Black STEM
Famous African American electrical engineer who made inventions for the modern lightbulb and telephone?
Lewis Latimer
What significant protest took place in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965?
Bloody Sunday
First Black person to win Country Album of the Year (Grammy)?
Beyonce
Who was the first person to refuse their seat on public transportation?
Claudette Colvin
What 3 African American women were instrumental in NASA’s space mission?
Katherine Johnson, Dorthy Vaughn & Mary Jackson
When was the Civil Rights Act passed and who signed it?
1964 LBJ
What famous musician was known as the “Godfather of soul” and considered the founder of funk?
James Brown
First African American woman in space?
Mae Jemison
Who was the African American female inventor and entrepreneur who created hair products for black women?
Madam CJ Walker
Black Activist that popularized the phrase “By any means necessary"
Malcolm X
Main Black sibling characters in popular Black show “The Boondocks” ?
Riley and Huey Freeman
First African American Billionaire?
Robert Johnson(Founder of BET)
Who was the only African American male killed when on board the Challenger?
Ronald McNair
What is the African American activist group that started “the Breakfast Club”?
Black Panther Party
What black trumpeter helped shape jazz?
Louis Armstrong
Who was the first track and field athlete to win 4 gold medals in a single Olympic Games?
Jesse Owens
Who invented the traffic light?
Garrett Morgan
Who helped organise the March On Washington?
Phillip Randolph
First Black person to host Saturday Night Live in 1975?
Richard Pryor
What was the first Black HBCU and where was it founded?
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania