Black Creatives
Leaders
Infamous Quotes
Innovating Inventors
Black History
100
This modern woman recreates historic photos of Black People throughout history, reminding people of their legacy
Who is Bisa Butler?
100
This man became the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
100
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it”
Who is Toni Morrison?
100
This inventor created three-light traffic systems in 1923
Who is Garrett Morgan?
100
This amendment gave Black people legal equal protection
What is the 14th amendment?
200
This woman who was known for the holiday classic-hit Santa Baby and the first Black Woman to play as Catwoman in the 1960s--- was also black-listed by the White House for her protest against the Vietnam War
Who is Eartha Kitt?
200
This African King traveled across the seas to America before Columbus and Erikson in 1312
King Abubakari II
200
"The dark cannot drive out darkness, only light can; Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can"
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
200
While working in Bell labs in 1964, this man perfected the microphone
Who is Dr. James E. West?
200
We celebrate this holiday to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved Africans and African-Americans
What is Juneteenth?
300
She is the first African-American woman to publish books of poetry
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
300
After being rejected from American flight schools for being Black and a Woman, she then achieved her international pilot's license in France to teach other women back home
Who is Bessie Coleman?
300
“There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance next time”
Who is Malcom X?
300
In the 1980s, this ambitious Chief engineer and inventor co-created the first IBM-PC, leading us to faster computers and even screens with colour
Who is Mark Dean?
300
Jackie Robinson became the first ever African-American to play on this team in 1947
What are the Brooklyn Dodgers?
400
This actor became the first Black actor and Bohemian to win an academy award
Who is Sidney Poitier?
400
Booker T. Washington established this Institution in 1881
What is Tuskegee University?
400
“The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame”
Who is W.E.B DuBois?
400
This first female self-made millionaire created her empire by inventing a hair care line
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
400
On June 25th, 1941 after a protest by Black Americans for equal employment rights, President Roosevelt opened up government jobs for all racial backgrounds
What was the March on Washington?
500
Dubbed the Lady of Song, this famous jazz singer performed with other famous musicians such as Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, and Nat King Cole
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
500
She is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, as well as the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate
Who is Amanda Gorman?
500
This famous boxer once said, “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing”
Who is Muhammad Ali?
500
By marketing over 300 uses for the peanut (such as milk, inks, dyes, soaps, flour, cosmetics, plastics, etc.) and 118 for the sweet potato (Vinegar, molasses, synthetic rubber, postage stamp glue, etc.) completely transformed the agriculture of the South
Who is George Washington Carver?
500
The Supreme Court made segregation illegal due to this case
What is Brown v. the Board of Education?