First to Ever do it
She is the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
This Harlem theatre, a showcase for African-American talent, features a tree stump performers rub for good luck.
What is The Apollo?
This is first black Greek fraternity for college students.
What is Alpha Phi Alpha?
This conductor of a famous railroad was known as The Moses to her People.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
She was the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet.
Who is Misty Copeland?
This soulful singer will always be remembered as The Queen of Soul.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This sorority founded in 1920 at Howard University, was established with a mission of public service and is known for its royal blue and white colors.
What is Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated?
This American author and historian born to former slaves was responsible for starting Black History week.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This was the first Black owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
What is BET- Black Entertainment Television?
She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Dreamgirls after placing 7th on American Idol only two years earlier.
Who is Jennifer Hudson?
This fraternity's motto is "Friendship is Essential to the Soul" and was founded at Howard University in 1911.
What is Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated?
This American social reformer and statesman escaped slavery to become a national leader of the Abolitionist Movement while his writings and oratory influenced presidents, preachers and poets.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
She is the first African-American chosen as Miss America.
Who is Vanessa Williams?
This movie told the story of African-American women and their role at NASA
What is Hidden Figures?
This organization, founded at Howard University in 1908, is the oldest Greek-lettered sorority established by African American women.
What is Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated?
Home of one of the most affluent African-American communities in the early 1900s, and given the name "Black Wall Street".
Where is Tulsa, Oklahoma?
She was first woman and first Black American to run for the nomination for President of the United States.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
What TV show is known for highlighting Historically Black Colleges/Universities, where the students attended Hillman University?
What is A Different World?
This sorority was founded on the campus of Butler University in 1922 and is known for its royal blue and gold colors.
What is Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated?
Most influential black power organization founded by college students Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seal to challenge politicians and protect black citizens from brutality.
What is the Black Panther Party?