African American Quotes
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who was the first African American presidnetial candidate in the U.S?
Frederick Douglass
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Beyoncé Kwoles-Carter
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Harriet Tubman
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Shirley Chisholm
Who became the first openly queer black artist to receive a Country Music Association Award?
Lil Nas X
Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Muhammad Ali
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Toni Morrison
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."?
Maya Angelou
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Colin Powell
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Morgan Freeman
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Madame CJ Walker