Sports
Who was the first Black golfer to win the Masters Golf Tournament?
Who is Tiger Woods
Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in this Alabama city.
What is Montgomery
This woman was the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history and the first Black person to hold the office of Vice President.
Who is Kamala Harris
This singer has the best selling single of all time for a female solo artist with her cover of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You."
Who is Whitney Houston
This defense attorney was the 69th Mayor of Rochester, NY from 2014 to 2021.
Who is Lovely Warren
This Black woman is the most decorated gymnast in history.
Who is Simone Biles
This agricultural scientist who promoted methods to prevent soil depletion, has been mistakenly credited with the invention of peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver
This word was featured prominently on the poster that came to represent Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
What is "Hope"
At their inaugural show in 1959, Ella Fitzgerald became the first Black person to win this award. In fact, she won two.
What is a Grammy Award
This Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery with the caveat "except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted," effectively paving the way for mass incarceration.
What is the 13th amendment
One of only three Black quarterbacks to ever win the Superbowl, this professional football player has won it 3 times.
Who is Patrick Mahomes
Go Bills
In 1992, this event took place in the aftermath of the acquittal of Soon Ja Du for the killing of Latasha Harlings and the acquittal of the police officers in the beating of Rodney King.
What is the LA Riots
Maxine Waters has been a Congresswoman representing this west coast state since 2013.
What is California
The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, was the first novel by this American author.
Who is Toni Morrison
President Lyndon B Johnson nominated this man as the first Black Justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
Ernie Davis was the first Black player to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961 while playing for this private university in Central New York.
What is Syracuse University
The National Civil Rights Museum is now located here where Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tenneesee.
What is the Lorraine Motel
W.E.B. Dubois helped form this acronymic civil rights organization in 1909.
What is the NAACP
In 2002, this American actress and former model became the first Black woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Monster's Ball. She is the only Black woman in history to ever win this award.
Who is Halle Berry
This landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education
In 1960-61, he became the first player in the NBA to score 3,000 points in a season. A feat later achieved by Michael Jordan in 1987.
Who is Wilt Chamberlain
Sarah Boone was a 19th century dressmaker who invented the modern version of this tool to aid in her work.
Enshrined in a mural titled "I AM SPEAKING" at 55 State street in Rochester, NY, this US Congressman and civil rights activist was awarded the Medal of Freedom by Obama in 2011.
Who is John Lewis
This American rapper and actor, born in 1971 and killed in 1996, was the son to Afeni, a member of the Black Panther Party.
Who is Tupac Shakur
This civil rights attorney was best known for being a member of the "Dream Team" in the 1995 OJ Simpson trial for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, famously stating "if it doesn't fit, you must acquit."
Who is Johnnie Cochran