African
American Firsts
American Firsts
The first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods?
This African American woman who helped hundred of enslaved people in the US escape to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This Supreme Court decision that ended legal segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Her refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, Alabama buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks?
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?
This is what HBCU stand for.
What is "Historically Black College and University?"
Who was the Black American mathematician and NASA scientist portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures” for her pivotal role in the early days of the U.S. space program?
Who Katherine Johnson?
The only all Black US Women's Army Corps unit sent overseas during World War II. Their group motto was "No mail, low morale".
Who are the 6888?
What holiday commemorates the emancipation of Black people who were enslaved in the US?
A. 4th of July
B. Juneteenth
C. Kwanzaa
What is Juneteenth?
The first Black baseball player in Major League baseball?
a. Willie Mays
b. Jackie Robinson
c. Hank Aaron
Who is Jackie Robinson?
He was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
The first African American to hold a seat on the Surpreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The first black mayor of the City of Chicago.
Who is Harold Washington?
He 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 made the the term "YOLO" (You Only Live Once) popular?
Who is Drake?
She became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products.
Who is Madame CJ Walker
He was the first Black boxer.
a. Muhammed Ali
b. Jack Johnson
c. Mike Tyson
Who is Jack Johnson?
The first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
The main leader of the civil rights movement in the US during the 1950's and 1960's who won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations and gave the famous “I Have A Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This fourteen year old black boy was lynched for allegedly whistling at a white woman.
Who is Emmet Till?
The first Black Disney princess.
Who is Princess Tiana?
He is considered to be the father of Black History Month.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This African American was elected president of the United States in 2008.
Who is BARACK OBAMA?
She was the first African American child to attend formerly whites-only William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
The inventor of peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver?