African American Firsts
What is the first free black nation in the Western Hemisphere?
Haiti
Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Muhammad Ali
Who was 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?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who was the first African American vice president of the United States?
Kamala Harris?
Which African American artist sings the well known song "Umbrella" ?
Rhianna
Who was the first African American to become a Major League baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars? (also known for singing "All the Single Ladies")
Beyonce Knowles
Who was the first female African American billionaire in the U.S.?
Oprah Winfrey?
Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Maya Angelou?
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
The Alabama Church Bombing
Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Barack Obama?
Who was a professional basketball player known as the Black Mamba. A shooting guard, and spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Kobe Bryant
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Tiger Woods
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Harriet Tubman
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Rosa Parks
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
Brown v. Board of Education
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.
Muhammad Ali
Who was the first African American to be elected into the Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black History is Americans history."?
Morgan Freeman?
Who was known as a Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. He also disagreed with Martin Luther King Jr.'s non-violent approach and encouraged black pride.
Malcolm X
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Madame CJ Walker