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FIRSTS
INVENTORS
Music/ TV/ and Entertainment
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
POLITICS
100
He was the father of peanuts and was the first to create over 300 uses for this plant, including PEANUT BUTTER (and yes peanuts are plants, not nuts. ( i guess you could say he was definitely nuts for nuts.
Who is George Washington Carver
100
OOh a bright idea of his, His invention lit up the dark. Who is the inventor of the light bulb? (It's not Thomas Edison: #internet-lies)
Who is Lewis Latimer
100
She was ranked as the second-best selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars.
Who is Beyonce Knowles (QueenBee)
100
Her refusal to give up her seat sparked a bus boycott in Alabama.
Who is Rosa Parks
100
He was the first known African American president elected in 2008.
Who is Barack Obama
200
She was the first African American woman to become a self- made millionaire. It's no wonder they call her Madam.
Who is Madame C.J Walker
200
"Sarah Boone, can you press my clothes using your invention." which is the invention of the __________
What is the ironing board
200
This popular black sitcom in the 1990's displayed an all black college featuring actress Lisa Bonet in a spinoff of The Cosby Show.
What is A Different World
200
He led the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950's and 60's and later won a Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent demonstrations.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
200
He was the first African American to serve as a U.S Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
300
They threw him a ball and he swung it far with a wack. His concentration was on the ball and the bat. He was in the major leagues, but not the first accepted as black. He was the first African American, and that's a fact.now guess correct for the points you could rack..., and for the purpose of education, guess for learning also.
Who is Jackie Robinson
300
stop red light, slow down, now it's a green light you could go on and tell me who is the African American who invented the traffic light.
Who is Garret Morgan
300
This was the first television series to portray black people, widely popular among diverse audiences.
What is Amos 'n Andy
300
It was a landmark court case decision of the U.S Supreme Court issued in 1896 also known as Separate but Equal.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson
300
She was the first African American to run for president of the United States.
Who is Shirley Chisholm
400
SILENCE IN THE COURT, now to win your case you must tell me who was the first African American Supreme Court judge.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
400
He was the first African American to build America's first functioning clock. though not named after him, does Big Ben ring a bell.
Who is Benjamin Banecker
400
He is the third best selling music artist worldwide with 750 million albums sold.
Who is Michael Jackson
400
This was an organization founded by W.E.B DuBois in Feb. 12, 1909 and had a very important role in the Civil Rights Movement.
What is the NAACP
500
Name the African American woman and male who touched the stars, and became the first astronauts of their different genders but same race.
Who is Guy Blueford, and Mae (Carol) Jemison
500
______________ was the first African American woman to become a self made millionaire off of her, invention the perm.
Who is Madame C.J Walker
500
He was a child prodigy known as boy-wonder, and later became one of the most critically aclaimed musical performers of our time.
Who is Stevie Wonder.
500
With the 15th Amendment ratification, African Americans gained the right to do this in 1870.
What is the right to vote
500
His murder and lynching sparked the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement in America.
Who is Emmet Till