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This black woman was first licensed Black pilot.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
This famous magazine got its name because creator said "everything is moving along faster in the world today. There is more news and far less time to read it."
What is Jet Magazine?
This activist once said, "the time is always right to do what is right"
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
This summer toy was created by Lonnie Johnson which has generated over $1 billion.
What is the Super Soaker?
This is a Floridian term which could in times be used a synonym for "youngin"
What is a Jit?
This Jamaican born man was a black separatist and dubbed by W.E.B DuBois as "the most dangerous enemy of the Negro race in America"
Who is Marcus Garvey?
This group created the first rap record to ever be recorded?
Who is the Sugar Hill Gang?
This title of this speech given by Sojourner Truth was whitewashed to depict slave dialect. What was the original title?
What is "Aren't I a Woman?"
This black man created the potato chip.
Who is George Crum?
This term is an verb that is used when something is about to happen.
What is Finna? (or any spelling)
Bryon Allen became the first black person to own a NFL team after he acquired this team.
What are the Denver Broncos?
Shelia Johnson and Robert L. Johnson created this Network that shows many of favorite black programs, but NOT soul train.
What is BET?
(Black Entertainment Television)
This famous athlete one said, "I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying"
Who is Micheal Jordan?
Mary Van Brittan Brown invented this daily household item that lets you know what's on your porch or if your kids are sneaking out.
What is the Home Security System?
What is, "I'm not one of your little friends?"
This actress was the first black woman to win an Oscar for lead actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
This member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was the first black person to win a grammy.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
This famous poet once said this quote, "hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”
Who is Langston Hughes?
This Jamaican born DJ is credited for creating the genre of rap/hip-hop?
Who is DJ Kool Herc?
These are a pair of shoes that you can get stumped out in, wear the first day of school, and keep on ice.
What are G Fazos or OG White Fazos?
This man and owner of TLC Beatrice International Holdings became the first black billionaire.
Who is Reginald F. Lewis
This record label created by Clearance Avant once strived signed the late and great Bill Withers.
What is Sussex records?
What famous Harlem Renaissance singer once said this quote:
“just don’t give up what you’re trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong"
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
This man created the first refrigerated truck during the 1930s and contributed to is dispersion of good during WWII.
Who is Frederick McKinley Jones?
This is a unit of black measurement which means far.
What is a Boot?