Advertising
Hired by Young and Rubicam in 1955, he may have been the first African American in advertising. In his first two years as a copywriter and composer at Y&R, he produced 75% of all the music for the agency.
Who is Roy Eaton?
Hyram S. Thomas was a chef who created what popular snack?
What is potato chips?
Bill Russell became the nation’s first Black American head coach of what professional basketball team in 1966.
Who is the Boston Celtics?
In 1954 Dorothy Dandridge was the first black actress to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in what film?
Who is Carmen Jones?
Hailed as Hip-Hop's first Godmother, this singer and music producer produced the first-ever commercially successful rap record: "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang?
Who is Sylvia Robinson?
The first female and African American creative director and VP at Leo Burnett. She gave us Secret deodorant’s tagline, “Strong Enough For a Man, But Made For a Woman” and the Pillsbury Doughboy’s giggle.
Who is Carol H. Williams?
Whose invention completely changed the way food could be transported?
Who is Frederick McKinley Jones?
Founded in 1984, this is the only touring African American rodeo in the world.
What is the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo?
What Alex Haley novel was made into a television miniseries in 1977 and 1979?
What is Roots
This museum opened in 2021 and is the only museum dedicated to preserving the legacy and celebrating the accomplishments of the many music genres created, influenced, or inspired by African Americans.
What is the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM)?
Harry was the first art director for Motown. This Clio Hall of Fame member, while at Y&R, helped to create the United Negro College Fund’s “A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste,” “Quality Is Job 1” for Ford and “Stuck on Band-Aid” for the iconic bandage brand.
Who is Harry Webber?
She may have been the first Black woman to earn a US patent, was an inventor who made significant contributions to agriculture with her corn husker and sheller.
Who is Martha Jones?
On September 7, 1960, she made Olympic history by becoming the first woman, and the first African American woman, to win three gold medals. She became known as the fastest woman in the world.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
He became the first black man to win an Oscar for his role in his leading role in Lilies of the Field?
Who is Sidney Poitier?
The man, nicknamed the “Godfather of Soul”, performed in front of a televised audience in Boston the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated and was credited for preventing further riots with his performance.
Who is James Brown?
She was the first African American hired as a copywriter at J. Walter Thompson in the early 1960’s. Her agency created KFC’s “We Do Chicken Right” tagline. She fought hard to prove that emotions sold better than features.
Who is Caroline Jones?
He pioneered antioxidant use when he discovered that foods with fats and oils spoiled when certain ingredients react with oxygen in the air. He also proved that some spices exposed food to microbes that sped up the process of food spoiling.
Who is Lloyd Augustus Hall?
Light years ahead of Venus and Serena Williams, this woman, sometimes described as a “forgotten pioneer,” was the first Black tennis player to win a Grand Slam in 1956. She then went on to win 11 Grand Slam tournaments over the course of her career.
Who is Althea Gibson?
The title characters of this 2020 film set in the 1960s are an FBI informant & Black Panther leader Fred Hampton
What is Judas and the Black Messiah
Before he was a blockbuster actor, this gentleman along with partner Jazzy Jeff, won the first-ever Grammy for best rap performance. They however boycotted the awards because the category was barred from television.
Who is Will Smith?
He and his team created sponsored events for clients such as The Kraft Foods Black College Fair, the Acapulco Black Film Festival, and popularizing Men Who Cook programs before other agencies.
Who is Byron Lewis?
He invented a bread-making machine that could mix ingredients and knead dough so quickly and efficiently, it did the work of six men — and did it cheaper and more hygienically than it had ever been done before.
Who is Joseph Lee?
According to an unproven legend, at Media Day before Super Bowl XXII, what response did African American quarterback Doug Williams give to a reporter who asked him, “How long have you been a black quarterback?”
What is “I’ve been a quarterback since high school and I’ve been black all my life”?
These 2 films, recent back-to-back winners, both have 9 letter titles that end with the same 5 letters.
What is Moonlight and Spotlight?
Former President Barack Obama has won two Grammy Awards. First in 2005 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams from My Father (best-spoken word album), and second for his 2007 political work, The Audacity of Hope. In 2022, he was nominated for his audio version of this book?
A Promised Land