African American Athletes
Arthur Ashe was famous in what sport.
What is Tennis.
This entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist who established a business selling hair care products to women in the 19th was considered the wealthiest African-American business woman and wealthiest self-made woman in America at the time of her death in 1919.
Who is Madame C.J. Walker.
In 1875, this man was appointed as the first African-American Deputy US Marshall.
Who is Bass Reeves.
The first African American Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall.
Which important legislation forbid employers from discriminating against minorities.
What is Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The first African American to play major league baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson.
Agricultural scientist, inventor, and professor at the Tuskegee Institute developed techniques to improve soils depleted by repeated plantings of cotton. He wanted poor farmers to grow alternative crops such as peanuts and sweet potatoes as a source of their own food and to improve their quality of life. He developed hundreds of products using peanuts (though not peanut butter, as is often claimed), sweet potatoes and soybeans.
Who is George Washington Carver.
In 1867, the first African-American police officers were appointed to the police department in this city.
What is Selma, Alabama.
The first Black owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
What is BET -Black Entertainment Television.
The decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in this case struck down state laws which made inter-racial marriage illegal.
What is Loving vs Virginia (1967).
Won the Ladies World Figure Skating Championship in 1986.
Who is Debbie Thomas.
Holds more than 80 U.S. patents; inventor of the Super Soaker Water Gun toy.
Who is Dr. Lonnie Johnson.
The year the National Black Police Association is chartered.
What is 1972.
The first African American car manufacturer in 1916.
Who Charles Richard Patterson.
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the courts earlier "separate but equal" ruling in the Plessy v. Ferguson case, which meant that segregation of public schools is a denial of an individuals rights.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education (1954).
Holds the record of 100 points scored in a single NBA game.
Who is Wilt Chamberlain.
Invented a means of separating plasma from whole blood cells, allowing it to be stored for up to a week. Also discovered that plasma could be transfused between persons regardless of blood type.
Who is Charles Drew.
This man became the first African-American police commissioner in 1968. He served in Philadelphia and subsequently became the first African-American commissioner of the LAPD in 1992.
Who is Willie L. Williams.
The first African American poet to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the employees of a company were being discriminated against due to being disqualified for jobs based on test and qualifications that were not needed for the job.
What is Griggs vs. Duke Power Company (1971).
What tennis champion and golfer earned her place in the Black Hall of Fame in 1974.
Who is Althea Gibson.
Self-educated astronomer, mathematician, and farmer. Known for publishing a series of almanacs. Also played a role in helping to survey Washington, DC in 1791.
Who is Benjamin Banneker.
In 1916, this woman became the first African-American woman police officer and she served in the LAPD.
Who is Georgia Ann Robinson.
The first African American to publish her writings.
Who is Phyllis Wheatly.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the busing of students to promote integration in public school was legal.
What is Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971).