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What favorite backyard toy did Lonnie Johnson invent?
What is the super soaker?
Known to many as the "Moses of her people," she enslaved, escaped and helped others gain their freedom as a "conductor" of the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The American historian and scholar was instrumental in launching Negro History Week in 1926. He is the Father of Black History.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
At 14 years old, she became the youngest Black executive producer in Hollywood history with the film "Little". This teen actress and singer is best known for playing the role of Diane Johnson in the comedy series Black-ish.
Who is Marsai Martin?
What show is this popular theme song from?
"Well, we're movin' on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky."
What are the Jeffersons?
"It was time to marry the game and I said 'Yeah, I do' If you want it you gotta see it with a clear-eyed view"
What is Dreams and Nightmares?
What is the title of the 2018 Marvel Superhero film, directed by Ryan Coogler?
What is Black Panther?
This person who says " Im not one of your little friends."
Who is mom?
What was the first Black-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
What is BET Black Entertainment Television?
He pioneered numerous uses for peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes.
Who is George Washington Carver?
Improved the ironing board with a narrower and curved design, making it easier to iron women's clothing?
Who is Sarah Boone?
Who was the first Black woman to win Country Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards Ceremony?
Beyoncé
This woman became the first WNBA player to be featured on the cover of Vogue Magazine this year alongside Tennis player, Frances Tiafoe and Olympic sprinter Gabby Thomas.
Who is Angel Reese?
Who was the first Black artist to hit #1 on the Billboard 100 chart?
Who is Tommy Edwards?
"When I look back Over what He brought me through I realize that I made it Because I had You to hold on to
What is Never Would Have Made It?
What popular ’90s sitcom featured a predominantly Black American cast and was set in a Chicago apartment building?
Respond to this statement: " Mom can we go to McDonalds"
What is do you got McDonalds money?
At the 2025 Grammy Awards, she became the first Black woman to win Album of the Year since Lauryn Hill in 1999 according to the Recording Academy.
Who is Beyoncé?
The first African-American woman to become a self-made millionaire after creating a line of hair products geared toward black hair.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
Pioneer educator who founded a school with $1.50 and twenty years later it became a college.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice in the United States?
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The 21 year old first Black Female Brigid Commander in the U.S. Naval Academy's 175 year history.
Who is Sydney Barber?
This song is played at every black cookout and wedding. The lead singer always wears a white cap.
What is "Before I Let Go, Frankie Beverly & Maze"?
"I pull up at the club V.I.P. gas tank on E But all dranks on me"
What is Wipe Me Down?
Hip Hop was birthed in this city
What is the Bronx?
Keep this on at all times in your home
What is the light above the stove?
He developed the carbon filament in modern light bulbs and helped design Bell’s telephone.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
These three women were integral in developing the math behind NASA’s first successful space missions. ("Hidden Figures") movie.
Who is Dorothy Vaughan, Kathleen Johnson, and Mary Jackson?
Who wrote Lift Every Voice and Sing
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
The story of Black History Month begins in 1915, half a century after which amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
The first Black man elected to serve as student body president at Harvard University in the school's 384 history.
Who is Noah Harris?
What critically acclaimed album inspired Beyonce’s 2016 World tour?
What is the Lemonade Album?
"No need to ask where I'm from, you already know I represent the 'A' from my head to my toes"
What is Do It, To It?
Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?
Who is Lauryn Hill?
This tour is the highest grossing Country tour of all time
What is The Cowboy Carter Tour?
The Deputy General Manager of Administration and External Affairs at RTA. She recently served 15 years as the Chief of Public Affairs for the City of Cleveland under the leadership of Mayor Frank Jackson.
Who is Natoya J. Minor?
He created the potato chip. They were made in response to a customer who sent back their fried potatoes, complaining they were too thick.
Who is George Crum/ George Speck?
The key scientist behind the COVID-19 Moderna's mRNA vaccine.
Who is Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett?
The NAACP was formed in what year?
What is 1909?
The 23 year old was Princeton University's first Black valedictorian in the school's 275 year history. Princeton's first nine presidents were slave owners.
Who is Nicholas Johnson?
What is the name of DJ D-Nice’s popular virtual dance party series that he started in 2020 during the Pandemic?
What is Club Quarantine?
What is Alvin Ailey's most well-known choreographed piece?
What is Revelations?
Who is the first black female singer to record and release a blues song?
Who is Mamie Smith?
In what year did Juneteenth become a federal holiday?
This movie became the first film on a streaming service to feature Black American Sign Language, expanding accessibility.
What is Sinners?
What is the name of the first black Greek fraternity for college students?
Who is Alpha Phi Alpha?
This woman invented Voice Over Internet Protocol (i.e., Skype, MagicJack, Vonage, and other Internet-based audio/video communications)
Who is Marian Croak?
The first Black writer to win a Nobel Prize in Literature
Who is Toni Morrison?
Who sings, "To Be Young, Gifted & Black"?
Who is Nina Simone?
She was the first female black opera singer to sing with a major company, twenty-two years before Marian Anderson's début at the Metropolitan Opera.
Who is Caterina Jarboro (July 24, 1898 – August 13, 1986)
Lena Waithe co-wrote the screenplay for which 2019 drama film?
What is Queen & Slim?
Which musical genre, often associated with New Orleans, blends African, European and Caribbean influences and is known for its brass bands?
What is Jazz?
Which Civil Rights leader and former Georgia Senator passed away in 2020?
Who is Senator John Lewis?
The first African-American woman to be nominated to the United States Supreme Court.
Who is Judge Kentaji Brown Jackson?
He invented the street mailbox
Who is Philip Downing?
The founder of Ebony magazine in 1945 with a focus on Black People fashion, beauty and politics, and Jet magazine founded in 1952 which focused on news, culture and entertainment was viewed as "The Weekly Negro News Magazine".
Who is John H. Johnson?
When did Martin Luther King Jr. give his “I Have A Dream Speech”?
What is Aug. 28, 1963?
The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
She was the first Black Gospel artist inducted into the GMA Hall of Fame and was the first gospel artist ever to win a Grammy Award.
Who is Mahalia Jackson?
Name the costume designer for the movies School Daze, Do the Right Thing, Malcom X, The Butler and Black Panther.
Who is Ruth E. Carter?
Who is the “Godmother of Rock and Roll”?
Who is Sister Rosetta Tharpe?
Your mom used to keep these in the kitchen drawer just in case a person needed one
What are plastic bags?
She became the oldest tennis player to win a WTA singles match at 45 since Martina Navratilova in 2004
Who is Venus Williams?