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1st black major baseball player
Who was Jackie Robinson 1947
The first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Who was Thurgood Marshall
City widely known as the birthplace of Hip Hop
What is The Bronx, New York City
National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is a collaborative organization of historically African American, international Greek lettered fraternities and sororities.
What is The Divine Nine
A feature film created by George Lucas about the Tuskegee Airman
Who are the Red Tails
1st black male tennis champion
Who is Arthur Ashe 1968 U.S. Open
This former slave became a famous abolitionist and a Methodist preacher.
Who is Sojourner Truth
In 1953, the song “Hound Dog” was released by this blues singer before Elvis Presley’s 1956 rendition.
Who is Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton
Founded in 1913. The motto is Sisterhood, Scholarship and Service.
Who is Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc
The first black Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff?
Who is Gen. Colin L. Powell
1st black heavyweight boxing champion
Who was Jack Johnson 1908
Primarily black female college was founded by two white women in Atlanta, Georgia?
What is Spelman College
Renaissance man who has a gift for producing, composing, arranging and performing! (Hint-His work has influenced artist like Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra and his keen ear and talents have made him the all-time most nominated Grammy artist in history.)
Who is Quincy Jones
The first African American sorority.
Who is Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
The first African American to hold star rank in the U.S. Army and the armed forces?
Who is Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
1st black gold jacket champion
Who is Tiger Woods 1997
In 1994, which president named Eddie Jordan, Jr. as the first African American to hold the post of U.S. Attorney in the state of Louisiana?
Who is President Bill Clinton
Legendary band Parliament Funkadelic helped usher in a revolutionary decade of Funk. Music…(Hint-Their endless hits include songs like “Bring the Funk” and “Flash Light.” What kind of musical group did they begin as?
What is a Doo Wop Group
Founded in 1911, has a program that is established in many high schools across the nation.
Who is Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.
The first black American admiral in the US Navy?
Who is Samuel L. Gravely Jr.
1st black NFL football coach
Who is Willie Thrower 1953
University James Meredith graduated from
What is the University of Mississippi
Gospel singer would go on to be called the “Godmother of Rock-N-Roll?”
Who is Sister Rosetta Tharpe
5 of the 9 were founded on this HBCU campus?
The Howard University
Served as a nurse, scout and spy for the Union Army?
Who was Harriet Tubman