Quiz
1. Who was the first African-American Rhodes scholar?
2. Who was the first African-American senator AFTER Reconstruction?
3. Who was the first African American to reach the North Pole?
4. Who was the first African-American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
5. Who was the first African-American Miss America?
6. Who was the first African-American heavy weight champion?
7. Who was the first African-American millionaire?
8. Who was the first African-American mayor of a major U.S. city?
9. What was the first African-American tennis champion?
10. Who was the first African American to win an Oscar?
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