Portland Black History
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By 1923, this hate group had 35,000 members in Oregon, giving the state the highest per-capita membership in the nation at that time. 

What is the Ku Klux Klan?

100

"Injustice anywhere, is a threat to justice everywhere."


Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?


100

Founded on December 4, 1906, at Cornell University, this is the oldest intercollegiate historcially African American fraternity.

What is Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.?

100

He was pioneering American civil rights lawyer and the first African-American Supreme Court Justice (1967-1991).


Who is Thurgood Marshall?


100

With 10 total nominations and 2 wins for Best Actor, and 1 for Best Supporting Actor, he has the most Academy Award nominations for an African-American actor.


Who is Denzel Washington?


200

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr made his only trip to Portland in November of what year?

What is 1961?

200

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."


Who is Fredrick Douglass?


200

A sister of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. made history in 2021 as the first Black and South Asian woman to become Vice President of the United States. 

Who is Kamala Harris?

200

Known as "The Elmira Express", he made history in 1961 as the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy at Syracuse University. 


Who is Ernie Davis?


200

He was the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. (1963)


Who is Sidney Poitier?


300

Established in 1909, this organizations Portland chapter is the oldest continuous (blank) chapter in the western United States.

What is the NAACP?

300

"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over, and over, and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

Who is Michael Jordan?


300

A brother of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., known as the "Father of Black History", established "Negro History Week" in 1926, making 2026 the Black History Month's centennial.

Who is Carter G. Woodson? 

300

In 1984, she became the first African American woman to win Miss America, but was forced to resign after intimate photos were published without her consent.


Who is Vanessa Williams?


300

She was the first and as of today the only African-American actress to win an Academy Award for Best Actress. (2001)


Who is Halle Berry?


400

These brothers, Black clothing store owners in Portland, were exempt from Oregons exclusion law in 1851 after a petition was signed by over 200 White residents.

Who were Abner and Isaac Francis?

400

"I freed a thousand slaves...I could have freed a thousand more, if only they knew they were slaves."

Who is Harriet Tubman?


400

Founded at Howard University in 1913, this sorority's first public act was participating in the Women's Suffrage March, instructed to march in a segregated section at the back to appease white Southern delegations. 

What is Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.?

400

She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records.


Who is Madame C.J. Walker?


400

She was the first African-American actor or actress to ever win an Academy Award. (1940 - Best supporting actress)


Who is Hattie McDaniel?


500

On July 30,1967, the Committee on Black Culture hosted "Sunday in the Park" event at Irving Park; unrest that followed city leaders to deploy hundreds of police and place the National Guard on standby.

What was the Albina Riot of 1967?

500

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."


Who is Barack Obama?


500

Known as the last organization to join the Black Greek Letter Organizations, this fraternity was founded in 1963 at Morgan State University, with colors of Charcoal Brown and Gilded Gold. 

What is Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc.?

500

He was the first African-American featured on a U.S. postage stamp in 1940 for his work as an educator and advocate for Black self-improvement.


Who is Booker T. Washington?


500

Also a renowned photographer, he was the first black Hollywood film director.


Who is Gordon Parks?