Black Firsts
The first Black and South Asian women to hold the title of Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
This song launched an iconic music group into stardom in 1970 (hint: it's easy as 1, 2, 3)
What is ABC- Jackson 5?
He broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This Supreme Court case ended legal segregation in U.S. public schools in 1954.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Invented in 1911 by Nathaniel Alexander to make seating more convenient for events and gatherings.
What is the folding chair?
The first African-American professor at a predominantly white university in the state of Ohio.
Who is Oscar Ritchie?
This song was famously covered by Beyonce (hint: I gotta to make sure I'm right girl)
What is Before I Let Go-Frankie Beverly?
This gymnast is the most decorated American gymnast in history, with 41 major international medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
She was the celebrated conductor of the Underground Railroad, helping enslaved people escape to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Invented by Madam CJ Walker to help with hair straightening (hint: you mom might have used it on you).
What is the hot comb?
The first female self-made millionaire in America.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
This Kendrick Lamar song has become an anthem of resistance and liberation (hint: do you feel me?).
What is Alright-Kendrick Lamar?
He is widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Who is Michael Jordan?
Agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century.
Who is George Washington Carver?
Invented by Lonnie Johnson and is one of the best-selling water guns of all time.
What is the Super Soaker?
Famous Jazz singer and first Black artist to win a Grammy Award.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
This music genre, founded in Black communities in the Bronx in the 1970s, is known for DJing, MCing, and breakdancing.
What is Hip-Hop?
This tennis champion has won more Grand Slam singles titles than any other player in the Open Era.
Who is Serena Williams?
This amendment in the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery in 1865.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Invented by Garret Morgan in 1923 (hint: it helps you not get into an accident at an intersection).
What is the traffic light?
The first African American to go to space.
Who is Guion Bluford?
This Grammy‑winning rapper and singer from Tampa, Florida, whose real name is Jaylah Ji’mya Hickmon, rose to fame after viral TikTok hits and won Best Rap Album for Alligator Bites Never Heal.
Who is Doechii?
This boxer famously declared, “I am the greatest,” and became a global icon for sports and activism.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
She was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
Where were spicy bowl invented?