Memorable Men
Who was the first African-American president of the United States?
Barack Obama
Who was the first African-American First Lady of the United States of America?
Michelle Obama
Who made the i have a dream quote/speech
Martin Luther King Jr
Who was the first African-American to play major league baseball?
Jackie Robinson
What did African Americans do in response to the arrest of Rosa Parks?
Organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Where was Martin Luther King Jr born
Atlanta,Georgia
Who has the highest rated talk show
Oprah Winfrey
George Washington Carver
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Beyonce
Name 3 ways African Americans protested during the civil rights movement
Sit-ins, peaceful protests, bus boycotts, ignoring/rejecting the law, moving back to Africa, etc.
Famous trumpet player who revolutionized the world of jazz
Louis Armstrong
Where was Rosa Parks from
Malcolm X
What player in the NBA started Akron I PROMISE?
Lebron James
What Supreme Court decision called for the integration of public schools?
Brown v Board of Education
Nat Turner
Who was the first black female astronaut
Mae Carol Jemison
Knock me down nine times but I get up ten.
Cardi B
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.
Muhammad Ali
In Little Rock, Arkansas, Governor Orval Faubus tried to prevent African American students from entering Central High School by ______?
Using the national guard
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Emmet Till
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Famous Quotes: “If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.” BONUS 100 POINTS for every team that interprets what they think this quote means
Toni Morrison, remember her from yesterday? African American writer who focuses on the black female experience in her novels; won a Pulitzer for her novel “Beloved”
An eye for An for a eye make the whole world blind
Mahatma Gandhi
Movie that just won an Oscar based on a James Baldwin book
If Beale Street Could Talk
Which Supreme court decision legalized segregation? Hint: “separate but equal”
Plessy v. Ferguson