Basketball
This team from the South had the first all-black starting lineup in an NCAA tournament championship game.
What is Texas Western?
This famous baseball player wore number 42 and was the first black player in MLB history.
Who was Jackie Robinson?
This rule in the NFL was created as a result of the firing of both Tony Dungy and Dennis Green. Dungy had a winning record with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Green had just had his first losing season in 10 years with the Minnesota Vikings.
What is the Rooney Rule?
Jackie Robinson's last words were "I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a black man in a" this.
What is a white world?
This track and field athlete was thought to be he greatest of his time when he set 5 world records and tied 2 others, all within the time-span of 45 minutes.
Who was Jesse Owens?
This coach was very influential in El Paso, Texas.
Who is Don Haskins?
This all-time great Braves that is second all-time in career home runs, carried on what the great number 42 started.
Who is Hank Aaron?
This former Los Angeles Clippers owner expressed his dislike and displeasure with how his mixed girlfriend was posting pictures of her with African Americans, and how she would bring African Americans to Clippers' games.
Who is Donald Sterling?
This famous black boxer said this, "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color is doing the hating. It's just plain wrong."
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This Celtic great who won 11 NBA Championships, also became the first ever black head coach in the NBA.
Who is Bill Russell?
This coach openly criticized and downplayed the talent of black basketball players.
Who is Adolph Rupp?
This baseball legend played for both the Mets and the Giants in the 1970s and was extremely influential in the world of baseball.
This baseball player was said to have had to leave out the back door of baseball stadiums, and he is also said to have had a police escort at all time due to death threats.
Who is Hank Aaron.
An all-time baseball great had this to say about racism he faced, “It really made me see for the first time a clear picture of what this country is about,” he said. “My kids had to live like they were in prison because of kidnap threats, and I had to live like a pig in a slaughter camp. I had to duck."
Who is Hank Aaron?
This man's nickname was the "Galveston Giant," which is the nickname he gained after gaining fame for being the first ever black heavyweight boxing champ.
Who was Jack Johnson?
This player for Kentucky, now owner of the Miami Heat, was a part of the team that lost to the first all-black starting lineup in the National Championship game.
Who is Pat Riley?
Jackie Robinson played for this New York team.
What are the Brooklyn Dodgers?
This Detroit Piston's great had to have a weapon pointed at his head for the first time when he was at a rally in the 60s by the US government.
Who is Isiah Thomas?
In this movie, Don Haskins says to Bobby Joe Hill, "I don't see color, I see quick. I see skill, and that's what I'm putting on the court.
What is Glory Road?
This woman was the first black gymnast to win individual all-around champion, and she is nicknamed the flying squirrel.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
This was the year that the NCAA Men's basketball championship consisted of a team that had an all black starting lineup.
What was the 1965-66 season?
This percentage of the MLB is black.
What is 7.7 percent?
This Cleveland Brown had to deal with the Jim Crow laws as he played throughout his career in the NFL.
Who is Jim Brown?
This famous athlete had this to say about racism at a young age, "I was just, you know, kind of getting racist jokes, kind of being isolated from the group. So it was definitely hard. I would come home at night and just cry my eyes out. Like, 'What did I do to deserve this?'"
Who is Gabby Douglas?
This man was the first black golfer on the PGA Tour.
Who is Charlie Sifford?