Black History Month

This university was the first to to have a policy of not considering race for admission.

This man was the first African American to be elected President of the United States.

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!)

This was the first African American man to play Major League Baseball.

Famous African American track athlete who is said to, by himself, crush the "white superiority" myth pushed by Adolf Hitler.

This is the highest grossing (made the most money) of any movie directed by and African American director.

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.

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!)

First African American to be arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person. Hint: It was NOT Rosa Parks

This man was the first African American justice on the United States Supreme Court.

True or False: Edward Bouchet was the first African American to earn a PhD from an American University in 1876.

This woman is the first African American and first female Vice President of the United States.

This woman was a former slave who was responsible for freeing many more slaves via the "underground railroad".

This minister advocated for peaceful resistance to unjust laws. He made the famous "I have a dream" speech.

This was the practice that kept schools and other places separated based on race.

This man was a Muslim minister who believed that African Americans should be totally separate from Whites and advocated a "back to Africa" movement for African Americans.