African American First
Who was the first African-American baseball player in the MLB?
Who is Jackie Robinson
Who is Beyonce's husband?
Who is Jay-Z
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956?
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
Who was the first black millionaire?
Who is Madam CJ Walker
Who was once a big producer but is now jail?
Who is P. Diddy
What black actor played the characters 'Killmonger' and 'Johnny Storm'?
Who is Michael B. Jordan
Name one of the founders of the NAACP
Who are W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Story, Lillian Wald, Henry Moskowitz
What was the first black sorority?
What is Alpha Kappa Alpha
Who starred in the 1988 movie "Coming to America?"
Who is Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Shari Headley, James Earl Jones
Who was the first black artist to have a music video played on MTV?
Who is Michael Jackson
Who was the NAACP first field secretary in Mississippi who was assassinated in 1963?
Medgar Evers
Who was one of the founders of the Street Transgender Action Revolutionaries?
Marsha P. Johnson
Who was the first black male tennis champion?
Who is Arthur Ash
Who wrote "Dear Basketball,"?
Who is Kobe Bryant
This African-American's calculations were critical to NASA's space missions, including the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission.
Who is Katherine Johnson
Who was the first Black American Supreme Court Justice, appointed in 1967?
Who is Thurgood Marshall
Who was the first African American woman to go to space?
Who is Mae Jemison
Who is Jack Johnson
Name FOUR Jordan Peele movies
Nope, Us, Get Out, Monkey Man, Candyman
This black actress was the first black woman to win a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2015. (hint: her walk)
Who is Viola Davis
Who is the highest ranking woman in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference? (hint: she was also in MLK's inner circle and mentioned in the Philosophy Club collaboration)
Who is Dorothy Cotton
Who was the first person to give up their seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama at fifteen years old?
Who is Claudette Colvin