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What is the name of the first black Greek fraternity for college students?
Alpha Phi Alpha
Who was the first African-American woman to serve as a United States Supreme Court justice?
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson
Beyoncé used to sing with this hit group.
Who is Destiny's Child?
This black hair entrepreneur invented the hot comb.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
The first black woman to own a TV studio.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
The first African American to play in the MLB.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This case resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that no black-free or slave could be a US citizen?
What is the Dred Scott case?
First Black woman to enter space
Who is Mae Jemison?
The first woman and first Black American to run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Who wrote the bestselling memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?
Maya Angelou
The first Black writer to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Toni Morrison?
He started the "Back to Africa Movement" and was later deported back to his homeland in Jamaica.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
He won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany.
Who is Jesse Owens?
invented the gas mask and the 1st traffic signal
Who is Garrett Morgan ?
This movie told the story of African-American women and their role at NASA
What is Hidden Figures?
The youngest person to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress
Who is Quvenzhane Wallis?
First African American to run for a major party’s presidential nomination in 1972.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
What was the first widely distributed label to be owned, operated, and marketed to African Americans?
Black Swan Records
What was the first Black-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
What is BET Black Entertainment Television?
What year did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech?
What is 1963
What TV show is known for highlighting Historically Black Colleges/Universities, where the students attended Hillman University?
The Cosby Show
Who wrote “Lift Every Voice & Sing” aka the Negro National Anthem?
James Weldon Johnson
The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
The Apollo Theater was opened in what city?
Harlem, NY