History
In 2022 this phenomenal woman was the first African-American woman to appear on U.S. currency.
Who is Maya Angelou?
First used by Billboard magazine in the 1940s, what does the term "R&B" stand for.
What is Rhythm and Blues?
H.B.C.U. stands for
What is Historically Black Colleges and Universities?
In 1960, four African American college students staged a sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.
What is Woolworth's?
This talk show host starred in a supporting role in "The Color Purple"
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
In 1954 this landmark Supreme Court case declared segregation unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
During Jim Crow, African American’s used this travel guidebook in order to avoid sundown towns and other dangerous areas and find lodgings, businesses, and gas stations that would serve them.
What is the Green Book?
In 1857, this thriving community of predominantly African-American homeowners were forced to move after the city of New York acquired the land through eminent domain to build what we now know as Central Park.
What is Seneca Village/Seneca Falls Village?
James Weldon Johnson wrote this hymn which was written as a poem and is widely known as the Negro National Anthem.
What is “Lift Every Voice & Sing”?
What N.A.A.C.P. stands for.
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
This individual invented the first three-light traffic light & the gas mask.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
Known for their Amateur Night, this Harlem house of entertainment has helped jumpstart the careers of innumerable singers, dancers, rappers, and musicians.
What is the Apollo Theater?
This state-sponsored system of segregation prohibited African Americans from buying homes in White neighborhoods and wouldn't insure mortgages in and near African-American neighborhoods.
What is redlining?
This television show was the first to display the African American Family in a positive light.
What is the Cosby Show?
This Constitutional Amendment gave Blacks equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This NYC based African American founded Dance Company is well-known for the piece “Revelations” and is the largest modern dance company in the US.
What is the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater?
This was the year that interracial marriage was legalized in the U.S.
What is 1967?
In 1940 Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to win an Academy Award for her role as Mammy in this movie.
What is Gone With the Wind?
In 1821, newly emancipated from slavery, he became the first Black inventor to be granted a U.S. patent.
Who is Thomas L. Jennings?
In America, slaves used this hairstyle as a way of communicating with each other and even as a map of their journey to freedom.
What is cornrows?