African American First
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African Americans in Government
Civil Rights Movement
Famous African Americans
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Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
100

Who said "Birthdays was the worst days. Now we sip champagne when we thirstay.”

Notorious B.I.G (AKA Biggie Smalls)

100

What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?

What is Brown v. Board of Education

100
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
100

Who was the first U.S. woman to become a self-made millionaire?

 Madam C.J. Walker

200

Colin Powell was the first African American to hold this position during the George W Bush administration 

What is the United States Secretary of State

200

Who said "You better call Tyrone, but you can't use my phone"

Who is Erykah Badu

200

What woman was the leader of the Communist Party USA in the 1960's

Who is Angela Davis

200

What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

200

What was the name of the African American-owned and -controlled Bank Jackie Robinson helped establish 

What is Freedom Bank

300

Booker T. Washington the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on this item?

what is a U.S. postage stamp?

300

Who said "It's 7 o'clock on the dot, I'm in my drop top cruising the streets"?

Who is Usher

300

Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?

What is Plessy v. Ferguson

300
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X
300

Who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple.

Who is Oprah Winfrey 

400

Toni Morrison was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for this category. 

 (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")

what is literature. 

400

This famous athlete once said "I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee"?

Who is Muhammad Ali

400

Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?

Who is Shirley Chisholm

400
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
400

Black NASA mathematician, Katherine Johnson, calculated the flight path for NASA’s first space mission and the first moon landing. What 2016 Critically Acclaimed movie tells her story?

What is Hidden Figures

500

On May 4, 1961, 13 seven African Americans and six whites–mounted a Greyhound bus in Washington, D.C., embarking on a bus tour of the American south to protest segregated bus terminals. What were they know as ?

Who are the “Freedom Riders"

500

This actor known for his voice overs once said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?

Who is Morgan Freeman

500

Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?

Who is BARACK OBAMA!!!!!

500

Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which banned discrimination in public accommodations and where else?

What is the Workplace

500
Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carver