African American Leaders
His 'I Have a Dream' speech was not his first at the Lincoln Memorial.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr. ?
Howard University, Hampton University and Spelman College are examples of these type of universities
What are Historically Black Colleges?
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in this famous sport league.
Major League Baseball
She was the first African American female millionaire with her own revolutionary black hair products
Madame C. J. Walker
She is ranked as the 2nd best-selling female artist of the 21st century and was a member of Destiny's Child singing group
Who is Beyonce Knowles?
his African American male was responsible for what riots in 1992 Los Angeles?
Who is Rodney King?
He was the founding president of Tuskegee (Institute) University and the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp
Who is Booker T. Washington ?
Arthur Ashe was famous for playing this sport.
Tennis
The expression "the real McCoy" comes from this inventor of an oil dripping cup for trains. His name is reminiscent of a prophet who was given the keys of turning the hearts of the children to the fathers...
Who is Elijah McCoy ?
This Famous Saxophone player was born and raised in New Orleans.
Who is Louis Armstrong ?
She was known as a pioneer in aviation and was the first African American woman to obtain a pilot's license and fly a plane
Who is Bessie Coleman ?
What was the landmark Supreme Court case end racial segregation in public school
Who is Brown V. Board of education ?
He has owned a portion of each of these sports franchises; LA Dodgers, LA Sparks and the LA Lakers
"Magic" Johnson
This famous African American inventor invented the traffic signal
Who is Garrett Morgan ?
"I was born by the river..." lyrics from the famous song written by which African American Singer/ Artist.
Who is Sam Cooke ?
What is 2008?
he said, "Bringing the gifts my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise." She also spoke at the presidential inauguration of Bill Clinton
Who is Maya Angelou?
He said, "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating."
Muhammad Ali
We college students are all grateful for this inventor (born a slave and named after a founding father) who gave the world the blessed gift of peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver?
There are two very well known blind black musicians. Name one of them.
Who are Ray Charles or Stevie Wonder?
He is known as the "Father of Black History", and he was the second African American to earn a Doctorate degree from Harvard University
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
What was the landmark Supreme Court case end racial segregation in public school
What is Brown V. Board of education ?
She was the first African American woman to win 3 gold medals in track in a single Olympics
Wilma Rudolph
Lewis Howard Latimer was an American inventor and patent draftsman for the lightbulb and telephone.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
She was the first African American women to publish her poems
Who is Phyllis Wheatley ?