Black Sports Figures
What was the birth name of Muhammad Ali?
What is Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.
He was a famous poet who became popular during the Harlem Renaissance. He is famous for his poems "A Dream differed","I Dream", "mother to son"
Who was Langston Hughes
his man is credited with blood storage techniques to better blood banks, however, no amount of blood could have saved his life.
Who is Dr. Charles Drew?
Who was the first African American President Elected into office?
Who is Barack Obama?
This African American man was a prominent minister and leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This man was the first African American to play in the MLB.
Who is Jackie Robinson
He is known as the "King of Pop." His "Thriller" albulm has sold more records than any other in history
Who is Michael Jackson
Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carver
What was the name of the organization founded by W.E.B. Du Bouis
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
This Black man was born Elijah Robert Poole is Georgia, he founded the Nation of Islam and later changed his name.
Who is Elijah Muhammad?
He was a member of the 1992 Olympic Dream Team and the Chicago Bulls basketball team. He is credited with making the NBA internationally known
Who is Michael Jordan
This writer was famous for his literary works like "notes of a native son" and "If Beale Street could talk"
Who is James Baldwin?
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
This famous man was the first African American to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State
Who is General Colin Powell
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity? Hint: (He has a famous picture of him looking outside his window with a rifle in his hand)
Who is Malcolm X
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
He was the father of Ragtime music during the 1900s.
Who Was Scott Joplin?
This neurosurgeon successfully completed a groundbreaking surgery on two conjoined twins in 1987 at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Who is Dr. Ben Carson?
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
This person said they heard visions from God that helped her escape from slavery. She later helped many other slaves escape to freedom.
Who was Harriett Tubman?
What Year did Jackie Robinson Break the Color Barrier in the major league?
What is 1947?
This poet was famous in the 1800s for poems like "life" and "The Heart of Happy Hollow" 10 Extra points
*This is My favorite poet*
Who was Paul Laurence Dunbar?
She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Who is Mae C. Jemison
This man founded the UNIA movement which stated all blacks should return back to Africa.
Who was Marcus Garvey?
This Methodust Minister the Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Who is Richard Allen?