HISTORY BASICS
The U.S. president that issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This person sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Who became the first African American president of Harvard University?
Who is Claudine Gay?
He was the first African American U.S. president
Who is former president Barack Obama?
He was the first African American to play Major League Baseball?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
The amendment that officially abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This abolitionist helped lead enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman
This legendary boxer was known as “The Greatest”?
Who was Muhammad Ali?
He was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Who was justice Thurgood Marshall?
She hold the record for most Olympic gold medals by a female track and field athlete?
Who is Allyson Felix?
The first African American woman to earn a pilot’s license?
Who is Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ?
He delivered the famous "Keep Hope Alive" speech
Who is Rev. Jesse Jackson?
This musician was nicknamed the “Godfather of Soul”?
Who is James Brown?
This African American woman became U.S. Vice President in 2021.
Who is former VP Kamala Harris?
This tennis player was the first African American man to win Wimbledon
Who is Arthur Ashe?
The first African American woman to earn a pilot’s license.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
She is the queen of Jazz.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
He created the iconic “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often called the Black national anthem
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
Who was the first African American U.S. Secretary of State
Who is Colin Powell?
She became the first African American woman to win Olympic gold in gymnastics?
Who is Gabby Douglas?
The year was Black History Month first recognized nationally in the U.S.
When was 1976?
She was the first African American woman elected to Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
She produced the highest grossing country tour ever
Who is Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter?
He was the first African American to be elected to Congress from New York
Who is Adam Powell Clayton Jr. ?
Which basketball legend is known as “The King”?
Who is Lebron James