Music
What was Whitney Houston's greatest-selling hit?
I Will Always Love You
Who was the first African American and Native American woman to hold a pilot's license?
Bessie Coleman
Surya Bonaly landed this figure skating move on one leg in 1998. It was considered a banned move due to saftey issues.
Hint: super prominent in Men's figure skating in 2026
The back flip
W.E.B DuBois, scholar and activist, co-founded what organization?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
True or False: Martin Luther King Jr and Malcom X were enemies.
False: They were much more on the same side of things in the civil rights movement. It was seen to benefit white supremacy and public opinion against the civil rights movement if these two men were seen as opposing.
Who was known as the "queen of jazz"?
Ella Fitzgerald
Madame C.J. Walker became the first Black self-made millionaire. What product led to her success?
Hair grower
Who was the first woman drafted by the NBA in 1977?
Lusia "Lucy" Harris
She also scored the first-ever points in women's Olympic basketball in 1976. And first black woman inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992
He was arrested 40 times during the 1960s civil rights movement and then again when he was in Congress to highlight injustice.
John Lewis
At what age did Serena Williams win her first U.S. Open?
17
Which Motown groups was Diana Ross a member of?
The Supremes
Who was the first Black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice?
Kentaji Brown
Flo-Jo (Florence Delorez Griffith Joyner)
This American Civil Rights activist, LGBTQ activist, politician, and minister was the last person to speak to Martin Luther King Jr before he was assassinated.
Jesse Jackson
After African American she expatriated to France, she famously smuggled military intelligence to French allies during World War II. She did this by pinning secrets inside her dress, as well as hiding them in her sheet music.
Josephine Baker
When did Lauryn Hill win her grammy for Album of the year?
1999
Before Rosa Parks refused to change seats on the bus, this 15 year old did it first.
Claudette Colvin
She was a plaintiff in the lawsuit that officially outlawed bus segregation
What college did Michael Jordan graduate from?
University of North Carolina
She holds the inemitable title of Distinguished Professor Emerita of Feminist Studies and History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
She is a marxist, feminist political activist, black panther, and author.
Angela Davis
This first lady challenged the segregation rules at the Southern Conference on Human Welfare in Birmingham, Alabama, so she could sit next to African American educator and activist Mary McLeod Bethune. Roosevelt would come to refer to Bethune as "her closest friend in her age group."
Eleanor Roosevelt
He was the third African-American inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Hint: This award was posthumous
Ray Charles
He was honored for country influence in 2022
In 2011, Marcia M Anderson was the first black woman to achieve this rank in the US military.
Major General
We all know Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player in the major leagues. Do you know what his middle name is?
Hint: also the name of a president
Roosevelt
She was the first black woman elected to Congress and she was the first black woman to run for president.
Shirley Chisholm
" If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."
Famed guitarist Jimi Hendrix was known by close friends and family members simply as this name.
Buster