Black History Month Trivia

During the Month of February in celebration of Black History Month, the BBSA will be sponsoring a weekly Black History Month Trivia question. Each week one individual with the correct answer will be awarded $25. Please find this week's question below:

Black History Month Trivia Question #4
I am ____

This gentleman founded the largest African American owned publishing company in 1942. His international media and cosmetic empire includes magazines, cosmetics, and fashion. The covers of early issues of his magazines were graced with celebrities like Lena Horne and Dorothy Dandridge. Unfortunately, he recently passed away, but during his years he sat the Board of Directors for Dillards Inc., First Commercial Bank of Little Rock, Dial Corp., Zenith Radio Corp., and Chrysler Corp. Credited as the first African American on the Forbes 400, his influence can still be felt throughout the African-American community.

Please send your replies to Onokpise@umich.edu by 5pm on Thursday, February 22. A winner will be selected and notified on Friday, February 23.

Black History Month Trivia Question #3

Congratulations to Katie Piet!!

I am

(1) Sheikh Mohammad Hussein Al Amoudi, $6.9B; Corral Petroleum Holdings and MIDROC - construction, oil refineries, real estate

(2) Michael Lee-Chin, $2.1B; CEO of AIC Limited (Canadian mutual fund), Chairman of the National Commercial Bank of Jamaica

(3) Oprah Winfrey, $1.4; Entertainment / TV / Magazine, HARPO Productions

(4) Robert L. Johnson, $1.0B; RLJ Companies Inc., Founder and former President/CEO of Black Entertainment Television, Owner of Charlotte Bobcats (NBA franchise)

(FYI…Sheila C. Johnson, former wife of BET founder Bob Johnson, is considered the first African-American female Billionaire, but is not currently on the list of Forbes’ Billionaires)

In 2006 Forbes reported that there were approximately 790 international billionaires. Of these, there is currently four of some African/Black descent. Three of these four reside in the North America. Please name all four of these individuals and in what businesses they came to prominence.

Please send your replies to Onokpise@umich.edu by 5pm on Friday, February 16. A winner will be selected and notified on Sunday, February 18, when the next question will be posted.

Black History Month Trivia Question #2
Congratulations to James Somers!!

Who am I ???

I AM

The case was Oliver Brown et al. v. The Board of Education of Topeka et al., Kansas.
Linda Brown Thompson was the girl who attended Monroe Elementary while the all-white Sumner Elementary denied her access.

The plaintiffs were: Oliver Brown, Darlene Brown, Lena Carper, Sadie Emmanuel, Marguerite Emerson, Shirley Fleming, Zelma Henderson, Shirley Hodison, Maude Lawton, Alma Lewis, Iona Richardson, and Lucinda Todd.

Thurgood Marshall, who was later appointed to the US Supreme Court, argued the case before the Supreme Court on behalf of the plaintiffs.
The defendants were: Roderick Elliott (Briggs), Board of Education of Topeka Kansas (Brown), County School Board of Prince Edward County Virginia (Davis)

In 1954 a case was decide regarding a young lady who was denied admission to her local elementary school because of her race. The landmark decision by the US Supreme Court explicitly outlawed racial segregation practices in public education facilities. This unanimous decision overruled the “separate but equal” doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson. The chief counsel of the plaintiffs would later be appointed to the US Supreme Court. Please name ALL the parties involved in the case (including Plaintiffs and Defendants) and the name of the case itself.

Please send your replies to onokpise@umich.edu by 5pm on Friday, February 9. A winner will be selected and notified on Sunday, February 11, when the next question will be posted.

Black History Month Trivia Question #1 - Week Ending Feb. 3

Congratulations to Jason Forton!!

Who am I ???

I am Patricia Roberts Harris

I served as a law professor and Dean at Howard University, one of the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities, during the 1960s. President Lyndon B. Johnson named me Ambassador to Luxembourg, making me the first African-American woman to hold such a position. Later, President Jimmy Carter appointed me secretary of Housing and Urban Development again becoming the first African-American woman to serve in a cabinet post. Unfortunately, I lost my Washington, D.C. mayoral run in 1982; nonetheless I am still a part of the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Who am I?