Sports
He was the first basketball player to score 100 points in a single game, and was also the first to score 30,000 points in the NBA.
Who is Wilt Chamberlin?
A scrub is _____?
What is a guy that can't get no love from me?
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Rosa Parks
This United States Supreme Court case that ruled segregation was legal, as long as equal facilities were provided for both races
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
She was one of the original players of the WNBA and also the 1st player ever in the league to dunk in a game.
Who is Lisa Leslie?
A cosmetics brand launched in September 2017 by singer Rihanna. Popular for its broad inclusivity across skin tones and gender, especially its Pro Filt'R foundation. The original foundation launch included 40 shades, since expanded to 50. It was named one of Time magazine's best inventions of 2017.
What is Fenty Beauty?
She was an American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist, humanitarian, and civil rights activist best known for starting a private school for African-American students in Daytona Beach, Florida and co-founding UNCF and founding none other than....... NCNWWWWWW
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
This amendment of the constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery to this day (as long as you aren't sent to prison).
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
This man was the first African American to play in the MLB.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Known for their infamous catchphrase "PERRRRIIOOODT".
Who are the City Girls?
"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder"
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
What was the name of the organization founded by W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Archibald Grimke, Henry Moskowitz, along with many others. The organizations mission is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
He was an American lawyer and became the first African American Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. He also played a vital part in ending legal segregation during the Civil Rights Movement through the landmark 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
What is Black Panther?
Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carver?
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X?
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
He was the first African-American to play in the NFL.
Who is Frits Pollard?
Was an American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. He first attracted attention for his graffiti under the name "SAMO" in New York City. He sold sweatshirts and postcards featuring his artwork on the streets before his painting career took off. He collaborated with Andy Warhol in the mid-1980s, which resulted in a show of their work.
Who is Jean-Michel Basquiat?
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Birmingham Church Bombing?
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell?