Famous Women
In 2009, she became the only African American First Lady in the white house.
Who is Michelle Obama?
This man had a dream that all people will be equal.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This player was the first African American to play a major sport when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 even though baseball was still segregated at the time.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This is month is also known as Black History Month.
What is February?
The first African-American female millionaire, Madam CJ Walker, sold these products.
What are hair care products?
This woman refused to give her seat to a white man.
Who is Rosa Parks? (Will also accept "Who is Claudette Colvin?")
He was the first Black President.
Who is Barack Obama?
He was one of the first two African Americans to play in the NFL in 1920. (Two possible answers, extra 100 points if you can name both.)
Who are Fritz Pollard and/or Bobby Marshall?
This holiday commemorates the day when the last slaves were told of the emancipation proclamation and freed.
What is Juneteenth?
He was the first Black artist to win the Grammy for Album of the Year.
Who is Stevie Wonder?
This woman helped 300 slaves escape to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This person was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Famous for their outstanding tennis careers, these sisters are credited with bringing the women’s tennis game to a new level.
Who are Venus and Serena Williams?
These are the colors that represent Black History Month.
What is red, green, black and yellow?
This war was fought with the goal of ending slavery.
What is the Civil War?
This woman is the first black Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
This man was the first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first black head of state.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
Referred to as the "greatest boxer of all time", this African American civil rights activist's former name was Cassius Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
These were the laws that separated black and white people in public areas.
What is Jim Crow/Segregation?
What black revolutionary group was founded in Oakland in 1966 that was known for challenging politicians+police and empowering their communities?
What are the Black Panthers?
With 28 Grammys, this black artist holds the record for most wins and nominations for a female artist.
Who is Beyoncé?
He was an African American leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of Black nationalism.
Who is Malcolm X?
This black man is the first athlete who also became a billionaire.
Who is Michael Jordan?
What amendment abolished slavery?
What is the 13th amendment?
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
President Lincoln's executive order declaring that all Southern slaves were free.