FAMOUS FIRSTS
QUOTES
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN GOVERNMENT
RANDOMS
CIVIL RIGHTS
100
THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL SLAVE REVOLT TOOK PLACE IN 1804
What is Haiti?
100
"BRINGING THE GIFTS THAT MY ANCESTORS GAVE, I AM THE DREAM AND THE HOPE OF THE SLAVE. I RISE I RISE I RISE"
Who is Maya Angelou?
100
THIS SUPREME COURT DECISION DECREED THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD BE INTEGRATED
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
100
THIS MAJOR CELEBRATION INITIALLY KICKED OFF AS NEGRO HISTORY WEEK
What is Black History Month?
100
THIS FAMOUS BLACK ACTOR PLAYED ERNEST GREEN OF THE LITTLE ROCK NINE IN THE MOVIE: "THE ERNEST GREEN STORY"
Who is the finest black man to ever walk this earth - Morris Chestnut?
200
HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO HAVE HIS LIKENESS PORTRAYED ON A U.S. POSTAGE STAMP
Who is Booker T. Washington?
200
"I NEVER RUN MY TRAIN OFF THE TRACK AND NEVER LOST A PASSENGER"
Who is Harriet Tubman?
200
THIS SUPREME COURT CASE DECREED A SLAVE WAS HIS MASTER'S PROPERTY AND AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE NOT CITIZENS
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
200
FINISH THESE LYRICS: "I remember Marvin Gaye, used to sing ta me. He had me feelin like _______________"
Black was the thing to be - Tupac
200
W.E.B. DU BOIS AND MARY W.OVINGTON CO-FOUNDED THIS CIVIL RIGHT ORGANIZATION
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
300
THIS WOMAN WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTRESS TO BE FEATURED ON PRIME TIME TV
Who is Diahann Carroll?
300
"THIS SWELTERING SUMMER OF THE NEGRO'S LEGITIMATE DISCONTENT WILL NOT PASS UNTIL THERE IS AN INVIGORATING AUTUMN OF FREEDOM AND EQUALITY"
What is the "I Have A Dream Speech" - Martin Luther King
300
THIS PERSON WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO BE ON BALLOT AS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
300
IN THE 1940'S, THIS FAMOUS NOBEL PRIZE WINNER MAJORED IN SOCIOLOGY AT THE TENDER AGE OF 15.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
300
IN 1967 THE SUPREME COURT RULED TO INVALIDATE LAWS PROHIBITING INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES
What is Loving Vs. Virginia - The Lovings
400
THIS AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Who is Toni Morrison?
400
"I DON'T WANT A BLACK HISTORY MONTH. BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY"
Who is Morgan Freeman?
400
THIS SUPREME COURT CASE STATED THAT SEGREGATION WAS LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AS LONG AS "FACILITIES WERE EQUAL"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
400
THURGOOD MARSHALL, SPIKE LEE AND OPRAH ALL ATTENDED THIS UNIVERSITY
What is Lincoln University?
400
THIS HONORABLE WOMAN WAS THE FIRST TO REFUSE TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A BUS IN MONTGOMERY
What is Claudette Colvin
500
IN 2014, SHE BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO BE NOMINATED FOR A GOLDEN GLOBES BEST DIRECTOR CATEGORY
Who is Ava DuVernay - Selma
500
"THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO PREPARE FOR IT TODAY"
Who is Who is Malcolm X?
500
IN THE 114TH CONGRESS, HOW MANY MEMBERS HELD A POSITION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES?
46
500
FINISH THESE LYRICS: "I whistled for a cab and when it came near _________________________"
The license plate said "Fresh" and it had dice in the mirror
500
THIS CIVIL RIGHT LEADER WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO EARN A PHD FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY IN THE 1800's
Who is W.E.B Dubois?
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