Innovators
She was the first Black woman to become a doctor of medicine in the United States.
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, which changed the perception of American dance, was founded in what year?
What is 1958
This American sprinter in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, won three gold medals making her the first American woman ever to do so.
Who Is Wilma Ruldolph?
Originally a gospel singer, this woman would merge her church singing background with an R&B style to be known as the Queen of soul.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
He was the first Black man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio in 1854.
Who is John Mercer Langston
She was the first African American to win an Oscar for the movie Gone With the Wind's but was not allowed to attend the national premiere.
Who is Hattie McDaniel
In this year the 15th Amendment guarantees that the right to vote cannot be denied because of race, color or previous servitude.
What is 1870
She was the first Black woman to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated also she was the first Black player to win a Grand Slam title, a five-time slam winner, and the first Black woman to join the LPGA.
Who is Althea Gibson
She is the first-ever black woman to author a play performed on Broadway. She wrote A Raisin in the Sun.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry
He was the first African American ever elected to the U.S. Senate. He represented the state of Mississippi from February 1870 to March 1871
Who is Hiram Rhodes Revels
She was the first African-American woman to be ordained as an Episcopal priest.
Who is Anna Murray
In this year the NAACP was founded
What is the year 1909
This NBA Legend is the only player to Win 11 NBA Titles.
Who is Bill Russell
She earned the nicknames Queen Of Jazz and The First Lady Of Song being one the most influential Black musicians of jazz’s golden age.
Who is Ella FItzgerald
He became the first African American billionaire when he sold the cable station he founded, Black Entertainment Television (BET) in 2001.
Who is Robert Johnson
He was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal.
Who is John Baxter Taylor
What year did Little Rock Central High School become first integrated high school in America?
What is the year 1957
Not only was he the first Black MLB manager this man was a first-ballot Hall of Famer. He won two championships and is the only player to be named MVP in both the American League and National League.
Who is Frank Robinson
These two rap artist won a Grammy in 1988 but boycotted the show because their category was not aired on television.
Who is Will Smith And DJ Jazzy Jeff
In 2008, he became the first Black president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
This college was the first historically Black university to grant degrees in the United States.
What is Lincoln University
This year more than 200,000 people marched in Washington, D.C., in the largest civil rights demonstration in the nation’s history.
What is the year 1963
He was the first Black head coach in the NFL (all while still playing running back) for the Akron Pros and several other teams. He was also one of the first two Black men to play in the NFL and played on seven different teams
Who is Frederick "Fritz" Pollard
This man holds the record of longest span of number ones for a male act in the Billboard Hot 100 with a span of 25 years and seven months. He has had 13 number-one singles on Billboard's Hot 100, making him the male artist with most No. 1 Hits in the Hot 100 era.
Who Is Michael Jackson
In January 2021, She became the first woman of African or Asian descent to become vice president.
Who is Kamala Harris.