Bible Verses
What wealthy little town in Oklahoma was burned down in 1921?
WHAT IS:
Black Wall Street aka Little Tulsa
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
WHO IS:
Shirley Chisholm
Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
WHAT IS:
The 13th Amendment
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
WHO IS:
Tiger Woods
This individual is known as "Moses," the famous conductor of the underground railway who helped others escape slavery.
WHO IS?
Araminta Ross aka Harriet Tubman
What organization formed February 12, 1909?
WHAT IS:
The National Association for the Advancement for Colored People
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
WHO IS:
Colin Powell
The 6 year old who was the first African American to attend a desegregated school in 1960.
WHO IS:
Ruby Bridges
Who was the first African-American heavyweight champion?
WHO IS:
Jack Johnson
This African American was the youngest person at the time to receive a Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.
WHO IS:
Martin Luther King Jr.
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
WHAT IS:
Brown v. Board of Education
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
WHO IS:
Booker T. Washington
Who became the first African American millionaire with their revolutionary black hair products?
WHO IS:
Madame C.J. Walker
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.
Muhammad Ali
This African American is known as the "Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement"
WHO IS:
Rosa Parks
Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
WHO IS:
President Barack Obama
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye").
WHO IS:
Toni Morrison
Which president officially recognized Black History Month?
President Gerald Ford
What famous African American woman went to Olympics, winning a silver medal in the 200 meter race.
Florence Delorez Griffith aka Flo Jo
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
WHO IS:
Emmet Till
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
WHAT IS:
The Alabama Church Bombing
She was the first African American woman to earn a doctorate in nuclear physics at MIT.
WHO IS:
Dr. Shirley Jackson
Who said, "if not us, then who? If not now, then when?"
John Lewis
This famous African American won 4 medals in the Berlin Olympics?
WHO IS:
Jesse Owens
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