Firsts
Who was the first Black judge to serve on the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
Brown vs. Board of Education
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Tiger Woods
Who is the self-proclaimed "King of Soul"?
James Brown
This is the year that the 13th Amendment was passed that officially abolished slavery
1865
Who was the first Black woman to go to space?
Mae Jemison
Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
Who is the highest scoring NBA player of all time?
LeBron James
Which artist released the Grammy-winning Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers?
Kendrick Lamar
These were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Madame CJ Walker
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
Who was the first Black Major League player?
Jackie Robinson
Which artist is remembered as the “Queen of Jazz”?
Ella Fitzgerald
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
What was the first HBCU (Historically Black College and University, established in 1837?
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Who was the first Black woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Shirley Chisolm
Simone Biles is the most decorated sportsperson in which sport?
Gymnastics
Who holds the record for most Grammy wins?
Beyonce
Who were first two Black quarterbacks to play against each other in the Super Bowl?
Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts
Who was the first Black person to win a Nobel Prize for Literature?
Toni Morrison
Who is the first Black person to serve as Vice President of the United States?
Kamala Harris
Who was the first Black person to win an Olympic Gold Medal?
John Baxter Taylor
Which Billie Holiday song is considered to be one of the first protest songs of the Civil Rights Movement?
Strange Fruit
Who was the first Black woman to be portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Harriet Tubman