Politics
Born in Hawaii, and represented Illinois in the U.S Senate from 2005-2008
Who is President Barack Obama
Promoted more then 300 uses for peanuts
Who is George Washington Carver
Referred to as the Black Mamba
Who is Kobe Bryant
Claims to be from Atlanta, but is from the UK
Who is 21 Savage
A self-defense organization, that monitored police activity in then community
Which is the Black Panther Party
Named after the biblical character in the Book of Ruth, but people often mispronounce her name
Who is Oprah
Played a pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott and known as " the First Lady of Civil Rights"
Rosa Parks
First African-American to serve on the U.S Supreme Court
Who is Thurgood Marshall
Inventor of the automatic traffic signal
Who is Garret A.Morgan
Who was the first American athlete to win 4 gold medals in one Olympics
Who is Jesse Owens?
Curtis James Jackson III goes by the artist name_______
50 Cent
What does NAACP stand for
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
She wrote the book "Becoming"
Who is Michelle Obama
His father changed his name as well as his from being inspired by the Protestant Reformation Leader
Martin Luther King Jr.
First African American Women to serve as mayor of a major American city (District of Columbia), elected in 1990
Sharon Pratt Kelly
Inventor of the dry-cleaning process called "dry scouring"
Who is Thomas Jennings
Led the 49ers to back-to-back NFC Championships and a Super Bowl appearance in 2012. Also known for his activist movement
Who is Colin Kaepernick
These two music artist starred in Poetic Justice
Janet Jackson & Tupac Shakur
Which is Jack & Jill of America, Inc.
She was the 1st African American actress to be nominated for best actress academy award
Who is Dorthy Dandridge?
Born in Omaha, Nebraska with the original last name "Little"
Malcolm X
First African American to serve as U.S Secretary of Commerce, serving under Bill Clinton
Who is Ron Brown
Invented a line of African-American hair care products in 1905
Madam CJ Walker
First fighter ti capture the heavyweight title three times
Muhammad Ali
The Miseducation of _______
Who is Lauryn Hill
Prince Hall Organized the African Lodge #459 allowing blacks to join the first lodge of this type.
What is Masonic Lodge?
First Black women to serve as the US National Security Advisor and Secretary of State
Who is Condoleeza Rice
Publicly opposed Booker T.Washington's "Atlanta Compromise", Published "The Souls of Black Folk" & co-founded the NAACP
W.E.B. Du Bois
First African American Elected to OKC City Council
Dr. A. L. Dowell
He is responsible for inventing the Super Soaker water gun
Who is Lonnie G. Johnson?
First African-American to play in Major League Baseball
Who is Moses Fleetwood Walker
T.D.E stands for
Top Dog Entertainment
What year was the Black Student Association Founded here on UCO's Campus
1969
Legendary poet and award-winning author, wrote a memoir titled "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" in 1969
Who is Maya Angelou
Before Rosa Parks, this woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama
Who is Claudette Colvin?