Firsts
First black person to win an Academy Award.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
The first black Disney princess.
Who is Princess Tiana?
Most decorated gymnast in history, with 37 Olympic and World medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
March is the month for celebrating black history.
What is false?
Correct answer is February
Lead more than 300 slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Invented the first home security system.
Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown?
First movie with black male lead to win an Oscar for Best Animated Feature
What is Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse?
The first African-American Major League Baseball player in the 20th century
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Rosa Marks refused to give up her seat on the bus in 1955.
What is false?
Correct Answer: Rosa Parks
This black man gave the I Have a Dream Speech?
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Became the first black woman millionaire and invented hair care products for black women.
Who is Madame C.J. Walker?
First black woman to become principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre.
Who is Misty Copeland?
Won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
Who is Serena Williams?
Barack Tubman was the first black president of the United States.
What is false?
Correct answer: Barack Obama
49th Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
The first black woman astronaut to go to space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
Actress who starred as Ariel in Disney's live-action The Little Mermaid.
Who is Halle Berry?
Won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics proving Black excellence.
Who is Jesse Owens?
George Washington Carver invented peanut butter.
What is false?
Correct Answer: Found 300 uses for peanuts, but not peanut butter.
Former enslaved person who became a powerful speaker and writer for abolition.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
First black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The character that Princess Tiana is supposed to kiss in the movie The Princess and the Frog.
Who is Prince Naveen?
Overcame polio and first American woman to win 3 gold medals in a single Olympics (1960).
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
Coretta Scott King is MLK's wife who fought beside him for civil rights.
What is true?
Invented the Super Soaker.
Who is Lonnie Johnson?