Civil Rights Movement
whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott in Montgomery,AL buses?
Who is Rosa Parks
In 1939, who was the first the African American to stay in her own television show?
Who is Ethel Waters?
This R&B legend was killed by his own father over a dispute about money.
Who is Marvin Gaye?
Who was the first black person to play in major league baseball?
who is Jackie Robinson.
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 the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award in 1940?
Who is Hattie Mcdonald?
What singer recorded Age Ain't Nothing But a Number and One in A Million before her tragic death in 2001?
who is Aaliyah?
Who were the first black footballers in the NFL?
Who is Fritz Pollard and Bobby Marshall
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X
Who was the first Black actor to have a leading television role?
Who was Bill Cosby?
who is the most awarded female artist of all time by Guinness World Records and remains one of the best-selling music artists of all time with 200 million records sold worldwide?
Who is Whitney Houston?
Who was the first gymnast to win individual all-around champion?
Who is Gabby Douglas.
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
Who was the first black actress to win an academy award for best actress?
Who is Halle Berry
who is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest entertainers in the history of music?
Who is Michael Jackson?
Who was the first African American quarterback to win a Superbowl?
Who is Doug Williams?
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmett Tll
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing
Who was the first African American to host the Academy and also win one?
Who is Whoopi Goldberg.
whos career spans over 60 years in the entertainment industry and has been nominated for over 80 grammy's and has won 28?
Who is Quincy Jones?
Who was the first man in history to set 3 Olympic records at the same game, which he still holds the title as the fastest man in the world?
Who is Usain Bolt.
Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carver