Quiz Bowl Practice Part 3

Who was the first African American Supreme Court justice?

What African American union organizer helped open the door for U.S. Congress to pass laws outlawing job discrimination?

Who was the first African American president of the United States?

Who received her pilot's license in 1921, making her the first African American woman civil aviator?

Who are the only two brothers to ever hold the heavyweight boxing title?

Who coordinated Operation Desert Storm?

Who was elected to Congress in 1944 and became the first congressperson to represent the district of Harlem?

When did President Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

What is the name of the educational institution Booker T. Washington founded for African Americans in 1881?

What basketball superstar became the first African American to coach a major-league sport team?

What was the name of the network of hiding places, which helped slaves escape to freedom?

What African American astronaut died in the 1986 space shuttle disaster?

What were the black soldiers who primarily fought Native Americans in the West after the Civil War called?

What did Madam C.J. Walker invent that was sold door-to-door and made her the first African American female billionaire?

What is the name of the first black Greek fraternity for college students?

What professional African American baseball player finished his career with 755 home runs?

The term "jumping the broom" refers to what?

What is the name of President Obama's wife?

What career did Ronald McNair, Charles Bolden, and Frederick Gregory pursue?

What leading crusader against lynching founded the first black women's suffrage organization?

Who founded an economic program called "People United to Save Humanity" also known as Operation PUSH?

Who led colonial forces during the Boston Massacre in 1770, becoming the "first to defy, and the first do die"?

In what attack did Dorie Miller respond quickly, making him the first American hero of World War II?

Who became the first African American to play major league baseball and win baseball's Most Valuable Player Award?

What African America was instrumental in the development of the city of Chicago?