Firsts
Who was the first Black President of the USA?
Who is Barack Obama!
“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.”
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.”
Who is Desmond Tutu
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Who was the first Black American invited to the White House?
Who is Booker T. Washington
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”
Who is Langston Hughes
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Who is Malcolm X
Who is the first Black superhero in mainstream American comic books?
Who is Black Panther
“We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort.”
Who is Jesse Owens
Which fourteen-year-old black boy was allegedly lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmet Till
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
Which 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
“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.”
Who is Rosa Parks
Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carver
What was the The historic 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education?
Prohibited racial segregation in public schools