Famous Athletes
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
The first US President of African origin. Also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is President Barack Obama.
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
In this popular movie the main character gets fired on his day off and undergoes a series of events with his best friend to pay a dealer off.
What is Friday
This athlete has 23 grand slam titles, 15 double titles, 4 Olympic gold medals and is the most decorated female tennis player in history
Who is Serena Williams
Who said “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Who is Frederick Douglass
A case in which the Court decided that the "separate but equal" standards of racial segregation were unconstitutional
What is Brown Vs. Board of Education
These were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who took bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals.
Who are the Freedom Riders
The prince of a wealthy African country and wants for nothing, except a wife who will love him in spite of his title.
What is Coming To America
Six NBA titles with six Finals MVPs. After his playing career ended, his impact on the court and in the sneaker industry gave him the means to become the only African-American majority owner in major professional sports
Who is Michael Jordan
Who said "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
He was the first African American appointed to (65th) United States Secretary of State serving under the Bush Administration.
Who is Colin Powell
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X
What film is based on a high school that becomes the lowest-ranked school in the state, until a new principal is hired and improves the student body's state exam scores and rids the school of its gang and narcotics problems.
What is Lean On Me
The 1947 Rookie of the Year was, in 10 seasons, a six-time All-Star, a two-time stolen base leader and a batting champion. He also became the first black vice president of a major American corporation
Who is Jackie Robinson
Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Who is Muhammad Ali
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
The story of a sailor who is prone to violent outbursts, is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help
Who is Antwone Fisher
He’d sacrificed the prime years of his fighting career in a battle with the U.S. government over his refusal to be inducted into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
Who is Muhammad Ali
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Who is Morgan Freeman
An American political scientist and diplomat who served as the 66th United States Secretary of State under the Bush Administration.
Who is Condoleezza Rice
A political organization founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale to challenge police brutality against the African American community.
Who is the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
In 1971 Alexandria, Virginias high school football was forced to integrate an all black school with an all white school which put the very foundation of football's great tradition to the test
What is Remember The Titans