Inventors
The creator of the super soaker water gun
Lonnie Johnson
The Queen of Soul
Who is Aretha Franklin?
The first African American to earn a Bachelors of Science degree
Who is George Washington Carver?
This Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated
What is Brown v. Board of Education
The time is always right to do what is right.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Inventor of the Self-closing elevator door
Alexander Miles
Legend has it, he sold his soul for guitar mastery.
Who is Robert Johnson?
The first African American to star in her own TV show
Who is Ethel Waters?
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
"I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger."
Who is Harriet Tubman
The inventor of the pump fire extinguisher
Thomas J Martin
The Godmother of Rock and Roll
Who is Sister Rosetta Tharp?
The first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit
Who is Charles Luther Sifford?
The first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
“I saw the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point, I had to have a camera.”
Who is Gordon Parks?
The inventor of the modern home security system, including a closed circuit monitoring system
Marie Van Brittan Brown
The best selling African American musician of all time
Who is Michael Jackson?
She became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
The first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State
Who is Colin Powell?
"Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Maya Angelou
She was largely credited with envisioning and planning VoIP technologies
Marian Croak
This blues musician has a song on Voyager One
Blind Wille Johnson
The first African American woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal
Alice Coachman
Free win
500 points
Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.
Who is Coretta Scott King?