General History
The first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
First African American to win a grammy
Who is Ella Fitgerald
This abolitionist wrote newspapers called the North Star
Who is Frederick Douglass
What famous athlete is known for the saying "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
Who is Muhammad Ali
She is known as the "Queen of Soul"
Who is Aretha Franklin
The first black millionaire
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
First African American woman to run for the presidential nomination
Who is Shirley Chisholm
This poet, novelist, fiction writer, and playwright is known for his famous poem "I, too, am America"
Who is Langston Hughes
Who was the first African American to win an individual gold medal in swimming at the Olympics
Simone Manuel
Name of the Black National Anthem. (Bonus if you can name who wrote it)
Lift Every Voice and Sing; James Weldon Johnson
In 1964 who was sent to Robben Island Prison as punishment for crimes against the South African State
Who is Nelson Mandela
She was the first African American woman to fly planes
Who is Bessie Coleman
First African American to earn a Ph.D from Harvard; also helped create the NAACP
Who is W.E.B. Dubois
Name the first Black quarterback to start in a Super Bowl Game.
Who is Doug Williams
The so-called "Rat Pack" had one African American entertainer. Name him.
Who is Sammy Davis Jr.
The first African American elected to the Texas Senate
Who is Barbara Jordan
Author who wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Who is Maya Angelou
NASA mathematician; African American woman whose mathematical calculations sent the first Americans to space
Who is Katherine Johnson
Who was the first Black pitcher to pitch in a World Series Game?
Who is Satchel Paige
She was the first African American woman to win five Grammys in one year.
Who is Lauryn Hill
Doctors stole her cells; a pioneer of modern medicine; her cells are saving lives today even though she died in 1951
Who is Henrietta Lacks
Who is best known for her extemporaneous speech on racial inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?" delivered at the Ohio Women's Right's Convention in 1851
Who is Sojourner Truth
First African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
Who is Toni Morrison
First African American woman to win the prestigious Wimbledon singles title
Who is Althea Gibson
Name two out of three of the original members of the singing group the Supremes.
Who are Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, and Florence Ballard