Who was the first African American to be elected to the US Senate?
Hiram Rhodes Revels
She's won 24 Grammys, dabbled in acting, producing, and directing, and launched an activewear collection.
Beyonce
Who started Negro History week which turned into Black History Month?
Carter G. Woodson
Who is Neil DeGrasse Tyson?
He is an American astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author, and science communicator.
He was an American artist with Haitian and Puerto Rican roots.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Who was the first Black president of the US?
Barack Obama
Is Titus Kaphar an inventor, doctor, artist or scientist?
artist
Born in 1956, she was an engineer, doctor and NASA astronaut! She was the first African-American woman to travel to space
Mae Jemison
What is Jean-Michel Basquiat famous for?
art
Who was the first Black man to become a lawyer & uncle to Langston Hughes??
John Mercer Langston
She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America.
Madam C.J. Walker
He was an American inventor and patent draftsman for the patents of the incandescent light bulb
Lewis Latimer
What is Mary Eliza Mahoney known for?
She was the first African-American in the US to earn a professional nursing license
He was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.
George Washington Carver
He is the only actor to gross $100 million domestically with eight movies in a row
Will Smith
What is Patricia Bath known for?
Laser cataract surgery
Who inspired the Montgomery bus boycott?
Rosa Parks
Born in 1845 she was the first African-American in the US to earn a professional nursing license
Mary Eliza Mahoney
Born in 1877 and only having an elementary education, he invented the traffic light and a hair-straightening product
Garrett Morgan
Who as the first Black female US Vice President?
Kamala Harris
He is an American astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author, and science communicator.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Who was one of the 1st Black Millionaires?
Robert Johnson, Oprah Winfey or Michael Jordan
Name a movie Will Smith was in.
Men in Black, Bad Boys, Independence Day, Spy, Shark Tales, Hancock, I am Lengend
This famous doctor opened the first hospital with an integrated staff (which means both black and white nurses and doctors worked there)
Daniel Hale Williams
What did George Washington Carver discover?
He was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.
Who participated in the Nashville sit-ins, lead the Montgomery marches & lead the incident known as Bloody Sunday?
John Lewis
She was an early pioneer of laser cataract surgery.
Patricia Bath
Name one song by Beyonce.
Single Ladies, Crazy in Love, Irreplaceable, Si yo fuera un Chico, etc.
What was the first Black Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
What did Daniel Hale Williams accomplish?
This famous doctor opened the first hospital with an integrated staff and The first African American cardiologist who performed the first successful open heart
What did Lewis Latimer have patents for?
He was an American inventor and patent draftsman for the patents of the incandescent light bulb
He grew up as Shawn Carter in the projects of Brooklyn, New York. He's one of the greatest rappers of all time, he's worth 610 Million Dollars. He's married to Beyonce
Jay Z
Who was the first Black player in the NBA?
Earl Lloyd
What is Shawn Carter's stage name?
Jay Z
Name one thing Madam C.J. Walker invented.
Black hair products, shampoo, pomade,
He is an American painter whose work reconfigures and regenerates art history to include the African-American subject
Titus Kaphar
Who was the first African American to win a Academy Award?
Hattie McDaniel
Who was the first African American in professional baseball?