African American First
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Tiger Woods
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Harriet Tubman
Harry Truman ended it in the Army in 1948; the Supreme Court ended it in public schools in 1954
Segregation
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Rosa Parks
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.
Muhammad Ali
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Colin Powell
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
This "conductor" usually carried a gun, not a whistle
Harriet Tubman
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Beyonce
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Booker T. Washington
Who said “Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.”
Dr. Mae Jemison
Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line in 1947 when he was signed by this team
The Dodgers
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?
Malcolm X
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Madame CJ Walker
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Toni Morrison
Which 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."?
Muhammad Ali
The army's last black regiment, the 24th infantry, was disbanded in October 1951, during this war
Korean War
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?
Martin Luther King Jr.
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?
George Washington Carver
First team with 5 African American starters to win the NCAA Basketball Tournament
1965–66 Texas Western Miners basketball team
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Morgan Freeman
In July 1881 this famous college opened in Alabama with Booker T. Washington as its first principal
Tuskegee University
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
Alabama Church Bombing
In September 2004 she made history on TV by giving a brand new car to each member of her audience
Oprah Winfrey