African American First
They were the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'
Who is Harriet Tubman
This well known civil rights leader is currently serving their 17th term in the House of Representatives from the state of GA.
Who is Rep. John Lewis
Their 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 African American inventor developed over 300 different derivative products from peanuts.
George Washington Carver
They were the first African American to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
"The time is always right to do what is right"
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
This Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
This religious organization, headed by MLK, played a crucial role in the success of the Civil Rights Movement
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
This African American mathematician's work was crucial to NASA's first manned spaceflights
Who is Katherine Johnson
This person became the first Black Billionaire when they sold Black Entertainment Television (BET) in 2001.
Who is Robert Johnson
"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
This Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
They were known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X
She was the first black woman to graduate with a PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Who is Shirley Jackson
This author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison
"Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."
Who is Muhammad Ali
They were the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President
Who is Shirley Chisholm
These two civil rights activists founded the Black Panther Party with the intention of protecting black communities from state oppression.
Who were Bobby Seale and Huey Newton
As an Afro-Cuban, they were the first black astronaut in space
Who was Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
They were the first African American to win a Grammy Award.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald
"I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."
Who is Morgan Freeman
They were the first African American to serve in the US Congress
Who was Hiram Rhodes Revels
They were the first African American to refuse to give up their seat for a white person during the Jim Crow Era.
Who was Claudette Colvin
This Nigerian-born computer scientist invented the world's fastest computer.
Who is Philip Emeagwali