IN 2009, I READ AND WROTE THE POEM, "PRAISE SONG FOR THE DAY"
WHO IS ELIZABETH ALEXANDER
ON JAN. 31, 1988, I BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN QUARTERBACK TO START, SCORE 4 OF 5 TOUCHDOWNS AND WON SUPERBOWL XXII(22)
WHO IS DOUG WILLIAMS
1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO SERVE AS HOUSE MINORITY LEADER AND LEADER OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CACUS
WHO IS HAKEEM JEFFRIES
ONE OF THE OLDEST CHURCHES BETWEEN WASHINGTON, DC AND RICHMOND, VA.
What is Mt. Zion Baptist Church
IN 2016 I WAS ELECTED TO THE US SENATE AS THE 2ND BLACK WOMAN TO SERVE
WHO IS VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS
IN 1961, I WAS DRAFTED BY THE WASHINGTON REDSKIN(FORMERLY CALLED) AND WAS ALSO THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER.
WHO IS ERNIE DAVIS
1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO SERVE AS SECRETARY OF STATE
WHO IS CONDOLEEZZA RICE
I AM THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN SPEAKER OF THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES. I WAS SWORN IN JAN 2024. I SERVED 8 YEARS IN PRISON ON DRUG RELATED CONVICTION. MY VOTING RIGHTS WAS RESTORED BY GOVERNOR MCDONNELL AND I WAS PARDON BY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IN JAN. 2025
WHO IS DON SCOTT
I SERVED AS THE 83RD ATTORNEY GENERAL FROM 2015-2017.
WHO IS LORETTA LYNCH
I WAS THE FIRST POET TO PERFOM AT THE SUPER BOWL IN 2021
WHO IS AMANDA GORMAN
CREATED IN A FACEBOOK POST IN 2013 WITH THE MISSION TO ERADICTE WHITE SUPREMACY AND BUILD LOCAL POWER TO INTERVENE IN VIOLENCE INFLICTED ON BLACK COMMUNITIES BY THE STATE
WHAT IS BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT
IN 1905 THE FIRST AND ONLY BLACK HIGH SCHOOL IN THE FREDERICKSBURG AREA WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE BASEMENT OF SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH(NEW SITE). WHAT WAS THE SCHOOL NAME
FREDERICKSBURG NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE
ON MAY 9,2010 PRESIDENT OBAMA DELIVERED THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT THIS UNIVERSITY
HAMPTON UNIVERSITY, HAMPTON VA
IN 1962 I WAS THE 1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN PLAYER TO SIGNED WITH THE NFL TEAM FORMERLY CALLED THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS
WHO IS BOBBY MITCHELL
ALL BLACK BATTALION OF THE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS. COMMANDED BY MAJOR CHARITY EDNA ADAMS EARLY WHO BECAME THE HIGHEST RANKING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN IN THE MILITARY AT THE END OF THE WAR
WHO IS THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT
I WAS ELECTED AS THE 1ST BLACK MAYOR OF RICHMOND VA
HENRY MARSH
IN 2009, WE RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM AWARD FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA
WHO ARE :
SIDNEY POINTER, MAYA ANGELOU, JOHN LEWIS
THE 1ST BLACK NASCAR WINNER AND A MOVIE WAS MADE STARRING RICHARD PRYOR ABOUT MY LIFE. WHO AM I AND THE MOVIE NAME
WHO IS WENDALL SCOTT
MOVIE WAS GREASED LIGHTNING.
I WAS THE 1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO BECOME SECRETARY OF LABOR
WHO IS ALEXIS HERMAN
THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL FOR BLACK STUDENTS IN SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY FOUNDED IN 1913M THE ORIGINAL BUILDING WAS NAMED AND WHAT IS THE BUILDING NAME NOW.
WHAT IS THE SNELL TRAINING SCHOOL
AND
JOHN J WRIGHT EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTER
DURING MY PRESIDENCY I AWARDED THE MOST MEDAL OF FREEDOM AWARD. WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER
118 MEDAL OF FREEDOM AWARDS
1ST FATHER AND SON DUO THAT PLAYED ON THE SAME TEAM AT THE SAME TIME
LEBRON AND BRONNY JAMES
I WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO HOST A TALK SHOW IN 1969
WHO IS DELLA REESE
KNOWN AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST AFRICAN AMERICAN POET AND AUTHOR OF CHILDRENS BOOKS. I WON THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD 7 TIMES, 2004 NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY AWARD FOR MY POETRY ALBUM. I HELD 27 HONORARY DEGREE AND WAS A UNIVERSITY DISTINGUISED PROFESSOR AT VIRGINIA TECH.
WHO IS NIKKI GIOVANNI
DIED DECEMBER 2024