Sports
This basketball superstar became the first Black American to manage a major league sports team.
Who is Bill Russell?
He performed the world's first open heart surgery.
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?
“Free at last, free at last; thank God almighty, ….” Complete Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.‟s “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is 'we are free at last'?
He became Atlanta‟s first and youngest black mayor in 1974, a position he held for three terms. Name him.
Who is Maynard Jackson, Jr.?
This Harlem theatre is a showcase for Black talent.
What is The Apollo?
He was the first athlete to receive Sports Illustrated‟s Sportsmen of the Year award after retiring from his professional career.
Who is Arthur Ashe?
This doctor, a pioneer in blood transfusion, died in 1950 following a car accident when he was turned away from a hospital because of his race.
Who was Dr. Charles Drew?
Black History month officially began in this year.
What is 1976?
In 1997 this Congresswoman from California became the third woman to chair the Congressional Black Caucus.
Who is Maxine Waters?
This African American took jazz vocals to a new level and was called “The Divine One” because of her range and effortless mastery of the intricacies of music.
Who is Sarah Vaughan?
In 1986 this African American become the youngest heavyweight boxing champion in history.
Who is Mike Tyson?
This African American doctor developed a treatment for arthritis.
Who is Dr. Percy Julian?
This African American sparked the “Montgomery Bus Boycott”.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This African American educator served as an advisor to five U.S. presidents.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
Published in 1982, what Alice Walker novel became a monumental bestseller and won both a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.
What is The Color Purple?
Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron ended his career with this amazing number of home runs.
What is 755?
He was the first African American professor at Harvard University.
Who is Dr. William Hinton?
James Forma wrote this document that demanded $500 million to be collected from White churches and synagogues for payment of injustices suffered by Black Americans.
What is The Black Manifesto?
Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman to be elected to Congress. She also campaigned for this office in 1972.
What is President?
Scott Joplin became famous for playing his ragtime music on this instrument.
What is the piano?
In the 1936 Olympics, Jesse Owens set new world records in these two events.
What is the 200 meter dash and the broad jump?
Bessie Coleman was the first black female aviator in 1921. Because of racism in the United States, she was refused entry into aeronautics schools. She later trained and received her pilot‟s license in this country.
What is France?
President George Washington commended this African American woman for her literary achievements.
Who is Phyllis Wheatley?
In this year the US Supreme Court ruled the “separate but equal” doctrine invalid and unjust.
What is 1954?
Malcom X started this newspaper.
What is Muhammad Speaks?