Who was the First?
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on PGA (Professional Golf Association) circuit?
Tiger Woods
Who is known for their " I Have A Dream" speech?
Dr. Martin Luther King
Whose cells have paved the way for advancements of vaccines and medicines?
Henrietta Lacks
Who is the most Grammy nominated artist ever?
Queen Beyonce
Who is the first Black person to own their own major production company?
Tyler Perry
Who is the first African American to win a Grammy?
Ella Fitzgerald
Who played in an important role as one of the first African American to attend a desegregated school?
Ruby Bridges
Who created the routes and connections to create the Underground Railroad that we know of today?
Harriet Tubman
Who beat Elvis in having the most No 1 album on the billboard charts?
Jay Z
Who was the first African American to star in a prime-time drama in the 60s and the first to receive an honorary Academy Award?
Cicely Tyson
Who was the first Black women elected to congress?
Shirley Chisolm. (She also ran for president in 1972)
Who was the first African American appointed as the Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Who is the founder of the #MeToo movement?
Tarana Burke
What Black singer was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice?
Tine Turner and Michael Jackson
Who is the only Black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress?
Halle Berry
Who was the first African American to have a book of published poems?
Phillis Wheatley
Who is known as the leader of the gay liberation movement in the 60s?
Marsha P. Johnson
What is the name of the first women who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Alabama?
Claudette Colvin
TRICK QUESTION
What record company is credited for forming the blueprint for Blues and R&B?
Motown Records
Who is the first black woman to integrate into Broadway and the first Black person to star in her own television series?
Ethel Waters
Who is the most decorated gymnast in history?
Simone Biles
Who are known as the founders if the NAACP?
W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B Wells
Who were the 3 women who played a crucial role in landing the first man on the moon?
Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, and Mary Jackson.
Who was named the most influential rapper and considered one of the greatest artists of all time by Time Magazine?
Tupac Shakur
Who is the mother to Lanny Kravitz and the one half of the first interracial couple to appear on prime-time television on a show called the Jefferson's?
Roxie Roker