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The first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit
Who is Tiger Woods
This person said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'
Who is Harriet Tubman
This Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This person's refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956
Who is Rosa Parks? (But Claudette Colvin inspired the movement)
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?
The first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State
Who is Colin Powell
This person said "The time is always right to do what is right"
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
This Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King.
What is Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
This person 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?
The first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp
Who is Booker T. Washington
This person 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?
This Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
This person 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?
This woman became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products
Who is Madame C.J. Walker?
This 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
This 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?
This person was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This person 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 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
This fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman
Who is Emmet Till?
In this year, the first Africans were brought to America to work as slaves
What is 1619
This person said "The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."
Who is Malcolm X?
This African American was elected president of the United States in 2008 and 2012
Who is Barack Obama
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that prohibiting interracial marriage was unconstitutional.
What is the Loving v. Virginia?
This person 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?