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100
At the 2010 Grammy Awards, she walked away from the ceremony with six awards—the most wins in a single night by a female artist in the history of the event.
Who is Beyonce
100
In what year did Harvard Medical School admitted its first three black students--but under the provision that they would only be allowed to practice medicine in Africa.
What is 1850
100
In August 1963, civil rights leaders organized this massive rally in Washington to urge passage of President Kennedy's civil rights bill. The high point came when MLK Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to more than 200,000 marchers in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
What is The March on Washington
100
The seventh day of Kwanza is observed on Jan 1 and is called?
What is Imani (Meaning Faith)
100
A secret society organized in the South after the Civil War to reassert white supremacy by means of terrorism.
What is The Ku Klux Klan
200
She was a celebrated singer, songwriter and actress, and was named the most awarded female artist of all time by the Guinness World Records.
Who is Whitney Houston
200
This school founded by Booker T. Washington became one of the leading schools of higher learning for African Americans, and stressed the practical application of knowledge.
What is Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
200
This executive order by President Lincoln declared that all slaves were free.
What is Emancipation Proclamation
200
She was first Black woman elected into congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
200
At 6:01 p.m. On April 4, 1968 this Civil Rights leader was hit with a Sniper's Bullet.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
300
She became the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Who is Aretha Franklin
300
This famous book by Harriett Beecher Stowe stirred up anti-slavery sentiment in the United States before the Civil War?
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
300
She was an American bondwoman who escaped from slavery in the South to become a leading abolitionist before the American Civil War.
Who is Harriet Tubman
300
The first Black-owed television station in the US began broadcasting in 1975 and was located in:
What is Detroit
300
The practice of killing by extrajudicial mob action that ocuured from 1890 to the 1920s
What is Lynching
400
This Legendary singer performed in front of a televised audience in Boston the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. He is often given credit for preventing riots with the performance.
Who is James Brown
400
They were the first black teenagers to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. Federal troops and the National Guard had to be called in to protect the students from an angry and violent mob who did everything they could to prevent the students from attending the school.
Who were the Little Rock Nine
400
This revolutionary socialist organization was active in the United States from 1966 until 1982. it was founded in Oakland, California by Huey Newton.
What is The Black Panther Party
400
She was known as the first black female Aviator.
Who is Bessie Coleman
400
He was Assassinated on February 21, 1965 while giving a speech in Manhattan's Audobon Ballroom.
Who is Malcolm X
500
In 2003, she became the first female in the U.S. to become a billionaire.
Who is Oprah
500
This case provided a unanimous decision ruling that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. It overturned the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson ruling that sanctioned "separate but equal" segregation of the races, ruling that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." The ruling paved the way for desegregation.
What is Brown Vs. The Board of Education
500
This civil rights leader wrote "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," which argued the case for "civil disobedience"—the moral duty for individuals to disobey unjust laws?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
500
The week-long celebration, "Negro History Week," which was expanded in 1976 and is now known as "Black History Month," was started in 1926 by:
Who is Carter G. Woodson
500
In 1955 this 14 year old boy from Mississippi was murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman.
Who is Emmett Till
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