Fun Facts
Maya Angelou's 40th Birthday coincides with this monumental moment in time
What is Martin Luther King Jr's Assassination (Maya Angelou stopped celebrating her birthday and started sending flowers to Dr. King's widow until she passed in 2006).
This person invented the Super Soaker
Who is Lonnie Johnson
This book was developed to guide African-Americans on their travels for 30 years throughout America during Jim Crow
What is the Negro Motor Green Book
This person was the first African-American justice appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1967
Who is Thurgood Marshall
Who is the most grammy awarded female artist with currently 28 under her belt
Who is Beyonce
This town founded in 1908 by Colonel Allen Allensworth was the first all black township of it's time
What is Allensworth, CA (the town is now a state park and can be visited year round).
This person assisted with the creation of the Shock Wave
Who is Lisa Gelobter
What is the NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
This person was the first Black woman in the Senate
Who is Carol Mosley Braun
Name this song and artist: "It's close to midnight and something evils lurking in the dark"
What is Thriller by Michael Jackson
This popular pin-up cartoon was based off of a African-American woman named Esther Jones better known as Baby Esther
Who is Betty Boop
The Vaccine
Enslaved captive, Onesimus, brought the idea to Dr. Boylston in 1721 after a small pox epidemic struck Boston where 240 people were successfully vaccinated advancing science and medicine as we know it (Onesimus was distrusted at first but his at the time Master knew he was smart and thus took the information to Dr. Boylston).
This person is referred to as the "Father of Black History" as a result of his organization's Study of Negro Life and History in 1915
Who is Carter G. Woodson who in 1026 initiated the first Negro History Week in February which then later became Black History Month
This person with the first African-American Astronaut to travel space in 1992
Who is Mae Jemison
Name the show with this theme song: "In West Philadelphia born and raised on the playground where I spend most of my days"
What is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
This woman designed Jackie O's wedding dress
Who is Ann Lowe
Peanut Butter
Who is George Washington Carver (also invented over 300 products using the peanut including dyes, plastic and gasoline)
This woman's cells were collected without her knowledge after a biopsy for a tumor and have been used for various cancer trials becoming one of the most important cancer lines (HeLa) in the advancement medical research
Who is Henrietta Lacks
This person was the first African-American man to become President of the United States
Who is Barack Hussein Obama
What male super group originated from California in 1986
Who is N.W.A. (Straight Outta Compton)
This salty snack often paired with sandwiches and super bowl games was invented by this African-American man
What is potato chip and who is George Crum
Stop Light
Who is Garrett Morgan
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)
This person was the first African-American woman to become Vice President of the United States
Who is Kamala Harris
Who is Misty Copeland