African American Firsts
The first African American invited to dine at the White House.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Who said, "The time is always right to do what is right."
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
The Supreme Court case that decreed a slave was his master's property and found that African Americans were not citizens.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
The name of the woman who was told "bye" in the movie "Friday" starring Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, and John Witherspoon.
Who is Felicia?
This artist created the “Minneapolis Sound,” a mix of soul, dance, funk, and rock and roll music that featured synthesizers and drum machines.
Who is Prince?
He was the first African American male appointed as a Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1993.
Who is Alan Page?
Who said, "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
Who is Barack Obama?
The Supreme Court decision that decreed that public schools should be integrated.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
He is universally regarded as one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
She was the first African American female appointed as a Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court in 2012.
Who is Wilhelmina Wright?
The first African American female millionaire?
Who is Madame CJ. Walker?
Who said, "I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up."
Who is Rosa Parks?
The Supreme Court case stating that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal".
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
He was the first rapper to visit the White House.
Who is Eazy E?
This couple lived at Fort Snelling in the 1830s.
Who are Dred and Harriett Scott?
The year the first Africans were brought to American to work as slaves.
What is 1619?
Who said, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This president appointed Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
She became the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Gone With the Wind.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
This event led to the establishment of the Duluth branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
What are the 1920 Duluth Lynchings?
The first African American to become a lawyer after passing the Ohio bar in 1854.
Who is John Mercer Langston?
Who said, "In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute."
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The firm Michelle Obama worked at as a junior associate and where she met Barack Obama in 1989.
What is Sidley & Austin (now Sidely Austin LLP)?
The reason Black History Month is in February.
What is to coincide with Frederick Douglass’s and Abraham Lincoln’s birthdays?
Born in part of the Northwest Territory that later became the State of Minnesota and is believed to be the first black person born in Minnesota.
Who is George Bonga?