African American First
Quotes
African Americans in Government
Civil Rights Movement
Famous African Americans
100
The first African American golf champion to tour on the PGA.
Who is Tiger Woods
100
"I never ran my train off the track and never lost a passenger."
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
The Supreme Court decision, decreed that public schools should be intergrated.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education
100
By refusing to give up her seat on a public bus, she sparked a boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks
100
This amazing man is the self proclaimed, "greatest boxer of all time"; was originally named after his father Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
200
The first African American to serve as the U. S. Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell
200
"The time is always right to do what is right?"
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr
200
The Supreme Court case, decreed a slave was his master's property.
What is Dred Scott vs. Sandford
200
Founded the NAACP
Who is W. E. B. DuBios
200
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
The first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a postage stamp.
Who is Booker T. Washington
300
"Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave." "I rise, I rise, and I rise."
Who is Maya Angelou
300
The Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as the "facilities were equal".
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson
300
Broke off from the Nation of Islam to form the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
Who is Malcolm X
300
The first African American female millionare with her revoluationary black hair products.
Who is Madame C. J. Walker
400
This author became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Beloved" and "The Bluest Eyes")
Who is Toni Morrison
400
"If the Negro doesn't succeed in today's America, it is becuase he has chosed to fail."
Who is Jesse Owens
400
The first African American woman to be on the ballot as a condidate for President.
Who is Shirley Chisholm
400
The leader of the Civil Rights Movement and Noble Peace Prize winner.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
400
The Rapper with the most solo records sold.
Who is Jay Z
500
The year that Africans were first brought to America to work as slaves.
What is 1619
500
"I don't want a Black History Month." "Black History is American History."
Who is Morgan Freeman
500
The African American elected President of the U. S. in 2008.
Who is Barack Obama
500
A racially motivated attack on a church that caused the death of four girls.
What is the Alabama Church Bombing
500
The first African American admitted into the National Inventor Hall of Fame in 1990 for
Who is George Washington Carver
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