African American First
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
Who said, "I never run my train off the track and lost a passenger"?
Who is Harriet Tubman
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, Alabama buses form 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
In the 1960 Olympics in Rome, this sprinter was the first American woman to win three Gold Medals, who is she?
Who is Wilma Rudolph
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell
Who said, "The time is always to right do what is right"?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
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)
Name these two sister who were born in 1980 and 1981, respectively. There are champions of Wimbledon and other major tennis tournaments.
Who is Venus and Serena Williams
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on the U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington
Who said, "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise"?
Who is Maya Angelou
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
Who is 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 Malcom X
Who was the first African American pitcher in the America League?
Who is Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Which author became the first African American women to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: her resume includes "The Bluest Eye" and "Sula"
Who is Toni Morrison
Which famous athlete said, "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter color does the hating. It's just plain wrong"?
Who is Muhammad Ali
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who was Muhammad Ali's opponent in the famous "Thrilla in the Manila" Fight
Who is Joe Frazier
In what year were the first Africans brought to America to work as slaves?
What is 1619
Who said " I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history"?
Who is Morgan Freeman
Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who is BARACK OBAMA!!!!
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four African American girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing
What basketball star center perfected a shot known as the "skyhook"?
Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabar