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African Americans in Politics!
True/False
African Americans in Sports
African Americans in Entertainment
Grab Bag
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1. In 1967, he became the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
a. Who is Thurgood Marshall?
100
1. Also a social activist and philanthropist, he was the first boxer to win the world heavyweight championship three times.
a. Who is Muhammad Ali?
100
1. Who was the first female African American network television show host?
a. Oprah Winfrey became the first black woman television host in 1986, "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
100
1. This amendment to the Constitution was ratified on February 3, 1870 and finally awarded suffrage to African-Americans.
a. What was the 15th Amendment?
200
2. This foreign policy advisor became the first African American woman to serve as an ambassador to the United Nations.
a. Who is Susan Rice?
200
2. Black activist and scholar Maulana Karenga created the holiday Kwanzaa in 1966.
a. True. Karenga wanted to "give a black alternative to the existing holiday." At the heart of Kwanzaa are seven principles: unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith
200
2. He was the first African American to play in major league baseball, and one Rookie of the Year that very same year.
a. Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
2. Who was the first African American star of a network television show?
a. Bill Cosby, 1965, "I Spy"
200
2. This African-American trumpeter, called the Picasso of Jazz, has won dozens of awards, including eight Grammies, and also released the best-selling album in the history of jazz music.
a. Who is Miles Davis?
300
3. She was the first African American woman to serve as United States Secretary of State, and the first African American and the first woman to serve as the President’s National Security Advisor.
a. Who is Condoleezza Rice
300
3. The historically black college Howard University is located in Atlanta.
a. False. Howard University is located in Washington, D.C.
300
3. This Olympic track star won three gold medals and two silver medals, and still holds world records in 100-meter and 200-meter races, which were set in 1988.
a. Who is Florence Griffith-Joyner?
300
3. Who is the most Grammy-nominated artist in the history of the awards with 76 nominations and 26 awards?
a. Music composer and producer, Quincy Jones
300
3. This writer and sociologist was co-founder of the NAACP, and was one of the most famous social activists during the Harlem Renaissance.
a. Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
400
4. This Chicago-born woman was the first and only African-American woman elected to the United States Senate, and served during the Clinton administration.
a. Who is Carol Moseley Braun?
400
4. Denzel Washington and Whoopi Goldberg made Hollywood history in 2001 when they became the first blacks to win the Academy Awards for best actor and best actress in the same year.
a. False. Washington and Halle Berry won the awards in 2001. Goldberg won for best supporting actress in 1990.
400
4. Following her careers in college and professional basketball, she became the first female member of the Harlem Globetrotters in 1985.
a. Who is Lynette Woodard?
400
4. Who was the first African American to win Miss America?
a. Vanessa Williams, 1984, representing New York. When controversial photos surfaced and Williams resigned, Suzette Charles, the runner-up and also an African American, assumed the title. She represented New Jersey.
400
4. This African-American doctor is credited with performing the first successful open heart surgery on July 9, 1853.
a. Who is Daniel Williams?
500
5. In 1998, he became the first African American general in the United States Army.
a. Who is Benjamin Oliver Davis?
500
5. In the early and mid-1900s, black American musicians including Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington created a new kind of music called funk innovation that is considered America’s only original music form.
a. False. The music is called jazz. Innovation is a big part of jazz, and branches of the music include funk, bebop and swing.
500
5. In 1961, he broke the color barrier in golf when he became the first African American to play in the PGA tour.
a. Who is Charlie Sifford?
500
5. This Hip-Hop group was the first to have a gold album, be nominated for a Grammy Award, earn a platinum record, have videos on MTV, appear on American Bandstand and the cover of Rolling Stone.
a. Run-D.M.C.
500
5. He was the first African American licensed to practice law in the United States, in Maine of 1844. He is also believed to be the first African-American to have held a judicial position; Justice of the Peace for Middlesex County.
a. Who is Macon Allen?