Black Music
The first female solo artist to have seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously
Who is Nicki Minaj?
This was the year when the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified, abolishing slavery.
What is 1865?
Who was the youngest player to be drafted into the NBA and played for the LA Lakers for 20 years?
Who is Kobe Bryant?
He was the first Black President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
the most decorated American gymnast — male or female — of all time.
Who is Simone Biles?
Ties the Beatles as only artist with at least 20 hot 100 top 10's in a single decade.
Who is Drake?
This organization was founded in Oakland in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
What is the Black Panther Party?
Who studied directing at Howard University and was known for his roles in "42", "Marshall", "Get On Up", and "Black Panther"?
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
He became the first Black Supreme Court Justice in 1967.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
She became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in ABT's (American Ballet Theatre) 75-year history.
What is Miste Copeland?
This was the first Black woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year.
Who is Lauryn Hill?
This president officially recognized Black History Month.
Who is Gerald Ford?
Who was known for the hit "Welcome to the Party? and the album "Shoot For the Stars Aim For The Moon?"
Who is Pop Smoke?
Ella Fitzgerald was one of the two first African Americans to win this award.
What is a Grammy?
These sisters have won a combined 30 Grand Slam titles in tennis.
Who are Venus and Serena Williams?
This was the first music video by a black artist to appear on MTV.
What is Billie Jean by Michael Jackson?
The name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's church.
What is Ebenezer Baptist?
Who was a civil rights activist who later served as the Georgia House Representative for 33 years?
Who is John Lewis?
In 1773, Phillis Wheatley became the first known African American woman to do this.
What is to publish a book?
the first woman of color (teen) and the first Black gymnast in Olympic history to be the Individual All-Around Champion
Who is Gabby Douglas?
What is the name of the song often coined as the “Black National Anthem”?
What is Lift Every Voice and Sing?
This is the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Who is Ralph Bunche?
Name one of the three female mathematicians who overcame sexism and racism in the workplace to help the U.S. win the Space Race?
*100 bonus points: name all three
Who is Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson?
She was the first African American woman to serve in the U.S. Army, pretending to be a man.
Who is Cathay Williams?
After overcoming childhood polio, she became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field in a single Olympics.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?