STEM & BLK Inventions
Which NASA mathematician calculated trajectories for Apollo 11 and John Glenn’s orbital flight?
Who is Katherine Johnson
Before he was making history as the first Black Supreme Court Justice, this legal superstar argued the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case!
Hint: Lincoln Alum
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
On December 5, 1935, educator and activist Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune founded NCNW in New York City. What does NCNW stand for?
What is the National Council of Negro Women?
Opened in 1868, which university established the first medical department dedicated to educating African American doctors?
What is Howard University
What fictional, highly versatile metal fuels Wakandan STEM
What is vibranium
Former NASA engineer Lonnie Johnson invented this popular toy, pressurized water gun in 1989.
What is the Super Soaker?
In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that public school segregation violated which constitutional amendment?
What is the 14th Amendment?
Which organization's motto is "Leaving no one behind," reflecting its coalition of national women's organizations?
Which HBCU made military history in 1941 as the host site for training the first all-Black flying squadron in the U.S. Army Air Corps?
What is Tuskegee University
NCNW encourages young women to pursue careers in STEAM. What does the "A" in STEAM stand for when integrated with STEM?
What is art
This legendary arranger and producer holds 28 Grammy Awards and produced Michael Jackson's record-breaking Thriller album.
Who is Quincy Jones?
In September 1957, President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division to this Arkansas city to protect nine Black high school students integrating Central High.
What is the Little Rock 9?
Who served as the President of NCNW for 40 years (1957–1998) and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Dr. Dorothy Irene Height
In what year did Lincoln University transition from an all-male institution to a co-educational university by officially admitting women?
What is 1952
Myth or Fact: Lightning never strikes the same place twice.
What is Myth
Computer scientist Dr. Clarence Ellis technology that allows multiple users to simultaneously edit documents in real time on platforms like this one.
What is Google Docs?
Launched by NCNW in 1967, this rural Mississippi agricultural project provided livestock to Black sharecropper families who faced economic retaliation for registering to vote.
What is the NCNW Pig Bank?
When is our sections charter day?
What is February 18th 2018?
Before merging with the Cookman Institute in 1923, Mary McLeod Bethune originally opened this institution in Daytona Beach as a school for young Black girls.
What is the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls?
Myth or Fact: Humans only use 10% of their brains.
What is Myth?
Fun Fact: Brain imaging shows almost all parts of the brain are active throughout the day!
Black inventor Samuel R. Scottron patented an adjustable pole design to support these household window coverings, making them much easier to hang in modern homes.
What are curtains?
NCNW’s modern advocacy focuses heavily on health equity, economic empowerment, environmental justice, and protecting this fundamental democratic right.
What is voting rights (or voter access)?
Dorothy Height met NCNW founder Mary McLeod Bethune for the first time while assigned to escort which First Lady of the United States?
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt
Chartered in 1854 in Pennsylvania, this institution was the first in the nation to grant actual college degrees to Black students.
What is Lincoln Univeristy
What popular breakfast cereal was accidentally created when cooked wheat was left out & decided to roll it into flakes anyway?
What is CornFlakes Or Frosted Flakes