Black Card Revoked Round 1

This person was the first person to invent a clock in the United States that rung on the hour.

• Benjamin Banneker

• Denzel Washington

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Barack Obama

First African-American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress in the movie Monsters Ball.

• Whoopi Goldberg

• Halle Berry

• Nia Long

• Dorothy Dandridge

Widely viewed as the best Basketball Player ever, shoes outsell other stars even though he’s retired. He purchased a majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets in 2010.

• Wilt Chamberlain

• Magic Johnson

• Michael Jordan

• Jesus Shuuttlesworth

First African-American to win Miss America.

• Vanessa Williams

• Sanaa Lathan

• Tyra Banks

• Naomi Cambell

This person was born on a cotton plantation in Louisiana and became a Self-Made Millionaire after inventing a line of African-American hair care products.

• Cicely Tyson

• Harriett Tubman

• Madam C.J. Walker

• Rosa Parks

The celebration of Black History Month began as “Negro History Week,” which was created in 1926 by this noted African American historian, scholar, educator, and publisher.

• Huey P. Newton

• Marcus Garvey

• Carter G. Woodson

• Frederick Douglas

Developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, etc. He was also a professor at Tuskegee University. Recognized as the greatest African American inventor in history by Time Magazine in 1941.

• George Washington Carver

• Marvin Gaye

• Otis Boykin

• Elijah McCoy

Acclaimed American poet, author and activist who was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1928. She wrote “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, and “Phenomenal Woman”.

• Viola Davis

• Phillis Wheatley

• Gwendolyn Brooks

• Maya Angelou

In the field of entertainment, the King of Pop holds the record for the most Grammy Awards won in a single year with Eight (8).

• Jimi Hendrix

• Michael Jackson

• Ray Charles

• Prince

She transformed the face of media and revolutionized daytime talk shows with her self-titled talk show, which aired for 25 seasons.

• Nia Long

• Oprah Winfrey

• Beyonce'

• Queen Latifah