Politics
The 1st African American woman to be elected to the house of representatives and in what year and for what other office did she run?
Who is Shirly Chisholm?
Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Addie Mae Collins
Who are the 4 little girls that were killed in the church bombing in Birmingham at 16th Street Baptist Church
Maulana Karenga 1965
Who founded Kwanzaa?
This hip hop artist has had the most #1 albums on the Billboard charts and how many albums did they have at the number one spot?
Jay-Z 14 albums
The highest scoring basketball player of all times
Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Boris Miles and Royce West
Who are the 2 African American Senators in the state of Texas?
By any Means Necessary
Who is Malcolm X?
The first commercially successful rap record.
What was the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight
These 2 artists are tied for the most Grammy awards Beyonce and Quincy Jones
Who are Beyonce and Quincy Jones?
The current African American head coaches in the NFL and the tams they coach
Todd Bowles of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Lovie Smith of the Houston Texans and Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
As of Jan 2021, there were 54 African Americans on one side and 11 on the other side
There currently are 54 African-American representatives and two African-American delegates in the United States House of Representatives, representing 28 states, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia.
One of the principal organizers of the March on Washington in 1963 who believed in good trouble
Who is John Lewis?
The origin of Black History Month-the originator, the year it began, and why is it celebrated in February
Black History Month began as “Negro History Week,” which was created in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a noted African American historian, scholar, educator, and publisher. It became a month-long celebration in 1976. The month of February was chosen to coincide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
Who are 2 of the 3 EGOT winners (EGOT – Emmy Grammy Tony Oscar)
Whoopi Goldberg, John Legend, Jennifer Hudson
Name 2 female athletes known as the GOAT and who originated the term
Who are Serena Williams and Simone Biles
Who is Mohammed Ali (Muhammad Ali. In his time, the boxer was popularly nicknamed “The Greatest,” which his wife then turned into G.O.A.T. for publicity in the 1990s)
The 1st African American Republican woman to serve in the House? Give the state and the year?
Ludmya Bourdeau "Mia" Love won her race in Utah in the 2014 midterm elections
All my life I’ve been sick and tired. Now I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired
Fannie Lou Hamer. During the 1964 Democratic National Convention, when she described the injustices she and others in her community had endured in their fight for the right to vote. She had been jailed, beaten, and threatened for her advocacy,
This Houston native was the first black woman to be elected to the Texas State Center and the first Black Texan in Congress.
Who is Barbara Jordan?
The first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor
April 13, 1964, Sidney Poitier Lilies of the Field
Sportsman of the Century during Sports Illustrated
Greatest athlete of the Century - ESPN
Muhammad Ali
Michael Jordan
The 1st African American to be appointed to the US supreme courts and who appointed him and in what year.
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American ever appointed to the United States Supreme Court. He was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, and served on the Supreme Court from 1967 to 1991.
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
Who founded the black panther party?
Mildred and Richard Loving
Who is the Virginia coupe that is credited with ending anti-miscegenation laws?
The first major African American filmmaker. He produces over forty films from the 1910s up to 1948
Who is Oscar Micheaux?
The first African-American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908. He held on to the belt until 1915.
Who is Jack Johnson