African American Firsts
The first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit
Who is Tiger Woods?
This man said, "The time is always right to do what is right"
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This was the first African American to be elected as president of the U.S. in 2008
Who is Barack Obama?
Her refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956
Who is Rosa Parks?
This man is the self–proclaimed “greatest boxer of all time”
Who is Muhammad Ali?
The first African-American female television host
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Which athlete said, "I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me."
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This organization was founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
What is the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples)?
This famous singer-songwriter was the lead singer of Destiny's Child
Who is Beyonce?
This man was a primary contributor to the Harlem Renaissance
Who is Langston Hughes?
Which actor said, "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."
Who is Morgan Freeman?
This Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
The main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's. He won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Regarded by many as the NBA's greatest all-time player, this man played 15 seasons in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards
Who is Michael Jordan?
This author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula", "Caged Bird" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Maya Angelou?
This woman said, "I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger"
Who is Harriet Tubman?
These laws called for the segregation of blacks and whites
What are Jim Crow Laws?
This constitutional amendment outlawed slavery
What is the 13th amendment?
This African American athlete won 4 gold medals at the Olympics and was a track star
Who is Jesse Owens?
The first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This man said, "You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man."
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This man was the first African American to become a U.S. Supreme Court justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the steps of this Washington D.C. location
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
He was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball
Who is Jackie Robinson?