Quiz
1. Who was the first African-American Rhodes scholar?
- Alain Locke
- W.E.B. Du Bois
- Henry Louis Gates
2. Who was the first African-American senator AFTER Reconstruction?
- Adam Clayton Powell
- Edward Brooke
- Barack Obama
3. Who was the first African American to reach the North Pole?
- Matthew A. Henson
- Marcus Garvey
- Gordon Parks
4. Who was the first African-American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
- Martin Luther King
- Ralph Bunche
- John Hope Franklin
5. Who was the first African-American Miss America?
- Halle Berry
- Vanessa Williams
- Tyra Banks
6. Who was the first African-American heavy weight champion?
- Joe Frazier
- Muhammad Ali
- Jack Johnson
7. Who was the first African-American millionaire?
- Madame C .J. Walker
- Robert Johnson
- Oprah Winfrey
8. Who was the first African-American mayor of a major U.S. city?
- Tom Bradley
- David Dinkins
- Carl Stokes
9. What was the first African-American tennis champion?
- Arthur Ashe
- Serena Williams
- Althea Gibson
10. Who was the first African American to win an Oscar?
- Sydney Poitier
- Hattie McDaniel
- James Earl Jones
1. Who was the first African-American Rhodes scholar?
Alain Locke
2. Who was the first African-American senator AFTER Reconstruction?
Edward Brooke
3. Who was the first African American to reach the North Pole?
Matthew A. Henson
4. Who was the first African-American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Ralph Bunche
5. Who was the first African-American Miss America?
Vanessa Williams
6. Who was the first African-American heavy weight champion?
Jack Johnson
7. Who was the first African-American millionaire?
Madame C .J. Walker
8. Who was the first African-American mayor of a major U.S. city?
Carl Stokes
9. What was the first African-American tennis champion?
Althea Gibson
10. Who was the first African American to win an Oscar?
Hattie McDaniel