The Arts & Science
This woman became the 1st African American to sing at Wallacks Theatre on Broadway in 1888.
Who was Sissieretta Jones?
In 1875 this act affirmed the equality of all men before the law and prohibited racial discrimination in all public places and facilities, such as restaurants and public transportation.
What is The Civil Rights Act?
The super soaker water gun was invented by this African-American inventor and HBCU graduate. He successfully sued Hasbro for unpaid royalties in the amount of $79.2 million!
Who was Lonnie Johnson?
This woman was the first black lawyer in the United States.
Who was Charlotte E Ray?
This former basketball player has the most NBA championship rings, with 11.
Who is Bill Russell?
This artist is the most awarded artist in the history of popular music, & His achievements helped to complete the desegregation of pop music in the United States.
Who is Michael Jackson?
Known as Juneteenth, on this date, the slaves in Galveston Texas learned that they were free from slavery.
What is June 19, 1865?
Gwen Jimmere was the first African American woman to hold a patent for what type of products.
What are natural hair care products?
This AME Seminary is the oldest free standing African American Seminary in the United States.
What is Payne Theological Seminary?
Hattie McDaniel became the first black actress to win an Oscar on February 29, 1940, for this movie.
What is "Gone With the Wind"?
The Nicholas Brothers developed the type of dance known as classical tap. It is a combination of these three types of dance.
What is jazz, ballet, and tap?
This woman assisted slaves escape to freedom in the north and assisted the Union Army with transporting and organizing supplies.
Who was Sojourner Truth?
George Carruthers perfected a compact ultra violet camera / spectra graph for NASA's use on this mission.
What was Apollo 16?
In this year, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
What is 1967?
This basketball player has the record for the most points in any NBA Basketball game with 100 points in 1962 for the Philadelphia Warriors, now known as the Philadelphia 76'ers.
Who is Wilt Chamberlain?
This African-American scientist discovered methods for storing and processing blood plasma.
Who was Charles R. Drew?
This abolitionist was the first Pastor of Mt. Zion AME Church in Columbia Pennsylvania.
Who was Stephen Smith?
Alice H. Parker filed for a patent in this year for her heating system which used natural gas.
What is 1919?
Bryan Stevenson, primarily known for his work, exonerating falsely accused individuals on death row with his Equal Justice Initiative based in this city.
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
This former member of Bethel AME Church, Scranton, PA, is the only African-American male to receive EGOT status, winning an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony.
Who is John Legend?
This person founded the first interracial hospital, Provident Hospital and Training School for Nurses on May 4, 1891 and performed the first successful heart surgery in 1893.
Who is Daniel Hale Williams?
This Bishop appointed Rev. Dr. Patricia S. McAllister to serve as pastor of Mt. Zion AME Church on January 23, 2006.
Who was Bishop Richard Franklin Norris?
This man invented the fastest computer in 1989 and is known as the Bill Gates of Africa.
Who was Dr. Philip Emeagwali?
Founded in 1837, this is the oldest Historically Black College (HBCU)?
What is Cheyney University?
This former track & field star known as the "fastest woman of all time," still holds the record for the 100-meter and 200-meter races set in 1988.
Who is Florence Griffith Joyner (better known as Flo Jo)?