African American First
Who was the first African-American first lady of the United States?
Who is Michelle Obama?
Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who is Barack Obama?
Who became the first Black female host of a nationally syndicated daily talk show?
Who is the Oprah Winfrey?
What is the name of the official U.S. federal holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans?
What is Juneteenth?
Elected in 2020 as the first Black person, first Asian American person, and first woman to ever serve as Vice President of the United States of America.
Who is Madam Vice President Kamala Harris?
Who founded The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909?
Who is W. E. B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells?
Who was nominated for 88 Grammy Awards and holds the record for most Grammy-awarded female artist, receiving 32 awards throughout her famed career?
Who is Beyoncé Knowles?
Who is credited with being one of the major forces behind Democrats’ wins in Georgia in the 2020 Presidential and Senate races?
Who is Stacey Abrams?
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X?
Who won 2 Golden Globes, portrayed Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), and is an honorary member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
Who is Angela Bassett?
Who is the only Mayor in Atlanta Georgia's history to have served in all three branches of government, serving as a judge and City Councilmember before being sworn in as Mayor?
(She is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated)
Who is Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms?
Who was the first black person to serve on the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Which black female activist was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted List in 1970?
Who is Angela Davis?
Which artist won 13 Grammy Awards, has 13 number-one singles on Billboard's Hot 100, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice, and helped open the doors for Black artists on the radio and on television (particularly MTV).
Who is Michael Jackson?
In what year were the first Africans brought to American to work as slaves?
What is 1619
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated in 1954?
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing?
Who, in 1940, at the 12th Academy Awards, made history by becoming the first Black woman to ever win an Oscar?
Who is Hattie McDaniel?