Black History Facts
Black History Vocabulary
Black History in Sports
Black History
Black History Vocabulary 2
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She was one of the first African American women to receive a Bachelor's degree from a major college (1884, Oberlin College, Ohio)
Who is Anna Julia Cooper?
100
To protest against something.
What is boycott?
100
Muhammed Ali won an Olympic gold medal in this city as light heavy weight boxer in 1960?
What is Rome?
100
Who invented the stop light?
Who is Garrett Morgan?
100
Not following the law- only doing what you think is right
What is civil disobedience?
200
He became the first black President of Georgia State College in 1891,who is he?
Who is Major Richard R. Wright?
200
The right to be a citizen and to own things.
What is civil rights?
200
He was the first African American to win the prestigious Heisman trophy?
Who is Ernie Davis?
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Who was the female who was asked to give up her seat, and move to the back of the bus?
Who is Rosa Parks?
200
The right to be a citizen and to own things.
What are civil rights?
300
Ernest Green was cast into the national spotlight in 1957 integrating all white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas as part of which group?
Who is the "Little Rock Nine"?
300
Group of civil rights workers who took bus trips through southern states in 1961 to protest illegal bus segregation, who are they?
What are Freedom riders?
300
This scoring guard was the first African American to play in the NBA, who is he?
Who is Nathaniel Sweetwater Clifton?
300
Who invented peanut butter?
Who is G.W. Carver?
300
Unfair treatment of a person or group because of their skin color.
What is race discrimination?
400

On September 30, 1962, James H. Meridith was he first African American student admitted to which university?

What is The University of Mississippi?

400
Together, mixing different people
What is integration?
400
She won the top award at Wimbledon becoming the first black female tennis player to achieve the honor, who is she?
Who is Althea Gibson?
400
Who invented the cellular telephone?
Who is Henry Sampson?
400
People who are owned and forced to work by someone else.
What are slaves?
500
Bessie Coleman, (1892-1926), credited as the first black woman in the United States to receive a pilot's license, learned to fly in which country?
What is in Europ?
500
A protest when people sit somewhere until their problem is confronted.
What is sit-in?
500
The first African American manager in Major League Baseball, was who?
Who is Frank Robinson?
500
Who was a pioneer in blood plasma research?
Who is Charles Drew?
500
A black American of African descent
What is African-American?