In 1958, Irwin Holmes earned a tennis scholarship at this university becoming one of the very first African American athletes to have an athletic scholarship in the state of NC. (Hint; They wear red!)
North Carolina State University
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This university was the first to to have a policy of not considering race for admission.
Oberlin College in Ohio
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Famous African American track athlete who is said to, by himself, crush the "white superiority" myth pushed by Adolf Hitler.
Jessie Owens
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This was the practice that kept schools and other places separated based on race.
Segregation
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Vic Moore was the first African American National Karate Champion. He fought and beat many famous people (Joe Lewis, Chuck Norris, and more) and Bruce Lee could not even react to his speed. Vic Moore is from what state? (Hint: its here!)
North Carolina
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This is the highest grossing (made the most money) of any movie directed by and African American director.
Black Panther
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This man was the first African American justice on the United States Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall
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This man was the first African American to be elected President of the United States.
Barack Obama
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First African American to be arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person. Hint: It was NOT Rosa Parks
Claudette Colvin
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True or False: Edward Bouchet was the first African American to earn a PhD from an American University in 1876.
True. He earned a PhD in Physics from Yale University in 1876
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This was the first African American man to play Major League Baseball.
Jackie Robinson
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This man was a minister and educator from Oxford, NC. He fought in the Revolutionary War and was the first African American known to attend college in the United States.
John Chavis
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This minister advocated for peaceful resistance to unjust laws. He made the famous "I have a dream" speech.