African American Firsts
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
Who was a mathematician who worked at NASA and was depicted in the Hidden Figures movie.
Who is Katherine Johnson
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
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.
Who is Muhammad Ali
Who was 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 Martin Luther King, Jr.
What famous African American inventor, community leader, and businessman is known for inventing the three-way traffic signal
Who is Garrett Morgan
What civil rights leader wanted African Americans to work hard and earn their equality from whites. He did not believe in pushing for the ending of segregation or equal rights now. He thought blacks should focus on working hard, saving money & getting a practical education so they would be superior laborers.
Who is Booker T Washington
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
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington
Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Who is Maya Angelou
Who was an agricultural scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts, sweet potatoes and soybeans.
Who is George Washington Carver
What event took place on May 31 and June 1, 1921, when mobs of white residents, some of whom had been deputized and given weapons by city officials, attacked Black residents and destroyed homes and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US.
What is The Tulsa Race Massacre
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary Black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison
Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Who is Muhammad Ali
Who was an African American chemist who developed the first successful treatment for those suffering from Hansen’s disease (leprosy)
Who is Alice Ball
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
Who was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. He specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history"
Who is Jesse Owens
Who was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.
Who is Jackie Robinson
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Who is Morgan Freeman
Who was a computer scientist and mathematician that was part of the group of "human computers" depicted in the Hidden Figures movie.
Who is Dorothy Vaughan
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing
Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carver