Black History

3. Whose proposal that congress consider civil rights legislation culminated in the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
8. Who is considered the "Father of Black History"?
10. Who became the first African American to graduate from Harvard University?
12. Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
13. Who was the only African American among the original NAACP executives?
14. Who signed the Emancipation Act?
15. Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?

1. Who broke three track and field World Records in 45 minutes at Ohio State?
2. Where was the first sit-in at a segregated lunch counter?
4. What was the first African American owned and operated newspaper?
5. With the 15th Amendment ratification in 1870, What did African Americans gain in the United States?
6. Who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. Senator?
7. Who was the first African American to perform at the White House?
9. Who was the first African American to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice?
11. Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award?