Guilford County History
Sheriff Rogers' is a native of ___________, NC.
What is High Point?
While teaching at Tuskegee Institute, ___________ found new uses for crops including peanuts, sweet potatoes, soybeans, and pecans.
Who is George Washington Carver?
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded this organization that operated on a Ten-Point Program.
What is The Black Panther Party?
She landed her first big role in the American sitcom Blackish.
Who is Marsai Martin?
His most recent role is as the main character in the hit ABC show 'Black-ish'.
Who is Anthony Anderson?
She was the first Black member of Governor Terry Sanford's cabinet
Who is Sarah Herbin?
Her birth name was Sarah Breedlove.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
This congressman was the first black person to be named "speaker pro tem" of the Maryland House of Delegates.
Who is Elijah Cummings?
Yara Shahidi was born in _________, ______.
What is Minneapolis, Minnesota?
T/F- Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures produced the sci-fi film, Black Panther.
What is true?
True/False- Charlotte Hawkins Brown founded the Brown Memorial Institute in Cambridge Massachusetts.
False- What is Palmer Memorial Institute in Cambridge Massachusetts?
He helped draft the patent for Alexander Graham Bell's design of the telephone.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
True/False- The NAACP or National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which is the oldest civil rights organization, was established in 1909 Montgomery, Alabama.
Zendaya starred in this HBO series that told the stories of high school students facing social issues, drug addictions, and body positivity concerns.
What is Euphoria?
True/False- Tyler Perry directed the feature film Us.
False- Who is Jordan Peele?
This university was founded in 1891 as a result of the Second Morrill Act, that mandated a separate college for the colored race.
What is North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University?
Garret Morgan created a breathing machine and a new ____________.
What is a traffic signal?
The Black Lives Matter Movement was founded by ____, _____, and _____.
Who are Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi?
This 14 year old from Austin, Texas is the owner and founder of Me & the Bees Lemonade.
Who is Mikaila Ulmer?
This United Kingdom wrote the anti-apartheid anthem, '(Something Inside) So Strong'.
Who is Labi Siffre?
This American jazz saxophonist and composer was born in Hamlet, NC but grew up in High Point, NC.
Who is John Coltrane?
Who is Otis Boykin?
This documentary recounts the injustice done to five Black and Latino teenagers from Harlem in 1989.
What is When They See Us?
Amariyanna "Mari" Copeny, a youth activist for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan is better known as _____.
Who is Little Miss Flint?
This documentary described the pipeline in black history from slavery to mass incarceration.
What is 13th?