African Americans in Sports
Quotes
Vocab
Civil Rights Movement
Famous African Americans
100
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
100
Who said, "Free speech not only lives. It rocks! ... In the end, all you have is your reputation"
Who is Oprah Winfrey
100
What is the separation of humans into ethnic or racial groups in daily life
Who is racial segregation
100
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
100
Who is former Philadelphia African American Mayor?
Who is Mayor Michael Nutter
200
Who was the first African American to play in the Major League Baseball League?
Who is Jackie Robinson
200
Who said "A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything"?
Who is Malcom X
200
What document stated that all slaves shall be free?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
200
Where did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. give his speech famous speech?
What is Washington D.C.
200
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles
300
Who are the sisters who are world famous tennis players?
Who are Williams sisters (Venus and Serena)
300
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
300
What are the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality?
What are civil rights
300
Who was the first African American trumpet player who released "Birth of the Cool" in 1957?
Who is Miles Davis
400
Which African American basketball player is ending his 20 year all-star career this season?
Who is Kobe Bryant
400
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."?
Who is Muhammad Ali
400
What is the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race
Who is racism
400
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?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
400
What African American actor, born and raised in Philadelphia, is known for his star role in "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"
Who is Will Smith
500
Who was the first female African American to win three gold medals in track and field at the Olympics?
Who is Wilma Rudolph
500
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Who is Morgan Freeman
500
What set of laws racial segregation in the Southern United States?
What are the Jim Crow laws
500
Who was the local lawyer who fought to integrate Girard College?
Who is Cecil B. Moore
500
Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts?
Who is George Washington Carver
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