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First African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize
Who is Ralph Bunche
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Basketball player to score 100 points in a singe game
Who is Wilt Chamberlain
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Named Queen of Soul
Who is Aretha Franklin
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First black woman millionaire and invented hair care products
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
100
African American doctor that performed history making surgery by separating twins joined at the head
Who is Ben Carson
200
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Thurgood Marshall
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Which black coach was the first to win the Superbowl
Who is Tony Dungy
200
Founded Ebony and Jet
Who is John Johnson
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Invented the traffic signal
Who is Garrett Morgan
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The only black woman to run for President of the United States and was elcted to Congress six times
Who is Shirley Chisholm
300
Who was the first African American woman to win a Tony Award for best leading actress
Who is Phylica Rashad
300
What was the first black professinal basketball team name?
New York Renaissance
300
First African American to win the title of Miss America
Who is Vanessa Williams
300
He invented the ironing board in 1892
Who is Sarah Boone
300
The first African American to become Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae to lead a Fortune 500 company
Dr. Clifton Wharton
400
First African American woman to host a tv program for 25 years and now owns her own network
Who is Oprah Winfrey
400
First African American to win a bronze medal at the winter Olymipcs in 1988
Who is Debi Thomas
400
Founder of Motwon Records
Who is Berry Gordy
400
Invented the ice scoop
Who is Alfred Cralle
400
Was assassinated on Maya Angelou's birthday on April 5, 1968
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
500
Who was the first African American pilot to fly for a commerical airline
Who is Marlon Green
500
Who is the first person to win four gold medals in track and field at the Olympic Games in 1936
Who is Jesse Owens
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First black woman to write a play for Broadway
Who is Lorraine Hansberry
500
Invented the mailbox
Who is Philip Downing
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First African American Woman to write and read a poem at a President's inauguration
Who is Maya Angelou
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