Black History Knowledge Round 3

African sailor who helped Christopher Columbus navigate the Nina ship and 1st black to land in the New World

The first African American female________ was Dr. Mae Jemison

After leading the most significant slave revolt in U.S. history, Nat Turner was

The first black elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans was

In 1887, a town was incorporated for blacks in

Joseph Searles was the first black man to get a seat

Who was the first black boxer to hold the heavyweight championship longer than a decade?

PoetPhyllis Wheatley was

Vanessa Williams was the first black

Althea Gibson was a famous black

Gregory Hines was

Paul Robeson was not only an actor and concert musician

Isabella Baumfree was the real name of

Former nurse Ruth Carol Taylor became the first African American

Jackie Robinson of Brooklyn Dodgers was the first black major league baseball player

She became the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal at the Winter Games (Salt Lake City, 2002)

Black explorer Matthew Henson discovered the

Barack Obama was elected as the first black

The name of the first black Attorney General is

The Montgomery bus boycott, led by the Rev. Dr. MLK, Jr., brought about the Supreme Court decision that declared