African American Firsts
In what year were Africans taken from the continent of Africa and bought to the New World, initiating the start of slavery?
What is 1619?
Who said, "I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger"?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
"No, no, no"--this originally four member group did eventually dwindle, not all of them were "Survivors", however the remaining were some "Independent Women"
What is Destiny's Child?
Who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Who said, "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles-Carter
This person has a royal stage name, but was born with the name Dana Owens.
Who is Queen Latifah
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
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?
Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who is BARACK OBAMA!!!!!
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
Quadruple Platinum...who even knew that existed well in 1989 this dance album by a Jackson hit it big.
What is Rhythm Nation
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Who is Ralph Bunche?
Who said, "When they go low, we go high"?
What was the case where an off-duty neighborhood watchman was found innocent after killing a young black teen who was walking home from purchasing snacks from the corner store?
What is Trayvon Martin vs. George Zimmerman?
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmett Till
WHICH COMEDIAN TURNED ACTOR HAS BEEN NOTED FOR PLAYING MULTIPLE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS IN THE SAME FILM?
Who is Eddie Murphy?
Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?
What is Greensboro, North Carolina?
Who said, "Even though you're fed up, you gotta keep your head up"?
Who is Tupac?
He was born in Midway, FL, attended FAMU, and has served in the Florida Legislature for 28 years
Who is Al Lawson?
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
WHICH 2015 RAP/HIP HOP MOVIE WAS CENTERED AROUND A GROUP OF FAMOUS RAPPERS?
What is Straight Outta Compton?