Political Achievments
In what year did Barack Obama win his first presidential election?
2008
What is Obama's full name?
Barack Hussein Obama II
Which athlete is known as the "Man Who Broke the Color Barrier?"
Jackie Robinson
What was the name of the poem Amanda Gorman performed at Biden's inauguration?
The Hill We Climb
What is the name of the first black student at William Frantz Public School?
Ruby Bridges
What was the name of the first African American woman to earn a doctorate at MIT?
Shirley Ann Jackson
What was the name of Althea Gibson's friend who wrote an editorial challenging racial barriers in the tennis world?
Alice Marble
What is the name of the TV series Maya Angelou starred in?
Roots
Where was Mother Mary Lange born?
Cuba
Who was known as the "Conscience of Congress?"
John Lewis
What was the full name of MLK jr's wife?
Coretta Scott King
What was the name of the athlete who had to take a chromosome test to prove she was a woman?
Althea Gibson
What was the title of the collection of poems Maya Angelou published, containing the poem "Still I Rise?"
And Still I Rise
What was America's first black Catholic school called?
Saint Frances School for Colored Girls
At what institution did Obama pursue his law degree?
Harvard Law School
Who was the first female of color to travel into orbit?
Mae Jemison
Which baseball player was known for striking out every player he faced?
Satchel Paige
Maya Angelou became a professor at which university?
Wake Forest Unifersity
What was the name of the white elementary school Ruby Bridges joined?
William Frantz Public School
Which president signed the Voting Rights Act in 1965?
President Lyndon Johnson
What was the name of the poet who performed at the inauguration of President Clinton?
Maya Angelou
Where was Althea Gibson born?
South Carolina
Where did Coretta Scott King give her first Freedom Concert?
New York
What did Shirley Ann Jackson study as an undergraduate?
Condensed matter theory