Famous Activists
A leader in the abolitionist movement, an early champion of women’s rights, and author of ‘Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
A. Harriet Tubman
B. Frederick Douglas
C. Michael Jordan
Frederick Douglas
A former American basketball player who led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships and won the Most Valuable Player Award five times.
A. Kobe Bryant
B. Gabby Douglas
C. Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
The first black President of the United States.
A. Robert Abbott
B. Reginald F Lewis
C. Barack Obama
Barack Obama
A Canadian rap musician who also has worked as an actor on the TV show Degrassi.
A. Drake
B. Toni Morrison
C. Maya Angelou
Drake
The first African American female astronaut.
A. Ella Baker
B. Stevie Wonder
C. Mae C. Jemison
Mae C. Jemison
She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad.
A. Shirley Chisholm
B. Michelle Obama
C. Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman
The first Black athlete to play Major League Baseball after joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
A. Thurgood Marshall
B. Jackie Robinson
C. Marian Anderson
Jackie Robinson
The first black First Lady of the United States.
A. Michelle Obama
B. Diana Ross
C. Madam CJ Walker
Michelle Obama
A famously blind musician.
A. Quincy Jones
B. Diana Ross
C. Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
An African American writer whose poems, columns, novels, and plays. Which made him a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
A. Maya Angelou
B. Michelle Obama
C. Madam CJ Walker
Madam CJ Walker
A Civil Rights activist who fought racism "by any means necessary," including violence.
A. Rosa Parks
B. Malcolm X
C. Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
The first African American to win the individual all-around event in the Olympics.
A. Gabby Douglas
B. Madam CJ Walker
C. Maya Angelou
Gabby Douglas
The first African American woman in congress.
A. Shirley Chisholm
B. Michelle Obama
C. Barack Obama
Shirley Chisholm
Singer and actress who was part of the 1960s pop/soul trio the Supremes before embarking on a successful solo career, also starring in such films as 'Lady Sings the Blues' and 'The Wiz.'
A. Michelle Obama
B. Diana Ross
C. Bessie Coleman
Diana Ross
American newspaper editor and publisher who founded the Chicago Defender, the most influential Black American newspaper during the early and mid-20th century.
A. Robert Abbott
B. Reginald F Lewis
C. Spike Lee
Robert Abbott
She continued the legacy of her husband, Martin luther King Jr.
A. Coretta Scott King
B. Ella Baker
C. W.E.B. Du Bois
Coretta Scott King
An American professional tennis player that has won several Olympic medals.
A. Diana Ross
B. Stevie Wonder
C. Serena Williams
Serena Williams
The first African American on a U.S. postal stamp. Known for having rival philosophies with W.E.B. Do Bois.
A. W.E.B. Du Bois
B. Langston Hughes
C. Booker T Washington
Booker T Washington
The first nonfiction bestseller by an African American woman for her 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. She spent about 5 years in silence.
A. Maya Angelou
B. Madam CJ Walker
C. Marian Anderson
Maya Angelou
The only student in the history of the school, Harvard Law School, to be admitted without applying.
A. Carter G Woodson
B. Reginald F Lewis
C. Frederick McKinley Jones
Reginald F Lewis
She co-founded the organization In Friendship to raise money to fight against Jim Crow Laws in the deep South.
A. Jackie Robinson
B. Ella Baker
C. Serena Williams
Ella Baker
Former pro basketball player who won five NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers while establishing himself as one of the game's all-time greats.
A. Langston Hughes
B. Kobe Bryant
C. Muhamad Ali
Kobe Bryant
The first Black American to earn a PhD from Harvard University.
A. Langston Hughes
B. W.E.B. Du Bois
C. Drake
W.E.B. Du Bois
An African American writer whose poems, columns, novels and plays made him a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
A. Louis Armstrong
B. Drake
C. Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
One of the first physicians to perform open-heart surgery in the United States and founded a hospital with an interracial staff.
A. Daniel Hale Williams
B. Garret Morgan
C. James Baldwin
Daniel Hale Williams