Who was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968?
(HINT: He wrote a very powerful and famous speech)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who was the first black "First Lady" of the White House?
Michelle Obama
Who was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era?
Jackie Robinson
Who was an American author, activist, civil rights leader, and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. An advocate for African-American equality, she was a leader for the civil rights movement in the 1960s?
Barrack Obama was the first black President of the United States of America
TRUE or FALSE
TRUE
Who was an American professional boxer, activist, entertainer and philanthropist. Nicknamed The Greatest, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated figures of the 20th century and as one of the greatest boxers of all time?
(HINT: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee)
Muhammad Ali
The United States Congress has called her "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".
Rosa Parks
Who was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School?
Ruby Bridges
Who created specialized hair products for African American hair care and was one of the first American women to become a self-made millionaire?
Madam C.J. Walker
Rosa Parks was the first black woman to refuse to give up her seat on a bus?
TRUE or FALSE
FALSE
Who was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to multiple presidents of the United States.
Booker T. Washington
Who the first woman to lead a combat assault?
(HINT: Underground Railroad)
Harriet Tubman
Who was the first black President?
Barack Obama
Who was an escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker.
(HINT: He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War.)
Frederick Douglas
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee?
TRUE or FALSE
TRUE
Who was an African American leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of black nationalism?
Malcolm X
Who was a civil rights activist, poet and award-winning author known for her acclaimed 1969 memoir, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' and her numerous poetry and essay collections?
Maya Angelou
Who was the first black female Vice President?
Kamala Harris
Who was the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour?
Mae Jemison
TRUE or FALSE
FALSE
Who was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999?
Nelson Mandela
Who was the first black female Billionaire?
(HINT: She has her own TV network)
Oprah Winfrey
Who was the first African American ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was an Olympic Athlete that made sporting world history at the Berlin 1936 Olympics?
Jesse Owens
Maya Angelou wrote a poem called "Still I Rise"
TRUE or FALSE