He was elected President of the United States in 2008.
100
Who is Beyonce?
She is a Grammy-award winning singer and a former part of Destiny's Child.
200
What is Michael King Jr.?
This is MLK's given birth name?
200
What is the 14th Amendment?
This piece of legislature granted freedmen their citizenry?
200
Who is Malcolm X?
This American Muslim minister and human rights leader's autobiography is considered one of the most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century. (Hint: Charles "X"avier, Professor "X".)
200
Who is Russell Wilson?
He was the first black quarterback to win a Superbowl.
200
Who is Michael Jordan?
He is widely considered the greatest basketball player of all-time.
300
What is Morehouse College?
This is MLK's alma mater? (Hint: It is Dr. Marc Lamont Hill's employer.)
300
What is the 15th Amendment?
This piece of legislature granted African-Americans the right to vote.
300
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
African American culture was reborn, some say had a renaissance, in this NYC borough. (Hint: There is also a "shake" of this.)
300
Who is Jackie Robinson?
He broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
300
Who is Drake?
Who tied The Beatles with 14 simultaneous number 1 Hot 100 Billboard chart.
400
What is "I Have a Dream?"
This famous speech was recited on the March to Washington in 1963?
400
What is Montgomery?
This famous 1955 bus boycott occurred in what city?
400
What is jazz?
No aspect of the Harlem Renaissance shaped America and the entire world as much this type of music.
400
Who is Halle Berry?
She is the first African-American woman to win an Oscar.
400
Who is Mariah Carey?
She is the solo artist with the most number ones in the charts history. (Hint: Wild N' Out)
500
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
He was awarded this prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence in 1964.
500
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This United States States Supreme Court case ended segregation in public schools.
500
What is Howard University?
This institution of higher learning was the first historically black college and university in the United States.
500
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
She is the only African-American woman in the Forbes "Top 100 Wealthiest People in the World" list.
500
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
Who was the first African-American woman Secretary of State?