Entertainers/Art
Who was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor
Who is Sidney Poitier
Who was the first African-American student to attend an all-white elementary school in the South?
Who is Ruby Bridges
Who was the two black girls sisters from Compton, Calif., trained by their father, and grew up to be two of the greatest players in tennis history.
Who is Serena and Venus Williams
Who invented elevator doors that could automatically open and close in 1887
Who is Alexander Miles
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
What was one of the first large Black-owned music companies in America, founded in 1959. What highly successful record company did Berry Gordy found?
Who is Motown Records
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations. He is known for his "I Have A Dream" speech.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the United States during the 20th century.
Who was Jackie Robinson
He is known for his inventions which included a type of protective respiratory hood ( gas mask), and the traffic light
Who is Garrett Morgan
Who was the first African American women to host a nationally talk show and is known as the first black female billionaire?
Who is Oprah Winfrey
Who was the first woman to refuse to give up her seat on the bus at the age of 15. She did so 9 months before Rosa Parks.
Who was Claudette Colvin
Who was the Black track athlete who won three gold medals and one silver medal at the 1988 and hold the world records in the 100-meter and 200-meter sprints in 1988.
Who is Florence Joyner (AKA Flo Jo)
Who became the first African American female to invent the hot straightening comb and millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products and
Who is Madam CJ Walker
At what age did Martin Luther King, Jr. start as a freshman at Morehouse College
at the young age of 15
Who was the first African American gospel artist to sing at Carnegie Hall in the 1950's, Known as the Queen of Gospel
Who is Mahalia Jackson
He was a civil rights leader in Harlem, New York and urged his followers to defend themselves “by any means necessary and use violence civil rights demonstrations if necessary .
Who is Malcolm X
Who was the first person in NBA American history to win 6 championship rings and the First Modern African-American Superstar Athlete
Who is Michael Jordan
Who invented the first telephone and made the lightbulb more practical
Who is Lewis H Latimer
What was the first black mainstream comic book superhero created by Stan Lee
Black Panther
He was a singer, producer, dancer and the first Black global pop icon known as the "King of Pop"
Who is Michael Jackson
who founded the “Hosea Feed the Hungry” and “Homeless Food International” aid organizations in 1971. Was known as Martin Luther King right hand man.
Who is Hosea Williams
Who was the first American gymnast who ever won gold medals in both the all-around and team competitions at the same Olympics. The first African-American woman in Olympic history to win first place in the individual all-around competition.
Who is Gabby Douglas
He worked at NASA & built spacecrafts. He is also famous for inventing the super soaker water gun.
Who was Lonnie G Johnson
Which historians is credited for creating Black history Month and is referred to as the “Father of Black History,”
Who is Carter G Woodson