THEE First African American
QUOTES

African Americans In Government
Culture, Music, Art
Famous African Americans
100
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
100
Who said, "For Africa to me ... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place."
Who is Maya Angelou?
100

Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?

What is What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?

100

A holiday celebrated on June 19th to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the U.S.

What is Juneteenth?

100
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles?
200
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who Colin Powell?
200
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?
200

What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

200

This group of brothers founded a music group during the 1960's. They sang 'ABC' and 'I want you back'.

Who is the Jackson 5?

200
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmet Till?
300
Who was the first African American female millionaire?
Who is Madame CJ. Walker?
300
Who said, "The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself--the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us--that's where it's at."
Who is Jesse Owens?
300

Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?

300

A scrub is a ______?

What is a guy that can't get no love from me?

300
Who's the most decorated gymnast of all time?
Who is Simone Biles?
400
In what year were the first Africans brought to American to work as slaves?
What is 1619?
400
Who said, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
Who is Frederick Douglass?
400

Who was elected President of the United States in the year 2008?

Who is Barrack Obama?

400

She was the first African American to win an Academy Award for supporting actress in 'Gone with the Wind' in 1939.

Who is Hattie McDaniel?

400

Who was an American preacher who dedicated her life to fighting for for civil and human rights?

What is Sojourner Truth?

500
Who was the first African American invited to dine at the White House?
What is Booker T. Washington?
500

Who said, "I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.

Who is Muhammad Ali?

500

Which amendment of the constitution protects the rights of African Americans?

What is the 13th amendment?

500

This Civil Rights activist is best known for her autobiographies and poetry.

Who is Maya Angelou?

500

Who was considered the formative figure in the modern fight for civil rights in relation to the NAACP?

Who is Dr. Martin Luther King?

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