Philly History
This woman is Philadelphia's first African American mayor
Who is Cherrelle Parker?
The Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Color Purple, was written by this author.
Who is Alice Walker?
This was Muhammad Ali's birth name
Who is Cassuius Clay?
This inventor called himself the "Black Edison" and came up with the modern three-signal traffic light
Who is Garret Morgan?
Barack Obama was the senator of this state before his presidency
What is Illinois?
This Philadelphia singer is referred to as the God Mother of Soul
Who is Patti Labelle?
Soul Train was created and hosted by this TV presenter
Who is Don Cornelius?
This person was the first African American to win baseball's Most Valuable Player award
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This chef unintentionally created the potato chip in response to a customer complaining that their fried potatoes were "too thick"
Who is George Crum?
This young HIV activist was on the Oprah Winfrey show in 1996
Who is Hydeia Broadbent?
This Philadelphia activist and journalist was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of police officer Daniel Faulkner.
Who is Mumia Abu-Jamal?
This Alex Haley novel was made into a television miniseries in 1977 and 1979
What is Roots?
This NFL player took a knee during the national anthem to protest racial inequality and police violence.
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
He is best known for inventing the best selling kid's toy, the Super Soaker
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
This individual was the first Black American Supreme Court Justice, appointed in 1967
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This publication is the oldest, continuously published African American newspaper in the United States.
What is the Philadelphia Tribune?
This film director is known for works like "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X"
Who is Spike Lee?
This African American tennis player won three Grand Slam titles and later became a prominent advocate for civil rights and social justice
Who is Authur Ashe?
She was a nurse who invented the first home security system alongside her husband in 1966
Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown?
The initials NAACP stands for this
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
This individual was the president of the NAACP in Philadelphia
Who is Cecil B. Moore?
The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for Best Actress
Who is Halle Berry?
He won four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Who is Jesse Owens?
He invented portable refrigeration equipment in trucks used to transport food and blood in World War 2
Who is Fredrick M. Jones?
This individual performed the world's first successful open heart surgery
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?