Say What?
A dancing contest among African Americans in which a cake was awarded as a prize for Black slaves where they were forced to spend Sundays dressing up and dancing in a way of ridiculing enslavers and the white upper classes
What is a Cakewalk
This cookie brand was founded in 1975 by Wally Amos.
What is Famous Amos?
What law Permitted violence against African Americans, limiting their voting abilities, and segregating from white people
What is the Jim Crow Laws
He was born into slavery and became a leader trying to abolish slavery
Who is Fredrick Douglass
Who is the all time grammy awarded female artist with currently 32 Grammys and 79 nominations under her belt?
Who is Beyonce
An outing or occasion that involves taking a packed meal to be eaten outdoors where a Black person was selected to be lynched and music was played to make this into a family gathering
What is a Picnic?
Touch-Tone Telephone was created by Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson in what year.
1987
This event in history lasted 18 hours and was the result of a white mob attacking residents, homes, and businesses in the predominantly Black Greenwood neighborhood. Also known as Black Wall Street.
What is the Tulsa race massacre?
She made 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people. Hint:Ms Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman
What female gymnast holds 19 Gold Medals and a total of 25 Gymnastic Championship Medals? Making her the most decorated gymnast ever?
Who is Simone Biles?
This is a classist phrase that refers to the cheapest, worst seats in a theater that were often the only seats Black Americans were allowed to purchase in the early- to mid-1900s
What is the Peanut Gallery?
George T Sampson created the first automatic what? hint: You can take your clothes off the clothes hanger
Automatic Clothes Dryer
According to the Trans-Atlantic Trade Database. How many slaves were shipped to the US from 1525-1866?
What is 450,000
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BY 1810 there were over an estimated 4 million slaves in America.
This woman was the first Black woman to run for President in 1972 and was almost assassinated 3 times
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
NBA Superstar Shaquille O'Neal began his career with which team?
Los Angeles Lakers
This term refers to the surcharge of a pregnant slave by a slave Auctioneer.
What is Knocked Up
Phillip Downing
This period in time occurred From the 1910s until the 1970s when approximately six million Black people moved from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states
What is the great migration?
Who is Maya Angelou
Who is Shonda Rhimes
These were left along the trails black people took while escaping slavery to quiet the hounds tracking runaway slaves.
What are Hush puppies?
Invented the first sanitary Belt (Pads) for women
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner -1957 adjustable moisture-proof napkins pocket
This date marks the day in history that all enslaved people were made aware they were actually free and officially ended slavery
What is Juneteenth (June 19, 1865)
Madam C.J. Walker is America's first female, self-made millionaire. What product did her company sell?
Cosmetics /Beauty Products
He is the first African American to own his own film studio. Hint: Madea
Who is Tyler Perry