African- American Firsts
This man was the first African American to win the Masters Golf Tournament in 1997.
Who is Tiger Woods?
'I never ran my train off the track and never lost a passenger.'
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The meaning of "NAACP".
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
Louis Armstrong played this instrument.
What is a trumpet?
This man is proclaimed to be one of the greatest boxers of all time. He was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th-century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This person was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State.
Who is Colin Powell?
"The time is always right to do what is right."
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr?
The day the NAACP was founded.
What is February 12, 1909?
This legend wrote the single " Say It Loud, I'm Black & I'm Proud".
Who is James Brown?
I am an African-American man and athlete that won four gold medals in Olympic track and field events.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This woman was the first African American to win an individual all-around event in HISTORY while competing in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
"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?
The current president of Spelman's Chapter of the NAACP.
Who is Larnee Satchell?
This Black woman is ranked as the one best-selling Black women artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars. Hint:🐝
Who is Beyonce?
The first African American female millionaire who established her own revolutionary black hair products.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
This woman was an author and became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature? (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison?
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.”
Who is Langston Hughes?
The current president and CEO of the NAACP.
Who is Derrick Johnson?
This woman was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
I am the first African-American woman to travel in space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
The first African-American woman to win a Grammy.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
"I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."
Who is Morgan Freeman?
The name the NAACP was referred to before it was called the NAACP.
What is The National Negro Committee?
This man wrote and performed singles called " A Change Is Gonna Come" and "You Send Me".
Who is Sam Cooke?
An African-American scientist 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.
Who is George Washington Carver?