Sports
Which track & field star was the first athlete to win 4 gold medals in an Olympic Games?
Jesse Owens
Who was the first African-American in 1890 to record music commercially?
George W Johnson
What Black Inventors invented the toilet paper holder?
Mary and Mildred Davidson
What was the original name of Overtown?
Colored town
Where was the first Juneteenth celebration?
Galveston, TX
She is the first black person to win a major tennis title and be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. In 1957 and 1958, she won championships at Wimbledon, England.
Althea Gibson
Who became the first Black person to win an Oscar for her supporting role in Gone With the Wind?
Hattie Mc Daniel
Who was the black woman who, in 1957, invented the elastic sanitary belt band that held sanitary napkins in place and helped advance hygiene options for menstruating women?
Mary Kenner
People that were raised in Overtown are often known as?
Towners
Who was the first African American to publish a book of poetry?
Phillis Wheatley
Who became the first African American to win gold in the Olympics in 1908?
John Taylor
Who is the first Afro-Latino to be nominated for Best Actor?
Colman Domingo
What is the name of the black woman who invented the first home security system while she was a full-time nurse living in New York City in 1966?
Marie Van Brittan Brown
At its peak, How many people resided in Overtown?
50,000
What is an at-promise girl?
An amazing and promising young girl whose bright future is in danger of harm or self-harm and who needs our help, protection, and guidance.
At the age of 22, he became the first Black man to play in an NBA basketball game. He was inducted into the basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.
Earl Lloyd
Who is probably most famous for writing and directing the movies "Fruitvale Station" (2013), "Creed" (2015), and "Black Panther"?
Ryan Coogler
What is the name of the Black man who worked hand-in-hand with both Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell to develop the carbon filament in modern light bulbs and helped design Bell’s telephone?
Lewis Latimer
Popular with blacks and whites alike,[5] Overtown was a center for nightly entertainment in Miami, comparable to Miami Beach, at its height post-World War II in the 1940s and 1950sIn what year did Overtown become a city?
1896
What is Juneteenth, and why do we celebrate it?
Juneteenth celebrates the freedom of more than 250,000 slaves at the close of the Civil War. The holiday is based on events that occurred mainly in Texas, but it is now celebrated nationally and is recognized as a state holiday in 37 states of the United States, including New York.
The First Black player in the NHL was Wille O’Ree. What team did he play for?
Boston Bruins
Who produced the first-ever commercially successful rap record: “Rapper’s Delight,” by the Sugar Hill Gang. And along with her husband, co-owned the first hip-hop label, Sugar Hill Records?
Sylvia Robinson
Who was the black physicist and engineer who in 1969 invented the camera to photograph ultraviolet images in space that captured the first UV images of the Earth’s atmosphere?
George Carruthers
What was Overtown know for in the late 19th through the mid-20th century?
Overtown was known as the greatest historic center for commerce in the black community in Miami and South Florida.
Who invented the term at-promise girl and why?
Girl Power Rocks, Inc., invented At-Promise Girls in 2020, because it removes the negative stigma from girls who have been unfairly and negatively labeled by our nation and society of being in danger of harm or failure. Girl Power choose to see our girls through the lens of their potential strength, greatness and possibilities and what they are capable of contributing their families, schools, communities and our world.