Black Inventors
CHARLES DREW INVENTED
** What is the blood bank **
Tell us a story of a time in which you gave blood.
A HBCU is?
** A Historically Black College and University **
Do you know a HBCU tradition?
"Sweat pants hair tied chillin’ with no makeup on. That’s when you’re the prettiest, I hope that you don’t take it wrong.”
** Who is Aubrey ‘Drake’ Graham? **
How do you chill?
Who was the Actor that won an Oscar for the movie Training Day?
** Denzel Washington **
Name your favorite Denzel movie or line.
This man was the first African American to play in the MLB.
Who is Jackie Robinson.
Who is your favorite MLB team and what is your most memorable moment?
Who invented the Ironing board
** Who is Sarah Boone **
Tell us a funny ironing board chronicle
Where did Vice President Kamala Harris attend undergraduate college?
** What is Howard University **
Have you ever visited the city in which HU resides? If so, what did you d while you were there?
Who said, “When they go low, we go high?"
** Michelle Obama **
Name a memorable Michelle Obama moment?
This person is the 1st African American to completely own his own film and production studio.
** Tyler Perry **
What was your favorite Medea move or line?
In what state was the first abolitionist organization formed (The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes) ...they do really have some brotherly love within them
** What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania **
Tell us about the best Philly Cheesesteak you have had.
Paul L. Downing Invented?
** What is the Mail box **
What is the craziest thing you have found in your mailbox?
What is the name of the 1st HBCU established in 1837?
** Cheyney University **
The University was first name the African Institute. Why do you think it was important for this institution to be established?
“Do you remember? The 21st night of September. Love was changing the minds of pretenders; while chasing the clouds away.”
** Earth, Wind, and Fire **
Tell us about a time when your favorite song played on the radio.
Who was the 1st person to win a grammy for a rap album?
** Will Smith **
What is your favorite Will Smith movie?
This "Father of the Harlem Renaissance" was the first black Rhodes Scholar known for his publication "The New Negro"
** Alain LeRoy Locke **
Alain was also a writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. If you would write a story, what story would you write?
Who invented the Straightening Comb?
** Who is Madam C.J. Walker **
Tell us a straightening comb fact
How many HBCU's are there in the United States?
** 107 **
Have you ever visited an HBCU? If so, tell us about your experience. If no, what do you think could be gained by visiting?
Who said, “Intelligence plus character. That is the true goal of education.”
** Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. *
Tell us something you have learned from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King.
She was the most awarded female artist of all time?
** Whitney Houston **
If you were at karaoke, which Whitney Houston song would you sing and why?
Prince Hall organized African Lodge #459, this was the first lodge of this type.
** What is a Masonic lodge **
Tell us of a time in which you joined an organization and why.
Garrett Morgan invented?
** What is the traffic light? **
What is the strangest thing you ever saw at a traffic light?
Which television mogul attended Tennessee State University?
** Oprah Winfrey **
What is your favorite Oprah show or movie?
Who said, “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”
** Langston Hughes **
Who is your favorite poet?
What Oakland native is the 1st black director of a Marvel film?
** Ryan Coogler **
What is your favorite Marvel character and why?
This lady became the first Black Poet Laureate of the United States in 1995.
** Rita Dove **
You are a poet at heart. Let's hear you recite your best poem.