Sports Figures
Golfer that holds second place in total grand slams.
Who is Tiger Woods
Famous quote by this black leader
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Who is Martin Luther King Jr
She refused to give her seat to a white man on the bus
Who is Rosa Parks
This system of institutionalized racial segregation existed in South West Africa and South Africa from 1948 to 1990s
What is Apartheid
Starred in the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"
Who is Will Smith
Basketball player, widely considered the greatest of all time, won 6 titles with the Chicago Bulls
Who is Michael Jordan
This leader was born in Hawaii, and rose to the highest position in the United States
Who is Barack Obama
13th Amendment was created after this war which abolished slavery
What is the Civil War
This man was the first black president of South Africa after being jailed for decades. Famous Quote. "A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination."
Who is Nelson Mandela
She has had hit songs
Who is Rihanna
**There has to be a tennis question** This tennis player became the first black man to win Wimbledon.
Who is Arthur Ashe
This famous boxer and activist said “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”
Who is Muhammad Ali
President that signed the Emancipation Act
Who is Abraham Lincoln
Highest Mountain in Africa
What is Kilimanjaro
Name 2 of the 4 black male actors to win an Oscar for best actor
Who is Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Jamie Fox, and Forest Whitaker
This black American won 4 Olympic gold metals in Berlin in 1936 as Adolf Hilter watched and hosted the games
Who is Jesse Owens
“You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.” Was said by this 1960s activists, and he was gunned down in an auditorium giving a speech in 1965
Who is Malcom X
First African American U.S. Supreme Court member, appointed by Lyndon Johnson
Who is Thurgood Marshall
Longest river in Africa
What is the Nile
First African American woman to headline Coachella
Who is Beyonce
Team that Jackie Robinson played for in his first major league baseball game
What is the Brooklyn Dodgers
“Have a vision. Be demanding.” —He is the first Black U.S. Secretary of State. He was also a general in the US army
Who is Colin Powell
An escaped slave, this man traveled and deliver speeches and distribute pamphlets. He was known in his day as the greatest American anti-slavery leader. He said “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Who is Fredrick Douglass
Kofi Annan became the first black African Secretary Generation of this international organization
What is the United Nations
Last name of the family in the Cosby show
What is the Huxtables