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Who said, “We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation’s greatness.”
Who is Yvette Clarke?
Yvette Diane Clarke is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 9th congressional district since 2013.
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Who created a line of cosmetics and hair products aimed at Black consumers in the first decades of the 20th century.
Who is Sarah Breedlove (Madame C.J. Walker)?
Madame C.J. Walker invented a line of cosmetics and hair products aimed at Black consumers in the first decades of the 20th century.
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Licensed Pilot
Who is Bessie Coleman 1921?
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Most wins at the MTV Video Music Awards
Who is Beyonce?
Beyoncé is also known as “Queen Bey” has won 26 MTV Video Music Awards from 2003–2016.
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Led a revolt against slavers in 1831
Who is Nat Turner?
Nathanial “Nat” Turner (1800-1831) was an enslaved man who led a rebellion of enslaved people. On August 21, 1831, he and six others killed the Travis family, managed to secure arms and horses, and enlisted about 75 other enslaved people in a revolt that resulted in the murder of an estimated 55 white people.
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Who said, “Won’t it be wonderful when black history and Native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just U.S. history.”
Who is Maya Angelou?
Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights, activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years.
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Who invented the Super Soaker?
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
Johnson's invention of the Super Soaker toy is perhaps his most endearing claim to fame. An engineer by training, Johnson has worked on both the stealth bomber project for the Air Force and the Galileo space probe for NASA.
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U.S. Secretary of State
Who is Gen. Colin Powell, 2001-2004?
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First double-double dismount on beam in competition
Who is Simone Biles?
Simone Biles shook the world as she made history by being the first gymnast to perform a double-double dismount on beam during a competition.
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Led an armed assault on Harper's Ferry military arsenal
Who is abolitionist John Brown?
The raid was intended to be the first stage in an elaborate plan to establish an independent stronghold of freed slaves in the mountains of Maryland and Virginia. Brown was captured during the raid and later convicted of treason and hanged, but the raid inflamed white Southern fears of slave rebellions and increased the mounting tension between Northern and Southern states before the American Civil War (1861-65).
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Who said, “Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another’s uniqueness.”
Who is Ola Joseph?
Ola is a Nigerian-born speaker, author, trainer, and consultant. He inspires his audiences in the areas of Communication, Personal Growth, Self-Improvement, and Empowerment.
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Who created the Blood Bank?
Who is Charles Drew?
Drew invented a means of separating plasma from whole blood, allowing it to be stored for up to a week, far longer than had been possible at the time. Drew also discovered that plasma could be transfused between persons regardless of blood type and helped the British government establish its first national blood bank.
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Masters Golf Champion
Who is Tiger Woods 1997?
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First female artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Who is Aretha Franklin?
Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is best known for her hits ‘Respect”, “Think”, and “I Say a Little Prayer” She was first female artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the class of 1987.
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Juneteeth marks what event?
What is the day when the last slaves were freed?
Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Who said, "I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
Who is Michael Jordan?
Regarded by most as the NBA's greatest all-time player, Michael Jordan won six titles with the Chicago Bulls.
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Who invented the safety hood, and traffic signal?
Who is Garrett Morgan?
In 1914 Morgan invented the safety hood, a precursor to the gas mask. In 1916, he earned widespread acclaim after donning his safety hood to rescue workers who were trapped by an explosion in a tunnel beneath Lake Erie near Cleveland. Morgan later would invent one of the first traffic signals and a new clutch for auto transmissions.
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Nobel Prize for Literature
Who is Toni Morrison, 1993?
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Youngest NBA player to start a game
Who is Kobe Bryant?
Bryant entered the NBA straight out of high school in 1996 and utilized his passion and perseverance to earn five NBA championships, 18 NBA All-Star selections, as well as two Olympic gold medals during his playing career. 1Most notably, he made history early on in his career at the age of 18 years 158 days.
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The 13th Amendment decalred
What is the end of slavery?
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
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Who said, “If you can’t fly, then run if you can’t run, then walk if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
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Who discovered more that 300 uses for peanuts?
Who is George Washington Carver?
As the first Black undergraduate student at Iowa State, he studied soybean fungi and developed new means of crop rotation. After earning his master's degree, Carver accepted a job at Alabama's Tuskegee Institute, a leading historically Black university. It was at Tuskegee that Carver made his greatest contributions to science, developing more than 300 uses for the peanut alone, including soap, skin lotion, and paint.
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Explorer, North Pole
Who is Matthew A. Henson, 1909,
Henson accompanied Robert E. Peary on the first successful U.S. expedition to the North Pole.
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Highest annual earnings for a television personality ever (female).
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Between June 2009 and June 2010, Oprah Winfrey earned an estimated $275 million thanks to her magazine, her radio contract, her production company Harpo and the debut of the Oprah Winfrey Network. She also has the record for the largest TV contract, after signing a deal in 2003 for $279 million to host The Oprah Winfrey Show until 2008.
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A former slave who taught himself to read, and became an abolitionist.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Frederick Douglass was a formerly enslaved man who became a prominent activist, author, and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War. After that conflict and the Emancipation Proclamation of 1862, he continued to push for equality and human rights until his death in 1895.