SPORTS
Who was the first African American player in Major League Baseball?
Jackie Robinson
Who was the first African American child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South?
Ruby Bridges
Who was the first African American woman to become a famous ballet dancer and perform around the world?
Misty Copeland
Who was the first African American woman elected to the United States Congress?
Shirley Chisholm
Who was the first African American woman to travel to space?
Mae Jemison
Which famous boxer was called “The Greatest”?
Muhammad Ali
Who helped start schools for African American children and became a famous teacher and leader?
Booker T. Washington
Who became the first African American Miss America in 1984?
Vanessa Williams
Who was a leader that helped African Americans gain the right to vote?
John Lewis
Who invented the traffic light and made streets safer?
Garrett Morgan
Who was a tennis champion that helped break barriers for African American women in sports?
Althea Gibson
Who was the first African American woman to earn a college degree?
Mary Jane Patterson
Which dancer and choreographer helped bring African dance to audiences around the world?
Alvin Ailey
Who was the first African American President of the United States?
Barack Obama
Who invented the Super Soaker water toy?
Lonnie Johnson
Which basketball player is known as “His Airness” and is one of the greatest players of all time?
Michael Jordan
Who started a school for African American girls that later became Bethune-Cookman University?
Mary McLeod Bethune
Who created a successful hair care business and became one of the first Black women millionaires?
Madam C.J. Walker
In what year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a bus?
1955
Which mathematician helped NASA send astronauts to space and safely return home?
Katherine Johnson
Who was the first African American coach to win a Super Bowl?
Tony Dungy
Who worked to make schools fair and helped end segregation in education?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was a famous dancer and singer who performed in movies and on stage and broke barriers in entertainment?
Josephine Baker
In what year was Juneteenth first celebrated as the end of slavery in the United States?
1865
Who was a scientist who studied plants and helped farmers grow better crops?
George Washington Carver