Firsts in History
Test your knowledge as it relates to
African-Americans in History.
Choose from answers found below.
Answer Choices
a. Bessie Coleman |
e. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
h. Guion S. Bluford |
k. Stokely Carmichael |
- ___ Who was the first African-American woman to earn an international pilot's license?
- ___ Who was the first African-American to lead a fight for civil rights in Massachusetts?
- ___ Who was the first settler of the city of Chicago?
- ___ Who was the first African-American woman to lecture against slavery?
- ___ Who was the first African-American in space?
- ___ Who was the first African-American woman to be honored with her picture on a postage stamp?
- ___ Who was the first African-American woman to drive an U.S. mail coach?
- ___ Who founded the first African-American town in California?
- ___ Whose act sparked the first major boycott of the Civil Rights Movement?
- ___ Who was the first to popularize the slogan, "Black Power?"
- ___ Who was the first African-American to head a moajor foundation?
- ___ Who was the first African-American to be honored with a national holiday?
- ___ Who was the first African-American woman astronaut?
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