African American Firsts
Who is Tiger Woods
Refused to give up her seat on a public bus which started a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
This NBA player is the all-time leader in points scored?
Who is LeBron James
The 44th president of the United States elected in 2008?
Who is Barack Obama
Considered the King of Pop?
Who is Michael Jackson
First African American to play in the MLB (Major League Baseball) in 1947?
Who is Jackie Robinson
The main leader of the civil rights movement in the U.S. in the 1950's and 1960's, and later won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
This NFL player holds the record for most receiving yards, receptions, and touchdowns in their career?
Who is Jerry Rice
The first African American vice president of the United States?
Who is Kamala Harris
This actor played a Fresh Prince, a Bad Boy, a magic blue Genie, and slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars?
Who is Will Smith
The first African American Disney princess?
Who is Princess Tiana
Known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcom X
This female tennis player has 23 Grand Slam titles; is considered to be the best African American women athlete of all time?
Was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell
This actor starred in the Black Panther?
Who is Chadwick Boseman
The first African American gymnast to win the women's artistic individual all-around at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships?
Who is Simone Biles
This civil rights protest that started in 1960, when young African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in North Carolina, and refused to leave after being denied service.
What is the Greensboro sit-in
This track and field star won 4 Olympic gold medals in Berlin, Germany at the 1936 Olympic Games?
Who is Jesse Owens
Confirmed on August 30, 1967 as the first African American to serve as a Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Thurgood Marshall
This singer-songwritter is known for songs such as "Single Ladies" and "Crazy in Love (feat Jay-Z)"?
Who is Beyoncé
Was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Booker T. Washington
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that helps build African American political power to end structural racism?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
This NBA legend refused to accept his Hall of Fame ring until Chuck Cooper, the first African American NBA player to be drafted, was inducted as well; also won a record 11 rings in 13 years?
Who is Bill Russell
There were ____ African American U.S. Senators in 2023?
A. 17
B. 8
C. 29
What is B. 8
In 2002, this actress became the first African American woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress for her work in "Monster's Ball"?
Who is Halle Berry