African-American Firsts
The first African-American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
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?
This amendment formally abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th amendment?
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?
The first African-American to serve as the United States Secretary of State.
Who is Colin Powell?
Who said “The time is always right to do what is right.”
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
The Supreme Court decision that decreed that public schools should be integrated.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
He was the first African-American to win the Masters Tournament.
Who is Tiger Woods?
The first African-American appointed as a Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Who is Alan Page?
The first African-American invited to dine at the White House.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
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?
She became the first African-American woman on Forbes magazine's "World's Richest People" list, with a net worth of about $1 billion.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
The first African-American to become Attorney General of Minnesota.
Who is Keith Ellison?
The year the first Africans were brought to America to work as slaves.
What is 1619?
Who said “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Who is Frederick Douglass?
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 first artist to win eight Grammy Awards in one night.
Who is Michael Jackson?
The first African-American female judge in Minnesota.
Who is Pamela Alexander?
The first African-American American Bar Association president.
Who is Dennis Archer?
Who said “God’s time is always near. He set the North Star in the heavens; He gave me the strength in my limbs; He meant I should be free.”
Who is Harriet Tubman?
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 first African-American actress to win an Oscar Award for 'Best Actress.'
Who is Halle Berry?
This couple lived at Fort Snelling in the 1830s and later became part of a controversial case addressing the question of slavery in the United States.
Who are Dred and Harriett Scott?