Sports
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
Who was a prominent American scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts and other plants?
Who is George Washington Carver
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education.
Which artist had the best-selling album of all time, which debuted in 1982?
Who is Michael Jackson
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
Who was the first African American to win baseball's Most Valuable Player award?
Who is Jackie Robinson
Who developed a line of hair products and cosmetics and became the first female millionaire in the country?
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell
Who was the first Black man to win an Academy Award?
Who is Sidney Poitier
Who said "a man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."
Who is Malcom X
Who was the first Black quarterback to start and win a Super Bowl? Hint: he played for Washington
Who is Doug Williams
Who is the first African American space traveler?
Who is Guion S. Bluford
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
Who is the first African American to publish a book of poetry?
Who is Phillis Wheatley
Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Who is Maya Angelou.
Who is a five-time NBA Most Valuable Player, twelve-time All-Star, and the centerpiece of the Celtics dynasty, winning eleven NBA championships during his thirteen-year career?
Who is Bill Russell
Who is the first Black person to host a network morning show?
Who is Bryant Gumbel
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
Who was the first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize for literature?
Who is Toni Morrison
Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Who is Muhammad Ali.
Recently, who became the first Black woman to win an Olympic medal in speed skating (gold!)?
Who is Erin Jackson
Who is the inventor of the three-light traffic signal?
Who is Garret Morgan
Name two Black women who are currently the longest serving members of Congress.
Who are Maxine Waters and Eleanor Holmes Norton
Who wrote "Lift every voice and sing"?
Who is James Weldon Johnson
Which athlete said "I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger."
Who is Serena Williams