Journalism
Sports
Music
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Inventions & Patents
100

W.E.B. DUBOIS WAS THE EDITOR OF THIS MAGAZINE THAT SERVED AS THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE NAACP.

THE CRISIS

100

IN 2017 SHE WON THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN PREGNANT

SERENA WILLIAMS

100

IN THE 1980'S HIS MOST INFLUENTIAL ALBUM IS TITLED 1999

Prince

100

TIME MAGAZINE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN OF THE YEAR

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

100

HE INVENTED THE SUPER SOAKER

LONNIE JOHNSON

200

FIRST NEWSPAPER WRITTEN FOR AND BY BLACK WOMEN

THE WOMEN'S ERA

200

THE MOVIE 42 BASED ON THIS BASEBALL STAR

JACKIE ROBINSON

200

FOUNDER OF MOTOWN RECORDS

BERRY GORDY

200

GRIPPING POEM DETAILING THE HORRORS OF SLAVERY

THE SLAVE AUCTION

200

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER FOUND THIS ITEM COULD BE USED TO MAKE A MILK SUBSTITUTE, PRINTER INK, AND SOAP

PEANUTS

300

THIS JOURNAL ADVOCATED THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY AND ATTACKED ANTI-BLACK SENTIMENT




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300

FIRST BLACK PROFESSIONAL WOMAN GOLFER

ALTHEA GIBSON

300

WEST AFRICAN ORAL HISTORIAN STORYTELLER, PRAISE, SINGER, POET, AND OR MUSICIAN

AFRICAN GRIOT

300

AUTHOR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

WILLIAM STILL

300

HE INVENTED THE WOODEN GOLF TEE

GEORGE GRANT

400

THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY PUBLISHED NON-CHURCH NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN 1885

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE

400

FIRST BLACK MAN TO WIN WIMBLEDON, THE U.S. OPEN, AND THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN

ARTHUR ASHE

400

COMPOSER OF VIRGINIA'S STATE SONG "CARRY ME TO OLD VIRGINNY"

JAMES BLAND

400

RALPH WALDO ELLISON WAS THE FIRST BLACK TO WIN THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR THIS NOVEL

INVISIBLE MAN

400

IN 1892 SHE RECEIVED A PATENT FOR AN IRONING BOARD


SARAH BOONE

500

FIRST BLACK CO-HOST OF THE TODAY SHOW

BRYANT GUMBLE

500

FIRST BLACK QUARTERBACK AND HEAD COACH IN THE NFL

FREDERICK DOUGLAS POLLARD

500

FIRST HIP HOP GROUP IN THE ROCKS AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS

500

IN 1910 HE WAS THE FIRST BLACK TO ACHIEVE FAME AS A SYNDICATE CARTOONIST

GEORGE HERRIMAN

500

HE CREATED A OVERHEAD CONDUCTING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC RAILWAYS

GRANVILLE WOODS

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