Famous Firsts
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
What conflict erupted in the spring of 1861 which saw 11 states succeed from the union?
What is The Civil War
Who delivered the famous "I Have A Dream" Speech?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
Who 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
Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who is Barack Obama
What state was the first African American President, Barack Obama, senator of before winning the presidency?
What is Illinois
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing
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."?
Who is Muhammad Ali
Who was the first Black woman to anchor a nightly news program in Nashville at the age of 19, and then went on to start hew own talk show and production Company?
Who is Oprah Winfrey
In what year were the first Africans brought to American to work as slaves?
What is 1619
Who invented the three light traffic light?
Who is Garrett Morgan
Who was an African-American Muslim minister who advocated for black empowerment and the promotion of Islam in the black community during the Civil War?
Who is Malcolm X
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
She was picked to read her poem at the 2021 presidential inauguration.
Who is Amanda Gorman
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
Who was the first rapper to visit the white house?
Who is Eazy E
This six year old was escorted to school by four federal marshals on her first day of school.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
Which black male actor has won two Oscar awards, as well as received nominations for four additional more?
Who is Denzel Washington
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Thomas Jennings was the first Black Man to receive a patent in 1821 for inventing what?
What is Dry Cleaning
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Who is Maya Angelou
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmet Till
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm