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Who is the most recent and first African American Female Justice appointed to the United States Supreme Court?
Double Jeopardy
Katanji Brown Jackson
What is the term referring to the nine high school students who successfully integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957?
Little Rock Nine
What act prohibited the discrimination of black people in the sale, rental, and financing of housing in the United States?
The Civil Rights Acts of 1968
Repeat Question
Who is the most recent and first African American Female Justice appointed to the United States Supreme Court?
Katanji Brown Jackson
In 1957, who became the first African American to win the US Open tennis championship?
Althea Gibson
The Opportunities and Industrial Center was instrumental in providing job training and career development in Philadelphia. Who founded it?
Dr. Leon Sullivan
This person is believed to be the first black man in the United States who was licensed to practice law. He passed the Massachusetts Bar Exam in 1845. He and a partner opened the first black law office in the United States. Who am I?
Macon Bolling Allen
State and local laws introduced in Southern States after slavery that enforced racial segregation in the United States.
Jim Crow Laws
A black man was arrested for entering a railroad. He took his case to the Supreme Court, which ended with the “separate but equal” decision of what?
Double Jeopardy
Plessey vs. Ferguson
In 1996, who became the first African-American woman to win a gold medal in gymnastics?
Dominique Dawes
This free black man was an abolitionist, educator and historian. He would become a Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, and the first Black President of a University, Wilberforce University. Who am I?
Daniel Alexander Payne
Who was the first African-American child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South?
Ruby Bridges
Which Amendment of the Constitution gave African Americans the right to vote in 1870?
The 15th Amendment
What does NAACP stand for and who founded it?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Founded by W.E.B. Du Bois
In 1875, who became the first jockey ever to win the Kentucky Derby?
Oliver Lewis
This African American educator founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, now known as Tuskegee University. Who am I?
Booker T. Washington
He has served as a public school teacher, attorney and Michigan State Supreme Court Justice, and is best known as the Mayor of Detroit and the first African American to become president of the American Bar Association in 2002. Who am I?
Dennis Archer
What is the name of the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University?
W.E.B Du Bois
Who was the first black Attorney General?
Double Jeopardy
Eric Holder
Who was the first African American to play in the National Hockey League?
Willie O'Ree
This minister and teacher, in the early 19th century, was the first African-American to graduate from a college in the United States. He worked for an Attorney and likely used the books to educate himself. In 1792, at the age of 29, he was accepted into the College of New Jersey’s Theological School, later renamed Princeton University. Who am I?
Double Jeopardy
John Chavis
Who was the lawyer that won Brown vs. The Board of Education and was appointed as the first African American Justice to the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
This amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
13th Amendment
Which court case declared that racial segregation in school is unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas in 1954
Name the baseball player who hit a home run in his first major league at-bat.
Hank Aaron