NYC History
The first African-American mayor of New York City
Who is David Dinkins?
The first African American woman in Congress she was also the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States
Who is Shirley Chisholm ?
This university boasts alumni such as Toni Morrison, Chadwick Boseman and Kamala Harris
What is Howard University?
The first African-American to receive an invention patent
Who is Thomas L. Jennings?
Serena and Venus Williams are stars in this professional sport
What is tennis?
The first African-American first lady of New York City
Who is Chirlane McCray?
The Supreme Court decision that decreed public schools should be integrated
What is Brown vs. the Board of Education?
The founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
Who is Booker T. Washington?
The first Black Billionaire in America
Who is Robert Johnson, former owner of BET?
The first African American golfer to win the Masters Tournament
Who is Tiger Woods?
This historic venue in Harlem hosted entertainers such as Billie Holiday, James Brown and Diana Ross
What is the Apollo Theatre?
Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, this amendment granted African American men the right to vote
What is the 15th Amendment?
The alma mater of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
What is Morehouse College?
The first African American elected to the US Senate
Who is Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870?
The first African American man to win the US Championship (1968) and Wimbledon (1975)
Who is Arthur Ashe?
This National Park is located in lower Manhattan
What is the African Burial Ground?
This massive protest march occurred in August 1963, when some 250,000 people gathered to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation.
What is the March on Washington?
The alma mater of BCS Executive Director Janelle Farris
What is Spelman College?
The first African American Lawyer in the USA
Who is John Mercer Langston?
The team that Jackie Robinson first played for
What is the Brooklyn Dodgers?
The name of the 19th-century settlement where the first African American landowners lived and its location
What is Weeksville and Ocean Hill, Brooklyn?
The name of the movement formed as a result of a meeting of prominent Black intellectuals led by W.E.B. Du Bois to form an organization calling for civil and political rights for African Americans.
What is the Niagra Movement?
The alma mater of the four African American college students who staged a sit-in that helped integrate the Woolworth Department Store's lunch counter
What is North Carolina Agricultural State University?
Considered the first patriot of the American Revolution as the first casualty in the Boston Massacre and his birthplace
Who is Crispus Atticks and Framingham, Massachusetts.
The fastest runner in the Berlin Olympics
Who is Jesse Owens?