Black First
Who is the first black Marketing Director at LJA
Who is Donya Elder
What Louisiana food dish combines native West African and European food traditions dishes
What is Gumbo
Who is the founder of Black History Month
Carter G Woodson
Who is the King of Pop
Michael Jackson
Who is the first father and son duo in the NBA
Who is LeBron and Bronny James
What was the first intercollegiate Greek-letter organization fraternity founded for African American men at Cornell University?
What is Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc - Founded Dec. 4th, 1906
What baked dessert is made with a fruit filling and biscuit topping?
Cobbler
Famous NASA mathematician whose work helped send astronauts into orbit and to the moon.
Katherine Johnson
This genre, pioneered by Black musicians in the 1930s and 1940s, blended jazz and gospel to shape rock & roll.
What is rhythm and blues (R&B)
This person holds the NFL record for the most career rushing yards
Emmitt Smith - 18,355 yards
Who founded the first interracial hospital in the US and was the first in the world to successfully perform open heart surgery?
Daniel Hale Williams
This dish, made from cornmeal and water, was a survival food for enslaved people and later became a Southern breakfast staple
What are grits
This African American inventor is credited with creating the door lock in the 19th century.
A.W.Martin
This jazz icon, known as the "First Lady of Song," became the first Black artist to win a Grammy in 1958, the award show's inaugural year.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald
This legendary pitcher holds the record for the oldest "rookie" debut at 42 years old and the oldest player to compete at 59 years old.
Satchel Paige
Who is the first Black woman to achieve EGOT status (winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award)?
Whoopi Goldberg
Which popular food product, invented by an African American woman named Ruth Wakefield, was later used to create the iconic "Chocolate Chip Cookie"
Chocolate Chip
Despite having only an elementary school education, this Black inventor and son of an enslaved parent revolutionized both safety on the roads and in hazardous environments by creating an improved three-light traffic signal and a life-saving gas mask.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
Which R&B diva is known for her powerful voice and songs like "Vision of Love" and "Hero," and is often referred to as the "Songbird Supreme"?
Mariah Carey
In 1961, this trailblazing golfer became the first Black player to join the PGA Tour, later winning the Greater Hartford Open and Los Angeles Open before earning a spot in the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Who is Charlie Sifford
Who was the first person to call Muslims to prayer and broke deep-rooted social norms by becoming Islam’s first muezzin(the person that calls people to prayer)
Who is Bilal Ibn Rabah
This is what enslaved people were given to eat, as slave owners kept the prime cuts of meat for themselves—leading to the creation of what fading staple African American pork dishes
What are chitterlings, pig feet, and pig ears?
This ruler is considered the richest person of all time, with so much gold that his generosity caused an economic crisis.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This "Father of the Delta Blues," known for his iconic song "Cross Road Blues" and his unique slide guitar style, is one of the most influential blues musicians of all time.
Who is Robert Johnson?
What activist and global icon was the first three-time heavyweight champion in history, "fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee".
Muhammad Ali