African American Firsts
Quotes
Black Inventors
Civil Rights Movement
Famous African Americans
100

Was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?/¿Quién fue el primer campeón de golf afroamericano en recorrer el circuito de la Asociación de Golf Profesional (PGA)?




Who is Tiger Woods?

100
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
100

This person is known for their many inventions dealing with farming and crop technology!/¡Esta persona es conocida por sus muchos inventos relacionados con la agricultura y la tecnología de cultivos!


Who is George Washington Carver?

100

Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?/¿La negativa de quién a ceder su asiento en un autobús público provocó un boicot a los autobuses de Montgomerey, AL entre 1955 y 1956?

Who is Rosa Parks

100

This person was First Black President of The United States/Esta persona fue el primer presidente negro de los Estados Unidos.

Who is Barack Obama?

200

Was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?/¿Fue el primer afroamericano en servir como Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos?

Who is Colin Powell

200
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
200

A African-American man named _________ invented the ironing board./Un hombre afroamericano llamado _________ inventó la tabla de planchar.

Who is George T. Sampson?

200

This Man won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964/Este hombre ganó el Premio Nobel de la Paz en 1964


Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?

200

___________is an American singer, actress, entrepreneur, and the 2nd most successful (records sold) performer of the 21st century./___________ es una cantante, actriz, empresaria y la segunda artista más exitosa (discos vendidos) del siglo XXI.




Who is Beyonce Knowles?

300

Was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?/¿Fue el primer afroamericano en tener su imagen retratada en un sello postal de EE. UU.?

Who is Booker T. Washington

300
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
300

____________ was an African-American woman who used her skill in mathematics to help Americans land on the moon./Un hombre afroamericano llamado _________ inventó la tabla de planchar.

Who is Valerie Thomas?

300

This was a was a racially-motivated attack on a black church that killed 4 young girls./Este fue un ataque por motivos raciales contra una iglesia negra que mató a 4 niñas.




What were the Alabama Church Bombings?

300

This person is an all-time great Basketball player, businessman and billionaire/Esta persona es un gran jugador de baloncesto, hombre de negocios y multimillonario de todos los tiempos.




Who is Michael Jordan?

400

This author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature./¿Qué autor se convirtió en la primera mujer afroamericana en ganar el Premio Nobel de literatura?



Who is Toni Morrison?

400
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
400

Your favorite potato chip exists because a African-American man by the name of _________ came up with the idea./Su papa frita favorita existe porque a un hombre afroamericano llamado _________ se le ocurrió la idea.

Who is George Speck?

400

This Act (law) was signed in 1965 as one of the concessions of of the Civil Rights Movement/Esta Acta (ley) fue firmada en 1965 como una de las concesiones del Movimiento por los Derechos Civiles

What is the Voting Rights Act?

400

She is a Media mogul and the only African-American female billionaire/Ella es una magnate de los medios y la única multimillonaria afroamericana.

Who is Oprah Winfrey?

500

Africans were first brought to America to work as enslaved captives in this year/¿Qué autor se convirtió en la primera mujer afroamericana en ganar el Premio Nobel de literatura?




What is 1619?

500
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Who is Morgan Freeman
500

This African-American is known to have came up with the invention for the lawn sprinkler/Se sabe que este afroamericano inventó el rociador de césped.

Who is Joseph Smith?

500

This man developed the philosophy of fighting oppression “by any means necessary”/Este hombre desarrolló la filosofía de luchar contra la opresión “por cualquier medio necesario”




Who is Malcolm X?

500

Black astrophysicist and media personality (like a contemporary Bill Nye)/Astrofísico negro y personalidad de los medios (como un Bill Nye contemporáneo)




Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?