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The first black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
On April 15, 1947, he became the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This musician, often called “The Genius,” had many hits throughout the years such as “Georgia On My Mind” and “Hit The Road Jack."
Who is Ray Charles?
NASA mathematician who helped calculate the flight path for NASA’s first manned space mission in 1962.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
The year that Black History month first began.
What is 1926?
This person was the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The first black Olympian.
Who is George Poage?
Known as “The First Lady of Song” or “The Queen of Jazz,” she was the first black female artist to win a Grammy. Popular songs were “A Tisket a Tasket” and “Someone to Watch Over Me.”
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
This person created new products made from peanuts and sweet potatoes, including cooking oils, paint, and soap.
Who is George Washington Carver?
He is known as the "Father of Black History."
The first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
The first black Nascar driver.
Who is Wendell Scott?
The first black artist to win a Grammy for “Album of the Year”?
Who is Stevie Wonder?
First black actor to win an academy award for Best Actor.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
The first colony to ban slavery.
What is Vermont?
The first woman and the first African American woman to win three gold medals.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
This author’s most famous work is I know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
The first African American to go into space.
Who is Guion "Guy" Bluford?
The first African American soldiers to successfully complete their training and enter the Army Air Corps.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
The youngest poet to read at a presidential inauguration.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
The first African American to star in their own television show and to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Who is Ethel Waters?
The term that describes the network of people who offered shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people from the South.
What is the Underground Railroad?