Black Herstory
Minding My Black Business
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Eat! Eat! Eat! (Black Cuisine)
100
This Yale alumna is the first Actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for a Marvel Role
Who is Angela Bassett?
100
One of the first Black women to become a millionaire selling haircare products
Who is Madame C.J. Walker?
100
When Black people go to a function and see too many people they know:
E.A.T.M.H
What is everybody and their mama here?
100
This artist holds the record for having won the most Grammys in a lifetime
Who is Beyonce?
100
This New Haven Black woman recently partnered with the House and LGBTQ+ Resource Center to offer a soul food cooking class
Who is Sandra?
200
The first African-American student to integrate a Southern elementary school
Who is Ruby Bridges?
200
At the beginning of 2023, this formerly Black-owned haircare brand, was put on blast when it was sold to P&G Beauty, losing its Black-owned status
What is Mielle Organics?
200
Black people when some says something out of pocket to them with too much bass in their voice:
I.K.Y.N.T.T.M
What is I know you not talking to me?
200
She's the first Black woman to be promoted in principal dancer at the American Ballet Theater
Who is Misty Copeland?
200
As First Lady, this woman helped push for the passing of the Healthy, Hunger-free Kids Act that set new nutrition laws in place for public school lunch programs from 2010-2015
Who is Michelle Obama?
300
The first Black woman to be elected to Congress in 1968
Who is Shirley Chisolm?
300
Beatrice Dixon founded this natural menstrual care product line, reminiscent of the birds and the bees, which now a multimillion dollar company
What is the The Honey Pot?
300
Something you may have been told when you got hungry while running errands with your parents:
W.G.F.A.H
What is We got food at home?
300
This classic show stars 4 young Black professional women learning to navigate life in the early 2000s
What is Girlfriends?
300
In June 2021, this caricature was removed from the pancake boxes and syrup of the brand now know as Pearl Milling Company
Who is Aunt Jemima?
400
On March 2, 1955 in Montgomery Alabama, this 15 year old woman refused to give up her bus seat to a white woman 9 months before Rosa Parks
Who is Claudette Colvin?
400
Thanks to the research done by Shirley Ann Jackson, PHD, in telecommunications, our phone comes equipped with this helpful feature
What is Caller ID?
400
The classic opening line used by a Black woman to start and argument:
I.J.T.I.F.H
What is I just think it's funny how?
400
Marsai Martin served as an executive producer on this film, making her Hollywood's youngest producer of all time
What is Little?
400
Jones Bar-B-Q Diner, founded in the 1910s, is considered to be the oldest Black owned restaurant, located in this US state
What is Arkansas?
500
The first American woman to win three track-and-field gold medals at the 1960 Olympics
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
500
Most Black Woman Owned Businesses (registered with the government) are in this field
What is health care / social services?
500
Something your parents may have said when you spoke to them like you're grown:
I.N.O.O.Y.L.F
What is I'm not one of your little friends?
500
In 1972, Alma Woodsey Thomas became the first Black woman to put on a one woman art show at this museum
What is the Whitney Museum of American Art?
500
The character of Princess Tiana was inspired by the life of this talented Black woman chef and restaurateur from Louisiana
Who is Leah Chase?