Musicians 1
Beyoncé used to sing with this hit group.
Who is Destiny's Child?
First Black woman to enter space
Who is Mae Jemison?
The first Black writer to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Toni Morrison?
The first African American to play in the MLB.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
The first woman and first Black American to run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This R&B legend was killed by his father over a dispute about money.
Who is Marvin Gaye?
The first black woman to own a TV studio.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
The youngest person to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress
Who is Quvenzhane Wallis?
He won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany.
Who is Jesse Owens?
First African American to hold a seat on the Surpreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
She started off as a church singer during the Civil Rights era in Detroit and became known as the Queen of Soul.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
He started the "Back to Africa Movement" and was later deported back to his homeland in Jamaica.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
IN 1958, He became the NHL’s first Black player.
Who is Willie O'Ree?
In 1950, She became the first Black tennis player to compete at the U.S. National Championships. Six years later, became the first Black athlete to win a tennis grand slam tournament, capturing the 1956 French Open.
Who is Althea Gibson?
The first group of students integrated a high school located in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
He is arguable, recognized as the undisputed king of reggae.
Who is Bob Marley?
invented the gas mask and the 1st traffic signal
Who is Garrett Morgan ?
The first African-American graduate of Longwood University
N.H. "Cookie" Scott
He was "A two-sport star in professional baseball and football" redefining athletics in the 1980s.
Who is Bo Jackson?
This case resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that no black-free or slave could be a US citizen?
What is the Dred Scott case?
He is a true great in the world of Jazz Piano?
Hint: He was offered his own network variety program on NBC in 1956.
Who is Nat King Cole?
What was the first Black-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
What is BET Black Entertainment Television?
In 1988, he became the first Black quarterback to win a Super Bowl and be named the game's MVP.
Who is Doug Williams?
She is a three-time WNBA most valuable player and two-time WNBA champion, recognized as a pioneer of women’s pro basketball.
Who is Lisa Leslie?
This African American 16-year old girl led a student strike for equal education at R.R. Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia
What is Barbara Johns?