Sports
Who was the first African American to play a sport?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
First African American female to make her own talk-show
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This agricultural scientist helped farmers find great uses for peanut crops.
George Washington Carver
Who stated the “I Have A Dream” speech?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
Who created many peanut-based products?
Who is George Washington Carver?
The first person to win a championship in the NBA
Who is Earl Lloyd?
Who was the first ever African-American comedian?
Who is Flip Wilson?
This African-American was a research chemist and pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants, such as cortisone, steroids and birth control pills. He was inducted into the National Academy of the Sciences, National Inventors Hall of Fame, and the American Chemical Society for his lasting work.
Who is Percy Julian?
Who was the first African American president of the U.S.?
Who is Barrack Obama?
Who patented the first three signal traffic lights?
Who is Garrett Morgan?
Who was the first African American woman to become an athlete?
Who is Alice Coachman?
Who has appeared in at least 149 films?
Who is Samuel L. Jackson OR Who is Morgan Freeman?
This African-American ran away at the age of 11 and was a technician for WWI when he became older.
Who is Frederick McKinley Douglass
Who was the first African American nominated for Vice President of the United States in 1872?(He did not actually become a vice president however.)
Who is Fredrick Douglass?
Who was the first African-American woman to travel to space?
Who is Mae Jemison?
Who is widely considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time, known for her record-breaking 23 Grand Slam singles titles—the most in the Open Era?
Who is Serena Williams?
This African-American earned 33 awards, citations and decorations, including all possible medals of valor from the U.S., as well as three French and one Belgian medal. He is still widely known to be the most-decorated U.S. soldier of all time.
Who is Eddie Murphy?
Who was NASA’s first black female engineer?
Who is Mary Jackson?
W.E.B. Du Bois was the founder of what association?
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
Who is the female ophthalmologist(Eye doctor) who invented laser cataract surgery
Who is Patricia Bath?
He is claimed to possibly be the best African-American Golf player.
Who is Tiger Woods?
Who was the first Black man to sing a solo at the New York Metropolitan Opera?
Who is Robert McFerrin Sr.?
Who performed one of the first successful open-heart surgeries in 1893.
Who is Daniel Hale Williams?
After escaping slavery, this woman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Who invented the more refined version of the ironing board?
Who is Sarah Boone?