Music
This rapper is named Sean Carter but goes by
Who is Jay-Z?
This producer paid off $2.75 million dollars of property taxes in West End of Atlanta so that people wouldn't be affected by the increase of taxes from his studio.
Who is Tyler Perry?
He started the "Back to Africa Movement" and was later deported back to his homeland in Jamaica.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
First African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The case resulted in a US Supreme Court ruling that no black-free or slave could be a US citizen.
What is the Dred Scott case?
HBCU is used to describe.
What is Historically Black College and University
16-year-old came out with is first single "RUN IT" making 173 million views.
Who is Chris Brown
In 1959 he founded Motown Record Corporation, the first recording home of the Temptations, Supremes, Marvin Gage, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder.
Who is Barry Gordy Jr.
The Rosa Parks boycott happened at this time.
What is December 1955.
First African American writer to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
The recognition of Black history began a
A. week
B. day
C. Month
What is A, a week?
This six-year-old is responsible for desegregating schools in 1960.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
R and B represents the term from the 1940s billboard magazine.
What is rhythm and blues?
The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
NAACP stands for.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
First African American to play in the MLB?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
During her run for president for the Democratic Party, she had 3 separate assassination attempts on her during.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
The first group of students integrated a high school located in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957.
Who is Little Rock Nine?
She won American Idol for season 3.
Who is Fantasia?
In this 1988 film, Eddie Murphy plays the son of a king who relocated to Queens, NY.
What is coming to America?
This group was originally founded in 1966 to teach blacks self-defense.
What is the Black Panther Group?
First African American Greek fraternity for college students
What is Alpha Phi Alpha?
He started a Muslim newspaper and is known for "by any means necessary"?
Who is Malcolm X
The first African American to receive a PHD from Harvard.
Who is W.E.B Dubois
The artist gained $220 million dollars each year from a partnership with adidas.
Who is Kanye West?
This actress made history as the highest paid actress in TV history earning $450,000 per episode.
Who is Angela Bassett?
The first colony to ban slavery in 1777.
Where is Vermont?
The first U.S. Representative who became a Congressman from South Carolina in 1870 and was reelected four more times.
Who is Joseph Rainey
What hair style was used a map on their journey to freedom?
What are cornrows?
Lebron James created this high school with guaranteed scholarships to all graduates.
What is the Promise School