Black Firsts
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice of the United States?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was the first Black mayor of a major American city?
Carl Stokes
Who wrote the play "A Raisin in the Sun"?
Lorraine Hansberry
Who was known as the "First Lady" of the Civil Rights movement?
Rosa Parks
Who holds the record of 100 points scored in an NBA game?
Wilt Chamberlin
Who was the first athlete to win four gold medals in the Olympic Games?
Jesse Owens
Who was the first African American from a major political party to run for president?
Shirley Chisolm
Who was known as "The Father of Ragtime Music"?
Scott Joplin
Who founded a University in Florida and advised five United States presidents?
Mary McLeod Bethune
Who started the "Back to Africa Movement"?
Marcus Garvey
Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Ralph Bunche
Who was the first Black Senator?
Hiram Revels
Who was nicknamed "Lady Day"?
Billie Holiday
Who was the first noted Black poet in the United States?
Phyllis Wheatley
Who was the "greatest fighter of all times" born Cassius Clay?
Muhammad Ali
Who was the first creative writer known throughout the United States?
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Who was the first Black Congressman?
George Henry White
What Black man was known as "The Father of Russian Literature"?
Alexander Pushkin
What tennis player has won the most singles titles of anyone in history?
Serena Williams
Who was the first African American in space?
Guion Bluford
Who was the first Black jockey to win the Kentucky Derby?
Issac Murphy
Who was the first African American ambassador?
Lester Walton
Who was one of the first American painters to achieve world wide fame?
Henry Tanner
Who wrote a book on lynchings in the United States and co-founded the NAACP?
Ida B. Wells
What leading Black author wrote the book "Native Son"?
Richard Wright