LAW & GOVERNMENT
Carol Moseley-Braun was the first African American woman elected to the U.S._________.
Senate
Who sparked the Montgomery boycott of 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on the bus?
Rosa Parks
The University of North Carolina was the starting point for what Chicago Bulls’ NBA great?
Michael Jordan
What group was comprised of Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, and Mary Wilson?
The Supremes
What African American union organizer helped open the door for the U.S. Congress to pass legislation outlawing job discrimination?
Philip Randolph
Who was the first African American Supreme Court justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Who received her pilot's license in 1922, making her the first African American woman aviator?
Bessie Coleman
What female track star set world records in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash?
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Who is known as the "Queen of Soul"?
Aretha Franklin
What African American revolutionary led colonial forces during the Boston Massacre in 1770, becoming “the first to defy, and the first to die"?
Crispus Attucks
In 1954, what landmark Supreme Court case did Thurgood Marshall help orchestrate?
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
What leading crusader against lynching founded the first black women's suffrage organization?
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
What professional baseball player finished his career with 755 home runs?
Henry “Hank” Aaron
What famous musician's trademark was puffing cheeks and a trumpet bell that pointed skyward?
Dizzy Gillespie
What internationally renowned actor had his U.S. passport revoked for his activities in left-wing unions, the Progressive Party, the Council on African Affairs, and the National Negro Congress?
Paul Robeson
Who is currently the only African-American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Clarence Thomas
Who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award?
Hattie McDaniel
What basketball superstar became the first African American to manage a major-league sport team?
Bill Russell
A poet by trade, he is best known as the man who wrote the lyrics for Lift Every Voice and Sing.
James Weldon Johnson
Who was the first African American to win an Oscar for Best Actor?
Sidney Poitier
To what position was Colin Powell appointed, making him the highest-ranking military officer - and first African American and the youngest man to hold this post?
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Who was the first black to win a Pulitzer Prize?
Gwendolyn Brooks
Who became the first African American woman to win the prestigious Wimbledon singles title?
Althea Gibson
What record company did Berry Gordy, Jr. create?
Motown
Who won an Oscar for his role in the 1989 film Glory?
Denzel Washington