Politics and Law
made history when he was sworn in as the first Black president of the United States in 2009 and is one of the most influential people of the 21st century.
A. Theodore Roosevelt
B. Thurgood Marshall
C. Barack Obama
The first black president of the united states of America is Barack Obama
who is the most decorated gymnast in history, with 41 Olympic and World Championship medals. She has won multiple U.S. championships, World titles,
A. Gabby Douglas
B. Laurie Hernandez
C. Simone Biles
Simone Biles has the most olympic athlete to win the most medals in Olympic history.
This amazing singer has won 32 Grammy Awards, making her the most decorated artist in Grammy history. She became the first Black woman to top the Billboard Country Chart.
A. Etta James
B. Beyonce Knowles
C. Aretha Franklin
Beyonce became the first woman to headline Glastonbury, and is the first Black woman to top the Billboard Country Chart.
This black inventor created animated gifs we use today while we text or post on social media?
A. Lisa Globter
B. Dorothy Vaughn
C. Mary Jackson
Lisa Globter worked on several pioneering Internet technologies and created products that have been used by billions of people including: Shockwave, Hulu, and the ascent of online video.
She was just 6 years old when she became the first African American student to attend William Frantz Elementary in Louisiana at the height of desegregation.
A. Mae Jemison
B. Ruby Bridges
C. Katherine Johnson
Ruby Bridges was an elementary student that helped end desegregation in schools.
This incredible tennis player 23 Grand Slam singles titles (the record), six U.S. Opens, seven Wimbledon titles, seven Australian Opens and many more titles.
A. Serena Williams
B. Naomi Osaka
C. Margaret Court
Serena Williams is the only player to accomplish a career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles.
This bravado artist has earned three Grammy Awards, eleven Latin Grammy Awards, eight Billboard Music Awards, and thirteen Lo Nuestro Awards.
A. Bad Bunny
B. Antonio Banderas
C. PitBull
Bad Bunny is first latin american singer to do an all spanish album and it be nominated for album of the year.
A physicist and the first African American woman ever to earn a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the second to earn a doctorate in physics.
A. Katherine Johnson
B. Dr. Shirley Jackson
C. Claudia Alexander
Her research and inventions paved the way for several modern developments in telecommunications, such as the touch-tone phone, call waiting, portable faxes, caller ID. Shirley Jackson was the first black woman to graduate from MIT to earn doctorate degree
This woman broke boundaries in 2009 when she became the first Latina and third woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.
A. Sonia Sotomayor
B. Sylvia Rivera
C. Alida Ortiz Sotomayor
Sonia Sotomayor is the first Latina woman to serve on the supreme court.
He is called the greatest basketball players of all time, and one of the world’s most recognizable athletes. The list of the 14-time NBA All-Star’s accomplishments is seemingly endless.
A. Kobe Bryant
B. Steph Curry
C. Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan is the player who has the most scoring titles
In 1964, the legendary actor, filmmaker, and director became the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor.
A. Samuel L. Jackson
B. James Earl Jones
C. Sydney Poitter
Sydney Poitter was the first black american to win an oscar at the academy awards for his supporting role in the movie “Lillies in the field
He had trained with Dr. David Hume and Richard Lower, and he was the first South African to perform the world's first human-to-human heart transplant?
A. Dr William Anderson
B. Dr Christiaan Barnard
C. Dr Hamilton Naki
Christiaan Barnard was the first South African surgeon to perform a heart transplant. On December 3, 1967, at the hospital of Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
This woman was the first Asian American woman elected to Congress, and ran 18 political campaigns since 1956.
A. Anna May Wong
B. Patsy Mink
C. Grace Lee Boggs
Patsy Mink was the first woman of color to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, taking office in 1965.
He is the leading Hispanic soccer player with the most club record of 34 with the team Barcelona.
A. Cristiano Ronaldo
B. Oscar Ustari
C. Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi has won a club-record 34 trophies with Barcelona, including 10 La Liga titles, 7 Copa del Rey titles and more.
This author of seven autobiographies and several essays that focus on racism, identity, family, and travel, this poet made literary history with her 1969 memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
A. Kate Dicamillo
B. Maya Angelou
C. Sojourner Truth
Maya Angelou was a black author that was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for her poetry collection: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die.
Logging nearly 1,000 hours in orbit. She also served as the 11th director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, making her the first Hispanic and second woman to lead the center.
A. Jose Hernandez
B. Ellen Ochoa
C. Dr. Franklin Diaz
Ellen Ochoa was the first hispanic astronaut to log nearly 1,000 hours in orbit.
He was the first Black American ever appointed to the United States Supreme Court and served from 1967 to 1991.
A. Thurgood Marshall
B. Huey P. Newton
C. Malcolm X
Thurgood Marshall is the first black man ever to serve on the Supreme Court.
In 2019, he became the first Asian American to win an NBA championship, which he did with the Toronto Raptors.
A. Yo Yo Ma
B. Jermey Lin
C. Yao Ming
As the first American of Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA. Jeremy Lin joined the New York Knicks in 2011, his high-scoring ability.
who was the black writer that led the Harlem renaissance which focused on African American writers, poets, musicians, and artists?
A. Fredrick Douglas
B. Bell Hooks
C. Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was a playwright, poet, and novelist who also wrote columns for the Chicago Defender in which he addressed racial issues. His book based on black themes and heritage, The Weary Blues (1926), earned him the first prize in a literary competition by Opportunity magazine.
As a "human computer", she performed complex calculations for aircraft flight tests and orbital mechanics. Her work was essential to the success of John Glenn's 1962 orbital flight and the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing.
A. Marija Gimbutienė
B. Katherine Johnson
C. Bessie Smith
In Katherine Johnson 1960 she coauthored a paper with one of the group’s engineers about calculations for placing a spacecraft into orbit. It was the first time a woman in her division received credit as an author