Show:
What Year??
The FIRST
Inventors
Who Am I
Poets
100
The year Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
What is 1863?
100
The first African-American to play major league baseball.
Who was Jackie Robinson?
100
Developed hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, & soybeans.
Who was George Washington Carver?
100
I helped 300 people escape slavery on the Underground Railroad. I am known as the "Moses" of my people.
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
I am the 1st African American to win the Noble Prize for Literature in 1993.
Who is Toni Morrison?
200
The year Martin Luther King Day declared as a national holiday.
What is 1986?
200
The first African-American woman in space.
Who is Mae C. Jemison?
200
Started the idea of a blood bank.
Who was Charles Drew?
200
am an inventor. I created a chemical solution for straightening hair. I invented a safety hood, also known as the gas mask. I invented a traffic light signal. I founded the paper the Cleveland Call, which was later renamed the Call & Post. Who am I?
Who is Garrett A. Morgan?
200
I read the poem at President Clinton's Inauguration.
Who is Maya Angelou
300
The year the Civil War ended; Lincoln was assassinated; 13th amendment of the Constitution abolishes slavery
What is 1865?
300
The first state to abolish slavery.
What is Vermont?
300
Invented the elevator.
Who was Alexander Miles?
300
As a teenager, I sang in the Philadelphia Choral Society to help support my family. After touring for several years, I made my first recording with the Victor Talking Machine Company. I sang in front of 75,000 people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. I was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Who am I?
Who is Marian Anderson?
400
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech?
What is 1963 ?
400
The first African-American U.S. senator
Who is Hiram Revels?
400
Invented the gas mask and traffic signals.
Who was Garrett A. Morgan?
400
I was born during the slave era, but I was not a slave. I built the first clock in America and I created the popular Farmers’ Almanac which received praise throughout the United States, England and France. Who am I?
Who is Benjamin Banneker
500
Barack Obama is the 1st African American to win a major party nomination for President of the USA
What is 2007
500
The first African American millionaire.
Who was Madame CJ Walker?
500
Invented the steam engine lubricator and the expression “the real McCoy,” meaning the real, authentic, or high-quality thing.
Who was Elijah McCoy?
500
I am the mother of Malia and Sasha. I am the daughter of Robinson. I took of leave of absence from my job because my husband holds a very important political position.
Who is Michelle Obama