Math and Science
Katherine Johnson was an African American mathematician whose calculations on orbital mechanics were critical to what space organization.
What is NASA?
This Constitutional Amendment gave Black people equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This author wrote a Newbury award winning graphic novel called "New Kid."
Who is Jerry Craft?
This scientist spent multiple summers at Nature's classroom and is our resident D&D expert.
Who is Mr. Laird?
Alain LeRoy Locke was an African American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts who was known as the BLANK of the Harlem Renaissance.
What is Father?
Neil deGrasse Tyson is a renowned academic who studied this starry subject.
What is astrophysics?
This group of students was the first to integrate a high school in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
This author utilized the dialect of southern African Americans in her writing. Her novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God" is an American classic.
Who is Zora Neal Hurston?
This powerhouse was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This musical phenom was known as "The Prince of Motown."
Who was Marvin Gaye?
She was the first black woman to enter space
Who is Mae Jemison?
HBCU stands for this
What is Historically Black College and University
This poet wrote "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Who is Maya Angelou?
This educator lived in New York and rubbed shoulders with artists and musicians, including Childish Gambino and Drake
Who is Mr. Padilla?
All for one and one for all! Alexandre Dumas, the son of a Haitian general, wrote this beloved classic.
What is "The Three Musketeers"?
Almyra Oveta Fuller (1955-2022) was an associate professor of microbiology and immunology at University of Michigan Medical School and specialized in research of this immunodeficiency virus.
What is HIV/AIDS?
The first woman and first Black American to run for the Democratic nomination for the President of the United States.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This youngest inaugural poet spoke at the presidential inauguration on January 20, 2021.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
This educator once read 370 books in a year.
Who is Ms. Hutchings?
"A Raisin in the Sun," a play that debuted on Broadway in 1959 was written by this talented woman.
Lorraine Hansberry
Civil rights activist Margaret Collins, nicknamed "Termite Lady" because of her extensive research on termites, was a prodigy. She started college at 14, discovered a new species of termite, and was the first African American woman to earn a PhD in the study of insects, known as this.
What is entomology?
Booker T Washington was the founder and president of this educational institution.
What is the Tuskegee Institute?
This Ohio native and genre bending author was the first Black writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This author, teacher, and poet won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950, making her the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize. That's Real Cool.
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?
This Massachusetts native and prolific sociologist was the first African American to earn a PhD from Harvard in 1895.
Who is W.E.B Dubois?