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Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods?
However, in 1952 at the Phoenix Open, a PGA sponsored event, Charlie Sifford was the first black man to participate in professional golf tournament.
She was a civil rights activist, poet and award-winning author known for her acclaimed 1969 memoir, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings', and her numerous poetry and essay collections. Two of her most familiar poems are 'Still I Rise' and 'Phenomenal Woman'.
Who is Maya Angelou?
He was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell?
Her refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks?
He wrote a version of the song "Happy Birthday" which is very popular among the black community.
Who is Stevie Wonder?
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest 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?
Though he may be best known as poet, he was prolific in a wide variety of writing styles. He wrote plays, children's books, short story collections and 15 books of poetry. He attended Comlumbia University to study engineering instead of writing, by his father's insistence.
Who is Langston Hughes?
She was one of a group of black women mathematicians who broke barriers at NASA. Who were celebrated in the 2016 movie “Hidden Figures.” She recently passed at the age of 101.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This organization was founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There are branches located nationwide. It also has it's own award ceremony which is televised yearly.
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
She 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?
His childhood dream was to play professional basketball. He spent his younger years growing up in Italy where his father retired from the NBA and continue to play at a lower level. He was the first in NBA History to be drafted directly from High School.
Who is Kobe Bryant?
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 African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who is Barack Obama?
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?
Before this African American entertainer headed to Bellaire in a cab with dice in the mirror where was he coming from?
Where/What is West Philadelphia?
He was the first Black Athlete to play Major League Baseball in the 20th centtury when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. He had a decade long career recording an impressive .311 career batting average.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
She was an American politician, educator, and author. She was also the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
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?
In 1939, she was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award (Oscar). "I shall always hold it as a beacon for anything I may be able to do in the future," she said. "I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry."
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
In his lifetime, he was widely considered the greatest track and field athlete in history. In the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, he emerged as the most decorated athlete winning four gold medals.
Who is Jesse Owens?
Who said "Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company."
This person was also the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Signed into law July 3, 2019, it is the first legislation passed at the state level in the United States to prohibit discrimination based on hair style and texture. California is the first and only state that prohibits this in a workplace or school.
What is the CROWN Act?
(Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural hair.)
The Black Panther Party, originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was a revolutionary political organization was founded October 15th, 1966 in Oakland California. Name one of the three founding members.
Who is Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, or Elbert Howard?
He was the first African American entertainer with a network television series.
Who is Nate King Cole?