History
What is Montgomery, Alabama.
Who is Jimi Hendrix.
This Motown-inspired 2006 musical film saw Beyonce play Deena Jones, while Jamie Foxx played manager Curtin Taylor Jr.
What is Dreamgirls.
Sarah Boone received a patent in 1892 for an improved version of this common household item, featuring a narrow, curved design to make ironing sleeves easier.
What is the ironing board.
This boxing champion was known as "The Greatest", was also a renowned activist...
Who is Muhammad Ali.
True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation gave African Americans the right to vote?
What is false! It was an executive order by President Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves.
Know as the "Queen of Soul", she was the first female artist to earn five gold records.
Who is Aretha Franklin.
What movie features a chef in 1920's New Orleans and holds the title for being the first black princess?
What is Princess & The Frog.
Who invented peanut butter?
A) Alexander Miles
B) Booker T. Washington
C) George Washington Carver
Who is George Washington Carver.
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Who is Jackie Robinson
This Civil Rights icon has a birthday on January 15th, even though we celebrate him on the third Monday in January?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
In 2018 this Compton rapper became the first non-classical, non jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Who is Kendrick Lamar.
On what American holiday did we see Will Smith knock out a space alien as he 'welcomed him to Earth'?
What is 'Independence Day'
Garrett Morgan is responsible for patenting which two critical safety inventions?
A) Traffic light & gas mask
B) Fire extinguisher & stop sign
C) Elevator and telephone
D Ironing board & toaster
What is traffic light & gas mask
In 1997 at 22 years of age, he became the first African American to win the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.
Who is Tiger Woods.
Harriet Tubman led more that 300 enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad, this earned her what nickname?
A) The Conductor of her people
B) The Moses of her people
C) Auntie Harriet
D) The North Star
What is "The Moses of her people"
According to the Guinness World Records, she is the most awarded female artist of all time.
"Sanka ya dead?" is a memorable line from this movie, inspired by a true 1988 story about a Jamaican bobsledding team at the Calgary Winter Olympics.
What is Cool Runnings.
Who invented the elevator?
A) Alexander Miles
B) Booker T. Washington
C) George Washington Carver
Who is Alexander Miles
She is a tennis superstar who has won multiple Olympic gold medals.
She became the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license, though she had to travel to France to get it.
Who is Bessie Coleman
This 1982 album by Michael Jackson is the highest-selling album of all time.
What is Thriller.
This 2016 movie tells the true story of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, black women who worked at NASA.
What is Hidden Figures.
While working as a chef in Saratoga Springs, New York, George Crum is credited with inventing this popular salty snack in 1853.
A) Pretzels
B) Potato chips
C) Jerky
D) Popcorn
What is potato chips.
Simone Biles competed in the 2016 Olympics as a gymnast and became the first to win how many medals in a single Olympics?
What is 4.