Fatal shooting of unarmed 17-year-old in Sanford, Florida
Trayvon Martin Case
100
When is Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday?
January 15, 1929
100
Who is the current president of the United States of America?
President Barack Obama
100
Who was the first African American Billionaire in 2001?
Robert Johnson (owner of Black Entertainment Television)
100
Who was the first African American woman to win the Miss American Pageant?
Vanessa Williams
200
Which case established the 'separate but equal' standard?
Plessy vs. Ferguson
200
Which march was the first public service act performed by the Founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.?
the Women's Suffrage March
200
Who is the current president of the Epsilon Psi Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
Ashley Carpenter
200
In 2005, who was elected the first black female secretary of state?
Condoleezza Rice
200
Who was the first female self made millionaire and what did she develop?
Madam C.J. Walker. She developed line of beauty and hair products for African American females.
300
Case in which the court deemed abortion a fundamental right under the U.S. Constitution
Roe vs. Wade
300
Planned by A. Philip Randolph in 1941 to support demands for elimination of employment discrimination in defense industries
March on Washington
300
Who is the current CEO of McDonald's?
Don Thompson
300
On Jan 31, 2006, this famous wife passed away of a stroke at the age of 78
Coretta Scott King
300
Which Michael Jackson album was the best selling recording of all time in 1982?
Thriller
400
Case in Topeka, Kansas in which black children were denied access into nearby white segregated schools; monumental case for the civil rights movement and attaining racial equality
Brown vs. Board of Education
400
When was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
April 4, 1968
400
Who is the national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.?
Dr. Cynthia M.A. Butler-McIntyre
400
In 2010 President Obama signs legislation to pay two groups about $4.6 billion to compensate for decades of discrimination suffered at the hands of government entities like the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior. Name one of the two groups.
Black Farmers and Indian Tribes
400
Famous American poet during the Harlem Renaissance; known for works such as 'Let America be America Again' and 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers'
Langston Hughes
500
Important case in the fight for equality and abolishment of slavery
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
500
Blacks march to Montgomery in support of voting rights but are stopped at the Pettus Bridge by a police blockade.
March on Montgomery
500
Who was the first black president of an Ivy League University?
Ruth Simmons
500
How many homicides occurred in the month of January in Chicago, IL?
43
500
Author and activist best known for her novel 'The Color Purple'