Top Teens of America
This represents the shield bearing a crown, a globe, a scholar, a diploma, an open book, a scroll, and a quill and pen
What is the TTA Emblem ?
This prolific poet, novelist, essayist, and world traveler flourished during the Harlem Renaissance. Some of his most famous poems are: "The Negro Speaks of Rivers,"I,Too, Sing America", "Mother to Son", and "Dreams"
Who is Langston Hughes ?
He won four (4) gold medals for Track & Field at the Olympics in Berlin, Germany in 1936.
Who is Jesse Owens ?
This university is credited with famous alumni such as Taraji P. Henson, Sean Puffy Combs, Chadwick Boseman, Debbie Allen, Vice President Kamala Harris and Lady Jasmine.
What is Howard University ?
The first woman, first Black person and the first South Asian to become Vice President of the United States
Who is Kamala Harris ?
The authoritative body of Top Ladies of Distinction and Top Teens of America that meets on the National level every 2 years .
What is Syn-Lod ?
The name of the slave ship on which the African leader Joseph Cinque' and his followers revolted against their captors and eventually won their freedom and returned to Africa
What is Amistad ?
He was the first African-American tennis player to win the U.S. Open. There is now a stadium named after him in Queens, NY.
Who is Arthur Ashe ?
The college that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. attended.
What is Morehouse College?
The first black woman to be principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre
Who is Misty Copeland ?
A member in good standing selected by the member's chapter to represent the chapter and to cast votes on behalf of the chapter during Area and National conferences.
What is a Delegate?
On February 11, 1990, this South African revolutionary leader, who stood up against apartheid, was freed from prison after 27 years
Who is Nelson Mandela ?
The first African-American to win the Masters Golf championship. His record Masters victory in 2001 made him the first person to hold all four professional major golf championships at the same time.
Who is Tiger Woods ?
The first African-American Catholic College located in New Orleans, Louisiana.
What is Xavier University?
This is what NASA stand for
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration ?
Top Ladies communicating and working together with teens to enrich the lives of Top Teens.
Who is a Mentor ?
He organized African-American men from across the country to gather on Washington's National Mall on October 16, 1995 for a massive Million Man March advocating for "unity, atonement and brotherhood".
Who is Minister Louis Farrakhan?
This African-American basketball player was the first to coach a major professional sports team.
Who is Bill Russell (Boston Celtics) ?
Barack Obama received his Bachelor’s degree from this university
What is Columbia University?
Queen Nefertiti was once a powerful ruler of this country
What is Egypt?
The official TTA colors of the organization
What are Royal Blue and Silver ?
Ida B. Wells Barnett, an anti- lynch crusader and perhaps the most famous black female journalist of her time, was co-founder of this organization
The NAACP
The three-time Super Bowl champion player who returned to his Florida alma mater to receive his Bachelor's degree in 1996
In 2006, he won the mirror ball trophy on the 3rd season of Dancing with the Stars
Who is Emmitt Smith ?
This is the first African- American university founded in the U.S. in Pennsylvania in 1853
What is Lincoln University?
Maya Angelou was both a talented poet and a civil rights activist. This is the title of her most famous poem
What is "Still I Rise" ?