Let's Have Some CHURCH Up In Here
National Black Catholic History Month is celebrated during this month.
What is November?
After Jesus was born, his family fled to this African country until King Herod died.
Where is Egypt?
This Ivy Leaguer, writer, lawyer, university administrator and health advocate became the first African American FLOTUS.
Who is Michelle Obama?
This queen of daytime talk was the first African-American female billionaire.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
She was the first African-American gymnast in Olympic history to become the Individual All-Around Champion at the 2012 London Summer Olympics.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
You are likely to find this green hymnal with the subtitle: The African-American Catholic Hymnal in most Black Catholic churches in the US.
What is "Lead Me Guide Me"?
This man, portrayed by Paul Robeson, was from Cyrene, Libya, and helped Jesus carry his cross.
Who is Simon of Cyrene?
This former Catholic seminary student went on to lead the EEOC and was the second African American on the Supreme Court.
Who is Clarence Thomas?
With only an elementary school education, he went on to patent many inventions, including a breathing device that lead to the gas mask.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
She was the first African-American to win a tennis Grand Slam title.
Who is Althea Gibson?
This Sudanese-born female saint was kidnapped into slavery, but declared free in 1889.
Who is Saint Josephine Margaret Bakhita?
Some traditions suggest that this Gospel writer was of African descent, from Libya.
Who is Mark?
In 1967, this city elected Carl Stokes the first African American mayor of a major American city.
Where is Cleveland?
She was the first African-American female to publish a book, which she published while a slave in 1761.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
This Olympic sprinter overcame polio and scarlet fever. She won 3 gold medals in the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
There is a center in Columbus named after this saint who served as a lay brother with the Dominicans of Holy Rosary Priory in Lima.
Who is St. Martin de Porres?
This black saint known as the "King of Arabia" was one of the three kings who visited Jesus after his birth, bringing a gift of Myrrh.
Who is Saint Balthazar?
Carl Stokes became the first Black Congressman in Ohio in 1969, and was followed in 1999 by this Black woman from Cleveland.
Who is Stephanie Tubbs Jones?
This free Black nation was created in 1804 after the largest slave rebellion in history, but was forced to pay French ex-slaveholders until 1947.
What is Haiti?
In 2015, she was named Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of the Year and was the second-highest paid female athlete.
Who is Serena Williams?
This Spanish Jesuit Priest ministered to slaves and became the patron saint of slaves and African-Americans.
Who is Saint Peter Claver?
This Ethiopian queen traveled to Jerusalem to meet King Solomon and test his wisdom. She is the mother of Menelik.
Who is the Queen of Sheba?
This famous lawyer served 27 years in prison for conspiracy to overthrow the government of which he later became president
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This city was the site of "Black Wall Street," home to over 100 Black businesses before it was destroyed in a 1921 race riot.
Where is Tulsa, Oklahoma?
She is considered to be the fastest woman of all time because the world records she set in 1988 for both the 100 m and 200 m still stand.
Who is Florence (Flo-Jo) Joyner?