I Was the First
Who was the first Black president of the United States?
Former President Barack Obama
Who patented the three-position traffic signal in 1923?
Garrett Morgan
Who was the first Black female National Security Advisor?
Condoleeza Rice
Who is the current principal of the Barack and Michelle Obama Ninth Grade Center?
Principal Russ
What act outlawed discriminatory voting practices such as poll taxes and literacy test?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Who was the first Black musician inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
James Brown
Who developed techniques for processing and storing blood plasma in blood banks during WWII?
Dr. Charles Drew
Who was the first Black woman elected as an US Representative?
Shirley Chisholm
Who is the current associate principal of the Barack and Michelle Obama Ninth Grade Center?
Ms. Conway
Plessy vs Virginia popularized what phrase?
Separate but Equal
Who was the first Black woman to win a Grammy?
Ella Fitzgerald
Who invented the portable refrigerator in 1940?
Fredrick Jones
Who was the first Black boxer to win the World Heavyweight Champion title?
Jack Johnson
Who is the current dean of the Barack and Michelle Obama Ninth Grade Center?
Ms. London
Who patented an automatic mechanism for closing elevator doors in 1887?
Alexander Miles
Who was the first Black president of the American Bar Association?
Former Detroit mayor, Dennis Archer
Who invented the first home security system in 1966?
Marie Van Brittan Brown
Who was the first Black woman appointed as Secretary of State?
Condoleezza Rice
Who is the current librarian of the Barack and Michelle Obama Ninth Grade Center?
Ms. Birdsong-O'Neal
What amendment, passed on January 31, 1865, abolished slavery?
The 13th Amendment
Who was the first Black female millionaire?
Madame CJ Walker
Who invented ink and over 300 inventions using potatoes and peanuts?
George Washington Carver
Who was the first Black female Vice President of the US?
Kamala Harris
Who is the current Office Manager of the Barack and Michelle Obama Ninth Grade Center?
Mrs. Russell
What affluent community in Tulsa, Oklahoma was destroyed by White mobs in a Race Massacre, killing hundreds of innocent African Americans?
Black Wall Street