What year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?
When is 1865?
100
“Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.”
Who is Maya Angelou?
100
This author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
100
What are the real names of the three main characters in Hidden Figures?
Who is Katherine Goble Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson?
100
The meaning of the AACE acronym.
What is the African American Council for Excellence?
200
With the 15th Amendment ratification in 1870, what did African Americans gain in the US.
What are voting rights?
200
“In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.”
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
200
Where was Malcolm X killed?
Where is Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan, New York?
200
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. was the first African American to become what in 1967?
What is an astronaut
200
This was the theme for the AACE MANE Regional Conference on September 8, 2017.
What is “Think Big and Dare to Fail”?
300
Who was the only African American among the original NAACP executives?
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
300
“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”
Who is Booker T. Washington?
300
This theatre rose to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance, during which time it was reputed to only hire black entertainers; of these were James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday.
What is the Apollo Theatre?
300
He developed the technology for blades to rotate parallel to airflow?
Who is James Adams
300
She is the SVP of Corporate Strategy & Business Development.
Who is Stephanie Hill?
400
Frederick Douglas became the first African American to be nominated for this elected government position.
What is the Vice President of the United States?
400
“I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”
Who is Michael Jordan?
400
The first black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
400
Co-creator of the gamma-electrical cell, which transforms radiation gamma rays into a safe energy source.
Who is Henry T Sampson, Jr.?
400
The Communications Vice President at RMS Sikorsky Aircraft.
Who is Woody Woodyard?
500
Who was the first African American to serve as a US Senator in 1870?
Who is Hiram Revels?
500
“I don’t want a Black History month. Black History is American history.”
Who is Morgan Freeman?
500
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Who is Ralph Bunche
500
First African American to receive a patent
Who is Thomas Jennings?
500
Rosalind Brewer, who serves as a board of director for Lockheed Martin, and was the CEO and President of Sam’s Club, attended this Historically Black College or University.