Firsts
Who was the first African American golf Champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods?
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who is Barack Obama?
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
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 serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell
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
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Who performed at the 57th Superbowl Halftime show?
Who is Rihanna?
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
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Who is Morgan Freeman
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
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 holds the most Grammy's of any woman in history?
Who is Beyonce?
Who was the first African American to earn a Bachelor of Science degree?
Who is George Washington Carver?
Who said "What's the world for if you can't make it up the way you want it?" Toni Morrison
Who is Toni Morrison
Who was the first African American man to become a presidential candidate?
Who is Frederick Douglass
What was the first integrated school in the US?
What is Little Rock Central High School?
who was the first African American to win a Grammy?
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
Who was the first African American Actor to win an Oscar?
Who is Hattie McDaniel
Who said "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."
Who is Booker T Washington?
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
What was it called when the residents of Albany, Georgia launched a campaign to remove segregation in all public places?
What was the Albany movement?
What Director has the highest-grossing original debut of all time amassing $255 million? (and won an Academy award for best original screenplay)
Who is Jordan Peele?