state laws about discrimination, and they oversee outreach regarding such matters. It consists of a five-member board of Commissioners appointed by the state governor.
Ohio Civil Rights Commission
In November 2018, she made history as the first American to win a medal in every event at the World Gymnastics Championship
Who is Simone Biles
An agricultural chemist, I work revolutionized agriculture by developing ways to improve soil depleted by repeated planting of cotton. I wanted poor farmers to grow other crops, as a source of food and to improve their quality of life. BTW I invented peanut butter
Who is George Washington Carver
This is what HBCU stands for
What is Historically Black Colleges and Universities
I'm a lawyer, social justice activist, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, law professor at New York University School of Law and author of the book Just Mercy
Who is Bryan Stevenson
The first black President of South Africa
Who is Nelson Mandela
I'm a famous author and poet, I spoke at President Clinton's inaugural ceremony. My memoir is titled "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings". It was made into a television movie of the same name
Who is Maya Angelou
I'm an inventor known as “Black Edison" who with little formal education I invented an improved telephone transmitter that I sold to Alexander Graham Bell. My most important invention was the multiplex telegraph. I turned down Thomas Edison’s offer to make me his partner.
Who is Granville T. Woods
What do the letters R&B stand for?
Rhythm and Blues
A group of black students who enrolled at an all-white High School in Little Rock, AR, in 1957. Their attendance was a test of Brown v. Board of Education
Who are the The Little Rock Nine
An African-American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. I was the Court's first African-American justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall
Who was the first African American woman to win 5 Grammy awards in one year?
Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Lauryn Hill or Beyonce’
Who is Lauryn Hill
With only an elementary school education. I became an African-American inventor, businessman, and member of the NAACP. I invented the 3-position traffic signal and the gas mask
Who is Garrett Morgan
Purposely misspelled variation on the word "period,” its an interjection used to signal the end of a discussion or to emphasize a strong point.
What is "periodt"
Sitting for Justice...in 1960, four African American college students staged a peaceful sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.
What is F. W. Woolworth