African American First
Who is the first African American president of the United States?
Barack Obama
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Rosa Parks
Commemorates June 19, 1865, the date on which enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally received the news they were free.
Who said, "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"?
Martin Luther King Jr
Major league baseball player in the 20th Century
Jackie Robinson
In what year did the music Grammy Awards television broadcast first feature an African American host?
2005
In what year was the Black Panther Party founded?
1966
What Olympic gold medalist broke three track and field world records within a 45-minute span while competing for the Ohio State University in 1935?
Jesse Owens
“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.”
Barack Obama
Golf champion
Tiger Woods
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Colin Powell
In what year was the Congressional Black Caucus organized?
1971
When did Martin Luther King Jr. give his "I Have A Dream" speech?
Sept. 9, 1965
“I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.”
Serena Williams
NFL quarterback
Willie Thrower
In 1870 what state elected the first African American to be seated as a Representative in the United States Congress?
South Carolina
What was Muhammad Ali's original name?
Cassius Clay
Who was the first African-American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp?
Booker T. Washington
Who said, "if not us, then who? If not now, then when?"
John Lewis
NFL football coach
Fritz Pollard
Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Ralph J. Bunche
What is the name of the Army Air Corps group of African American aviators from WWII? Where were they located?
The Tuskegee Airmen. They were based out of Tuskegee, Alabama.
What was the Greenwood area of Tulsa, Oklahoma also known as in 1921?
Black Wall Street
“History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.”
Malcolm X
Jockey to Win Kentucky Derby
Oliver Lewis