African American First
The first Black woman in space
Who is Mae Jemison? (1992)
The first Black American mayor of Norfolk, Virginia, elected in 2016.
Who is Mayor Kenneth Cooper Alexander?
A group of historically Black fraternities and sororities, played a major role in the civil rights movement.
What is The Divine Nine?
He is the first Black person to own a major film studio independently
Who is Tyler Perry
First Black woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson? (2022)
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
The first Black American Director of Norfolk Human Services.
Who is Denise Gallop?
He escaped slavery in 1849 by mailing himself in a wooden crate to freedom.
Who is Henry "Box" Brown?
The most decorated gymnast in history with 37 World & Olympic medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
She is the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license in 1921.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
The first Black Governor elected in the United States.
Who is Douglas Wilder? (1990 of Virginia!)
Co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to challenge segregation in voting.
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
Sparked a movement against racial injustice by kneeling during the national anthem in 2016
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
The first Black U.S. Surgeon General in 1993
Who is Jocelyn Elders?
The first Black American woman to run for U.S. President in 1972.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
At 15 years old, she refused to give up her bus seat 9-months before Rosa Parks.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
Became the first Black ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre in 2015
Who is Misty Copeland?
The first Black female neurosurgeon in the U.S. in 1981.
Who is Alexa Canady?
Who said "When they go low, we go high."?
Who is Michelle Obama?
An enslaved man, sued for his freedom in 1857, leading to a landmark Supreme Court case.
Who is Dred Scott?
Known as the "Father of the Underground Railroad", he helped over 800 enslaved people escape.
Who is William Still?
Formerly enslaved man, founded the first Black Freemasonry lodge in the U.S. in 1787.
Who is Prince Hall?