Famous African Americans
Who was the first African American President of the United States?
What was the name of the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964?
What was the name of the African American poet who wrote "I, Too, Sing America"?
Who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball?
What was the name of the African American music genre that emerged in the early 20th century and influenced rock and roll?
Jazz
Who was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal?
John Taylor
What was the name of the Voting Rights Act passed in 1965?
voting Rights Act of 1965
What was the name of the network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape to freedom?
Who was the first African American to win an NBA MVP award?
Who was the author of "Their Eyes Were Watching God" and "Mules and Men"?
Who was the first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Who was the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Who was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize?
Gwendolyn Brooks
Who was the first African American to win a heavyweight boxing title?
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to fight for civil rights?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized interracial marriage in the United States?
Who was the first African American to win a Grand Slam tennis tournament?
What was the name of the African American dance craze that swept the nation in the 1920s?
Who was the first African American astronaut to travel to space?
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.
What was the name of the Supreme Court case that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
Who was the first African American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor?
William Harvey Carney
Who was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field?
John Taylor