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Family/Early Years
Education
Career/Later Years
Special Achievements
100

Where was Huey Newton born?

Louisiana

100

Who did Thurgood Marshall descent from?

He was a descendant of enslaved people.

100

Where did Thurgood Marshall go to college and law school?

Lincoln University and Howard University

100

What organization did Huey Newton found with his friend Bobby Seale?

The Black Panthers

100

Who won 3 Grammy awards for her spoken word recordings?

Maya Angelou

200

When was Thurgood Marshall born?

July 2, 1908

200

Where was Fred Hampton raised?

In a Chicago suburb.

200

What did Fred Hampton study at Triton College?

Pre-law

200

What did Thurgood Marshall get appointed to in 1967?

The Supreme Court

200

Who traveled and gave speeches her throughout her lifetime on the rights of Blacks and Women?

Sojourner Truth

300

When and where was Fred Hampton born?

August 30, 1948 in Maywood, Illinois

300

When did Harriet Tubman escape from Maryland to Philadelphia?

1849

300

Sojourner Truth was a captivating speaker, although she could not __________________.

Read or write

300

When did Fred Hampton join the Chicago branch of the Black Panthers?

1968

300

Whose face is going to be on the $20 bill soon?

Harriet Tubman

400

What was Harriet Tubman's condition at birth?

She was enslaved.

400

Whom did Sojourner Truth escape to slavery with?

Her infant daughter.

400

Who did Huey Newton read and study about in college?

Karl Marx and Malcolm X
400

How many enslaved people did Harriet Tubman lead to freedom during her lifetime?

More than 300

400

Who was killed in 1969 at age 21 by the FBI for organizing Black Americans to fight for their civil rights?

Fred Hampton

500

What was Sojourner Truth's name at birth

Isabella Baumfree

500

How did Maya Angelou start out her career?

As a dancer and a stage actress.

500

Who did Huey Newton meet at Merrit College in Oakland, CA?

Bobby Seale

500

What was the name of Sojourner Truth's most famous speech?

Ain't I a Woman?

500

Who was the first Black American to serve on the Supreme Court?

Thurgood Marshall

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