Music Artists
What female music group sold 6 million copies for their first album in 1992 ?
Who is TLC
Who was the first track and field star the win 4 Gold medals in an Olympic Games ?
Who is Jesse Owens
Who is the American author and historian responsible for starting Black History Week now known as Black History or African American History Month?
Who is Carter G. Woodson
Who was the first African-American woman to be on the ballot as candidate president?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
Which HBCU was the first in the United States?
What is Cheyney Univesity of Pennsylvania
This iconic figure was a globally recognized singer-songwriter known as the ‘Godfather of Soul’
Who is James Brown
Long before Venus and Serena Williams, who was the first black woman to play at the US Nationals in 1950 ?
Who is Althea Gibson
This U.S. Supreme Court's Decision on May 17, 1954, stripped away constitutional sanctions for segregation by race and made equal opportunity in education the law of the land.
What is Brown vs The Board of Education
Who was the first Black Supreme Court Justice who used the courts to fight Jim Crow and dismantle segregation in the U.S.?
Who is Thurgood Marshall
How many HBCUs are there in total?
What is 107
She stepped on that stage at Super Bowl XXV and brought the world to a hush with the all-time greatest rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner,”
Who is Whitney Houston
Who was the first black player in the National Hockey League ?
Who is Willie O’Ree
A cross-disciplinary intellectual and social movement that examines the intersection of race and law in the US and challenges mainstream American liberal approaches to racial justice.
What is Critical Race Theory?
Who was the first African American to serve in the house of representatives?
Who is Joseph Rainey
Taraji P. Henson, Chadwick Boseman, LaLa Anthony, Kamala Harris, Sean "Puffy" Combs and Thurgood Marshall all attended this HBCU.
What is Howard University
In the 1930s this world-renown singer broke barriers in Hollywood and is known for the song, ‘What a Wonderful World’.
Who is Louis Armstrong
He received a record number of seven National League MVP awards, 12 Silver Slugger awards, 14 All-Star selections, holds many MLB hitting records, including most career home runs (762), most home runs in a single season (73, set in 2001), and most career walks.
Who is Barry Bonds
She's a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times Magazine, and creator of the landmark 1619 Project.
Who is Nikole Hannah-Jones?
This fullback for the Cleveland Browns became a prominent civil rights activist.
Who is Jim Brown
What are the two HBCUs that have an all-boy and all-girl student body?
What is Morehouse College and Spelman College
She sold more than 40 million albums, won 23 Grammys, and was awarded the National Medal of The Arts By President Ronald Regan?
Who is Ella Fitzgerald
Which African American basketball star made history when she became the first woman to dunk during a professional basketball game in 2002 ?
Who is Lisa Leslie
As the sport's lone Black driver, he played a critical part in NASCAR's push for inclusion and equality, including its ban of the Confederate flag at races.
Who is Darrell "Bubba" Wallace
He helped guide hundreds of people marching for voting rights across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama as they were attacked by state troopers wielding clubs and tear gas. The day is referred to as Bloody Sunday.
Who is John Lewis
What is the name of the one HBCU located in California?
What is Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science