Sports
She was the ladies world figure skating champion in 1986.
Debbie Thomas
Author who wrote "I know why the Caged Bird Sings".
Maya Angelou
The business that made Madame CJ Walker the 1st African American female millionaire.
Beauty products
American singer, actress and civil rights leader who got her start singing in the Cotton Club in NYC at age 16.
Lena Horne
What was the name of the record label Diddy began back in 1993 which help launch Biggie's career?
Bad Boy Records
He holds the record of 100 points scored in a single NBA game.
Wilt Chamberlain
Author that inspired nationwide interest in genealogy and Black history
Alex Hailey
He was the 1st African American Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
The year Harriet Tubman Escaped slavery
1849
Which rap group that released iconic album 'Straight Outta Compton' in 1988 featured Dr Dre as a founding member?
N.W.A.
He was the pitcher in the Negro Baseball league who developed bat-badgar, and jump ball and was elected into Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.
Satchel Paige
She was the 1st African American poet to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Gwendolyn Brooks
The 1st Black owned company to be traded on the New York Stick Exchange
Johnson & Johnson
The year Malcolm X was assassinated at a rally.
1965
OutKast are made up of two members- Andre 3000 and who?
Big Boi
Fist Black NBA coach and first Black coach to win a NBA championship.
Bill Russell
What was 1920-1940 African American literature and Art called.
Harlem Renaissance
He is the first billionaire in sports.
Tiger Woods
The year President Eisenhower signed the civil rights act into law.
1957
Which group was Lauryn Hill part of before she released her debut solo album in 1998?
Fugees
First female athlete to have a shoe named after her.
Sheryl Swoopes
She was the 1st African American to publish writings.
Phyllis Wheatly
He was the 1st African American car manufacturer in 1916.
Charles Richard Patterson
He started the "Back to Africa Movement", and was later deported back to his homeland in Jamaica.
Marcus Garvey
Tupac famously had two large words tattooed on his stomach- what were they?
Thug Life