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This pro athlete of Jamaican descent ended his career after earning over $1.2 billion
Who is Floyd "Money" Mayweather
This actress majored in dance and choreography at the Baltimore School for the Arts, where one of her classmates was Tupac Shakur
Who is Jada Pinkett Smith
The first female rapper to receive diamond certification on multiple songs
This politician represented California in the U.S. Senate (2017–21); she was the first Indian American to serve as a U.S. senator as well as the second African American woman
Who is Kamala Harris?
Trinidadian-American scholar, surgeon, and university administrator. He is currently serving as president of Howard University in Washington D.C. since July 21, 2014
Who is Wayne A. I. Frederick?
Which team did, NBA Trinidad and Tobago descendant Mike Bibby, not play for:
Sacramento Kings
Atlanta Hawks
Los Angelos Lakers
New York Knicks
What is New York Knicks
This actress of Trinidadian descent won three NAACP Image Awards and one Black Reel Award. The Best Man (1999), and its sequels The Best Man Holiday (2013)
Who is Nia Long?
Who was the richest female musician in 2021?
Who is Rihanna?
This politician was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives at the age of 29, making her the youngest woman to be elected to the House
Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
In May 2004 he became the first person of Puerto Rican heritage to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate, when he was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19
Who is Joseph M. Acaba?
Who was the first boxer to beat "Iron" Mike Tyson
Who is Buster Douglas?
Bahamian American actor, director, and producer who broke the color barrier in the U.S. motion-picture industry by becoming the first African American to win an Academy Award for best actor (for Lilies of the Field [1963]) and the first Black movie star.
Who is Sidney poitier?
This artist set a Guinness Book of World Records for the most Billboard Hot 100 entries by a solo (female) artist
Who is Nicki Minaj?
The first legally blind person to be sworn in as governor of a U.S. state, and is the first African American to serve as governor of New York.
Who is David Paterson?
In 1996 he was named the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium. The planetarium is part of the American Museum of Natural History, where he has been a research associate in the department of astrophysics since 2003.
Who is Neil Degrasse Tyson?
Alex Rodriquez's 2001 baseball contract, most lucrative in MLB history, was worth $252 million for how many years?
What is 10 years?
The first female black woman to lead a broadcast network drama since, Get Christie Love! aired in 1974
Who is Kerry Washington?
This musician has been credited as an originator of the "neo-soul" movement that rose to prominence during the late 1990s
In 1993 Pres. Bill Clinton nominated _____ to serve as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia
Who is Eric Holder?
She was the first Latina president of the American Public Health Association (APHA), a founding member of the Women's Caucus of the APHA, and a recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal. She is credited with helping to expand the range of public health services for women and children in minority and low-income populations around the world
Who is Helen Rodríguez Trías?
Cuban American, Dara Torres, is tied for the most medals won by a female Olympian from the United States. How many medals did she win?
What is 12?
In 1977 this African American woman was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame. She also is the first African American woman to win an honorary grammy
Who is Cicely Tyson?
This musician helped start a Tuition-Free Public charter for middle and high school called Sports Leadership and Management (SLAM!), which opened in 2013 in Miami's Little Havana, the neighborhood where he grew up
Who is Pitbull?
Trinidadian–American Republican politician and retired naval officer who served as the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Florida from January 4, 2011 to March 12, 2013. She is the first black person, woman and Trinidadian-American elected to the office; she also is the first black person elected to statewide office in Florida since Reconstruction.
Who is Jennifer Carroll?
Experimental physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1968 for work that included the discovery of many resonance particles (subatomic particles having extremely short lifetimes and occurring only in high-energy nuclear collisions).
Who is Luis Alvarez?