Science
This 2016 Movie highlighted 3 NASA mathematicians
What is "Hidden Figures"?
Between 1870 and 1940, this university granted more PhD’s to African-Americans than any other in the nation
What is the University of Chicago?
Set on Chicago's south side, this Showtime coming-of-age drama was developed by Emmy-Winner Lena Waithe
What is The Chi?
This newspaper was started by Robert S. Abbott in 1905. Historically, it is considered the "most important" paper of what was then known as the colored or Negro press.
What is The Chicago Defender?
The 1st African American to own a major film & television studio, the largest production studio in the US
Who is Tyler Perry?
Botanist & Inventor George Washington Carver uncovered more than 100 uses for this
What are peanuts?
Dr. Warren E. Henry developed video amplifiers used in portable radar systems on warships in WWII and is an alumnus of this academic department
What is Physics?
She is considered the "Queen of Gospel Music"
Who is Mahalia Jackson?
A major street in downtown Chicago was recently named after this South Side journalist and anti-lynching activist
Who is Ida B. Wells?
It is the largest African-American parade and the 2nd largest parade in America
What is the Bud Billiken Parade?
This doctor performed the 1st documented heart surgery at the hospital he founded in Chicago.
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?
Earning a B.S. in Mathematics at the age of 17 and a PhD at 19, J. Earnest Wilkins is the University of Chicago’s youngest ever student and worked with Enrico Fermi on this scientific effort
What is The Manhattan Project?
He is considered to be the Greatest Jazz composer & bandleader.
Who is Duke Ellington? (Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Once referred to as the “Black Metropolis,” this area of Chicago was a center of African-American commerce and culture
What is Bronzeville?
The 1st African American to win an Academy Award (An Oscar)
Who is Hattie McDaniels?
She was the first African American to complete a residency in ophthalmology and the first African American female doctor to receive a medical patent. She invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment in 1986
Who is Patricia Bath?
Local opponents of the Obama Presidential Library are concerned about this process of neighborhood transformation through the influx of more affluent residents and businesses
What is gentrification?
On January 3, 1987 she became the 1st woman ever inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Who is Aretha Franklin?
Originating as a planned industrial community, this neighborhood was recently declared Chicago's first national monument
What is Pullman?
This hospital was the 1st African-American owned and operated hospital in America and was/is located in Chicago, IL.
What is Provident Hospital?
The first African American to receive a PhD from the University of Chicago
Who is Charles Henry Turner?
Undermining the accumulation of African-American wealth, in the 30's & 40's, the University of Chicago supported these legally binding contracts that specified that a home-owner could neither rent nor sell to African-Americans
What are restrictive covenants?
She was the most prominent female author of the Harlem Rennaisance and penned "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
Who is Zora Neal Hurston?
Playwright Lorraine Hansberry's most famous work "A Raisin in the Sun" takes place in this neighborhood
What is Woodlawn?
An entrepreneur best known as the founder of BET. He is also the country’s first African American billionaire.
Who is Robert L. Johnson?