Famous Figures
Who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat?
Rosa Parks
Who was the first African American president?
Barack Obama
Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball?
Jackie Robinson.
Which civil rights activist believed in nonviolent protest?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who became the first African American woman billionaire?
Oprah Winfrey
Who gave the famous "I Have a Dream Speech"?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Which African American woman became U.S. Vice President in 2021?
Kamala Harris
Which basketball legend is known as “His Airness”?
Michael Jordan.
What was Rosa Parks' job at the time of the bus boycott?
A seamstres
Which African American woman has 35 grammys?
Beyonce
Which abolitionist helped lead enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Who was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Who became the first African American woman to win Olympic gold in gymnastics?
Gabby Douglas
Who was the young group of African American students desegregated Central High School in 1957?
Little Rock Nine
Which African American NBA player holds the record for most points scored in a game?
Kobe Bryant
Which legendary boxer was known as “The Greatest”?
Muhammad Ali
Who co-founded the NAACP in 1909?
W.E.B. Du Bois.
Who holds the record for most Olympic gold medals by a female track and field athlete?
Florence Griffith Joyner, known as Flo-Jo
Who was the six year old girl that was escorted by federal agents into an all white elementary school?
Ruby Bridges
Which African American actors has the most Oscars?
Denzel Washington
Who was the first African American woman elected to Congress?
Shirley Chisholm
Who was the first African American U.S. Secretary of State?
Colin Powell.
At the 1960 Olympics, who was the first American woman to win three Gold Medals in track?
Wilma Rudolph
W.E.B DuBois was a prominent African American civil rights activist, scholar, and co-founder of what organization?
NAACP
George Washington Carver