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They were the first African American students to integrate Little Rock Central High School
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
Helped bring about the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery
He is the first African American golf champion to tour the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit
Who is Tiger Woods
The first African American elected president
Who is Barack Obama ?
The most famous line from The Color Purple.
What is "All my life I had to fight"?
This famous African American inventor developed peanut better and 400 plant products
Who is George Washington Carver?
This famous African American woman refused to give up her seat to a white man which helped start the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who is Rosa Parks?
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?
This Supreme Court decision said that segregated public schools were not really equal and should be integrated
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
She is the first African-American woman to host a nationally syndicated talk show and she is also the first African American woman billionaire
Who is Oprah Winfrey
The first African American woman to go into space
Who is Mae Jamison?
The name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
He was the first black man to play in major league baseball
Who is Jackie Robinson ?
The Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
He is known as the "King of Pop." His "Thriller" album has sold more records than any other in history
Who is Michael Jackson?
This author became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature
Who is Toni Morrison
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?
Who is Malcolm X ?
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
She was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for U.S. President
Who is Shirley Chisholm
First black woman television host who now has her own television network.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
The first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
The main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations
Who is Martin Luther King Jr. ?
I was nicknamed, "Flo Jo", and had 6" long fingernails. I held many world records in track and field.
Who is Florence Griffith Joiner?
The first African American women to serve on the U.S Supreme Court
Most award-winning female artist of all time. Was married to R&B's bad boy.
Who is Whitney Houston?