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As a six-year old, she became the first African-American child to integrate a white Southern elementary school in 1960.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
What was Muhammed Ali's original name?
Who is Cassius Clay?
Sarah Boone is responsible for inventing this modern-day appliance. Her invention helps up look good everyday.
What is an ironing board?
The first Black female millionaire selling hair products. She created a cream to help hair grow back.
Who is Madame C.J. Walker?
This author wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?"
Who is Maya Angelou?
Dr. Carter G. Woodson is better know as what?
Who is the "Father of Black History"?
Siblings from Compton, CA, grew up to be two of the greatest players in USTA history.
Who are Venus and Serena Williams?
This inventor is best known for his inventions of the gas mask and traffic signals.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
Became the first African-American Supreme Court Justice in 1967
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This magazine was created by John H. Johnson in 1945.
What is Ebony?
What do the initials NAACP stand for?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
This basketball great has won the MVP award a record-setting six times in his career, the most of any player.
Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
George Crum accidentally created this household snack in 1853 after accidentally slicing potatoes too thin.
What are potato chips?
Who was the first African-American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell?
The first black woman billionaire and the richest African-American woman. She is also referred to by many as the most influential woman in the world.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Founder of the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Negro Girls in Florida with 5 students. Her school is now one of the largest HBCUs in Florida.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
Best known for his performance with the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XXII became the 1st black quarterback to both start and win a Super Bowl.
Who is Doug Williams?
Lonnie G. Johnson worked at NASA & built spacecrafts. He is also famous for inventing this crowd favorite summer fun toy.
What is the super soaker water gun?
This African-American man was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who is BARACK OBAMA!!!!!
An agricultural scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts (though not peanut butter, as is often claimed), sweet potatoes and soybeans.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This Supreme Court decision in 1954 decreed that public schools should be integrated.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Also known as “Flo Jo”, she was the fastest woman alive. She has track records in the 100 and 200 meters that still haven’t been broken after almost 30 years.
Who is Florence Griffith Joyner?
This man thought of and organized today's blood bank. It has since saved millions of lives.
Who is Dr. Charles Drew?
Became the first African-American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre's 75-year history.
Who is Misty Copeland?
An African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?