Black historical firsts
This person was the youngest poet to speak at a presidential inauguration.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
This black president was the 44th president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
Ida B. Wells led a crusade against this violent act.
What is lynching?
Slavery was abolished in this year.
When was 1834?
Amanda Gorman's job was this literary profession.
What is a poet?
This person was the first black doctor.
Who was James McCune Smith?
This woman was the first female and the first black vice president.
Who is Kamala Harris?
Harriet Tubman freed slaves using this establishment.
What is the Underground Railroad?
Henrieta Lacks was diagnosed with this illness.
What is cervical cancer?
This woman was the first published black author in the US.
Who was Phillis Wheatley?
This woman was the first black woman in NASA.
This person is celebrated internationally on July 18.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This woman was considered a champion for human rights around the world.
Who is Coretta Scott King?
Serena Williams was born in this year.
When was 1981?
This was the poem that Amanda Gorman read at Biden's inauguration.
What was "The Hill we Climb?"
She was the first black person to attend William Frantz Elementary school.
Who was Ruby Bridges?
This amazing supporter of the Civil Rights Movement was known by his colleagues as the "conscience of Congress."
Who is John Lewis?
Muhammad Ali died in this year.
What is 2016?
The book "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" was written by this author.
Who is Maya Angelou?
Fredrick Douglass wrote for this anti-slavery newspaper.
What is "The North Star?"
These two people were the first African American military pilots.
Who were Charles McGee and the and the Tuskegee airmen?
This speech is Martin Luther King Jr.'s second most memorable speech.
What is "Our God is Marching On?"
This hero helped other slaves escape slavery in England.
Who is Fredrick Douglass?
George Washington Carver created this many products from peanuts.
What is 235?
This was the first clause of the "I have a dream speech."
What were "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be engulfed?"