Black (Af-Am) History Flashcards
Who delivered the famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech in 1963?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What was Rosa Parks arrested for in 1955?
Refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger.
What organization did Martin Luther King Jr. help to found in 1957?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
What historic event took place during the March on Washington in 1963?
Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech.
Who was the first African American to enroll at the University of Mississippi, escorted by federal marshals in 1962?
James Meredith.
Which civil rights leader was known for the phrase ‘By any means necessary’?
Malcolm X.
What 1965 event became known as ‘Bloody Sunday’?
The violent attack on peaceful protesters during the Selma to Montgomery marches.
Who was the first African American woman elected to Congress in 1968?
Shirley Chisholm.
What was the name of the political organization founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966?
The Black Panther Party.
What landmark legislation outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in 1964?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Who was the first African American President of the United States?
Barack Obama.
Who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?
Halle Berry.
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall.
Who was the first African American to win a Nobel Peace Prize?
Ralph Bunche.
Who became the first African American female astronaut to travel in space in 1992?
Mae Jemison.
Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era?
Jackie Robinson.
Who was the first African American billionaire?
Robert L. Johnson (founder of BET).
Who was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal?
John Baxter Taylor Jr. (1908 Summer Olympics).
Who was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
Toni Morrison.
Who became the first African American Vice President of the United States?
Kamala Harris.
Who led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman.
Who was known as the ‘Mother of the Civil Rights Movement’?
Rosa Parks.
What African American scientist is credited with discovering over 300 uses for peanuts?
George Washington Carver.
Who was the abolitionist and former enslaved person who became a famous speaker and writer?
Frederick Douglass.
Who wrote the famous poem ‘Still I Rise’?
Maya Angelou.
What African queen led resistance against the Portuguese colonizers in Angola?
Queen Nzinga.
Who was the African American inventor of the traffic light and gas mask?
Garrett Morgan.
Who was the first African American woman self-made millionaire?
Madam C.J. Walker.
Which African American poet was part of the Harlem Renaissance and wrote ‘The Negro Speaks of Rivers’?
Langston Hughes.
Who founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama?
Booker T. Washington.
Which music genre originated in African American communities in New Orleans around the early 20th century?
Jazz.
Who is known as the ‘Queen of Soul’?
Aretha Franklin.
What African American playwright wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning play ‘Fences’?
August Wilson.
Which singer’s album ‘Lemonade’ received critical acclaim for blending music with social commentary?
Beyoncé.
What style of dance, music, and art emerged from African American and Latino communities in the Bronx during the 1970s?
Hip-hop.
Who was the African American artist known for his vibrant collage paintings reflecting Black culture, such as ‘The Block’?
Romare Bearden.
Which African American actor starred in the film ‘Black Panther’ as the superhero T’Challa?
Chadwick Boseman.
What literary movement in the 1920s celebrated African American cultural achievements?
The Harlem Renaissance.
Who was the iconic blues singer known as the ‘Empress of the Blues’?
Bessie Smith.
What African American filmmaker directed the acclaimed film ‘Do the Right Thing’?
Spike Lee.
Who was the first African American to win the heavyweight boxing championship?
Jack Johnson.
Which Olympic athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Games, challenging Nazi ideologies?
Jesse Owens.
Who became the first African American woman to win the Wimbledon singles title in 1957?
Althea Gibson.
Which basketball player is often referred to as ‘His Airness’?
Michael Jordan.
Who was the first African American to win the Masters Tournament in golf?
Tiger Woods.
What NFL player became a civil rights icon after kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality?
Colin Kaepernick.
Which tennis player won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in the Open Era?
Serena Williams.
Who was the first African American coach to win a Super Bowl?
Tony Dungy.
Which African American gymnast has won the most world championship gold medals?
Simone Biles.
Who was known as ‘The Greatest’ and became a three-time world heavyweight boxing champion?
Muhammad Ali.
