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Who were nine African-American students who integrated central high school
The Little Rock nine
What is a holiday that started in 1966 by Ron Correa that means first fruits in Swahili
Kwanza
Holiday celebrated on June 19 celebrates the freedom from slavery
Juneteenth
What is an abolitionist
A person who works against slavery
What does B.B. King noted for?
The blues
Who played the role of Jackie Robinson in the movie 42
Chadwick Boseman
The first African-American woman, to be elected into the US Senate
Carol Moseley-braun
Civil rights activist who wrote integrated buses throughout the south
Freedom riders
Who is the president of the national council of Negro women?
Dorothy height
America’s oldest HBCU for women
Spelman college
Who is the first black baseball pitcher to be in shredded in the baseball Hall of Fame?
Satchel page
How many HBCU are recognized by the department of education
107
Who helped orchestrate the landmark supreme court case Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka
Thurgood Marshall
Who was the first African-American principal dancer with prestigious American ballet Theatre?
Misty Copeland
Where was the first black television station established?
Detroit
Who is known as a princess of black poetry?
Nikki Giovanni
What is the nation’s oldest largest and most widely recognized grassroots based on civil rights organization?
NAACP
What was the network of secret Ralph and safe houses used by slaves to escape north into Canada
The underground railroad
Who is the president of Morehouse College from 1940 to 1967?
Benjamin mazyes
When was the emancipation proclamation issued?
January 1 1863
Who was appointed the first black Attorney General by a president of Barack Obama
Eric Holder
Who was appointed the first black female attorney general
Loretta Lynch
Who is the first black actor who have won an Academy award and Emmy and Tony?
Viola Davis
Condoleezza rice served as what?
Secretary of State
Where is the national civil rights Museum?
Memphis, Tennessee
How did Ronald McNair die?
The 1986 space shuttle disaster
Who took jazz vocals to a new level and it was called the divine one?
Sarah Vaughn
Which US amendment outlawed slavery
The 13th
What trademark was puffing cheeks in it in a trumpet bell that pointed skyward
Dizzy Gillespie
What is the name of Oprah Winfrey’s TV production company?
HARPO
What is the name of Barry Gordy Junior record label
Motown
What was the first black Greek lettered fraternity
Alpha phi alpha inc.
What’s the largest civil road protest in America
The million man March
How many days are there of Kwanzaa?
Seven
What article declared that all persons held their slaves within their rebellious southern states are henceforth, and forever free
The emancipation proclamation
The first African-American to win baseball MVP award
Jackie Robinson
Who coordinated operation desert storm
Colin Powell
Who is known as the queen of soul?
Aretha Franklin
Who is known for recording dancing in popular rising the twist
Chubby checker
Who is the author of the color purple?
Alice Walker
Who was the first black female to win the all-around gold medal in gymnastics?
Gabby Douglas
Who is the founder of Radio One and TV one?
Kathy Hughes
Who performed the world’s first open heart surgery?
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Who provided the voice for Darth Vader?
James Earl Jones
Who is the first African-American aviator?
Bessie Coleman
Who is the author of uncle Tom’s cabin?
Harriet Beecher stowe
Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was the first African-American woman to have her own weekly television series, “Julia?”
Diahann Carroii
Who is the first African-American to win a Pulitzer prize
Gwendolyn Brooks
Who is the first black to be elected to a political office in the United States?
John Mercer Langston
Who was the first black woman to have her work performed on Broadway?
Lorraine Hansbury
Who was the first black female secretary of energy?
Hazel O’Leary
Who is the founder of the Negro baseball league?
Rube Foster
Who is the principal at Tuscany Institute who recruited and hired George Washington Carver?
Booker T. Washington
Who wrote the biography of Malcolm X?
Alex Haley
What was the first black owned college in the United States?
Wilberforce
Who was the first black president at Wilberforce
Daniel Payne
What was the name of the evolutionist newspaper founded by Frederick Douglas
North star
Who is the founder of NAACP?
WEB Dubois
Who is the first female chairperson of the NAACP?
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Where was Martin Luther King murdered
The Lorrainne Hotel
Who’s the first black chairman of the joint chiefs of staff?
Colin Powell
The first black female, CEO of fortune 500 company
Ursula burns
Who was the first black to win the Nobel peace prize
Ralph Bunche
Who is the first black president of the United States?
Barack Obama
The first black Air Force general
Benjamin o’Davis Junior
Who is the first black president of South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
Who is the first black billionaire?
Robert Johnson
