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Black History at Duke
100
At the age of 24, this man became the youngest golfer to achieve a career Grand Slam
Who is Tiger Woods?
100
A teacher of Pan-Africanism and self-determination, he became minister in the Nation of Islam in 1979 but renounced it later on.
Who is Malcolm X?
100
He was the first African American to be appointed to the highest judicial office in America.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
100
The acronym HBCU stands for this.
What are Historically Black Colleges and Universities?
100
This student was Duke University’s first African American student body president.
Who is Reginaldo Howard?
200
First basketball player to score 100 points in a single game during the 1961 season and the first player in the NBA to score 30,000 points.
Who is Wilt Chamberlain?
200
This prominent civil rights activist planned and organized the March on Washington, which culminated in Dr. King’s famous I Have A Dream speech.
Who is Brother A. Philip Randolph
200
This writer, philosopher, and educator became the first African American Rhodes Scholar.
Who is Alain Leroy Locke?
200
This HBCU in Washington, D.C. is the founding campus for five of the nine National Pan-Hellenic Council Organizations.
What is Howard University?
200
In 1977, this woman became the first black artist-in-residence at Duke. A center still stands today in her honor.
Mary Lou Williams
300
This Hall of Fame running back is the NFL’s all-time leader in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns.
Who is Brother Emmitt Smith?
300
In 1955, this fourteen year-old African American boy was kidnapped, beaten, and killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman. His murderers were acquitted by an all-white jury.
Who is Emmett Till?
300
She was the first recorded black millionaire.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
300
This Alabama university was founded by the ex-slave, Booker T. Washington.
What is Tuskegee University?
300
In this year, Five African-American students were the first of their race to matriculate into Duke University.
When is 1963?
400
This baseball player earned the name “Mr. October” for his outstanding postseason performance.
Who is Reggie Jackson?
400
This political activist was a co-founder of the Black Panther Party, and the inspiration for a main character in “The Boondocks.”
Who is Brother Huey P. Newton?
400
This woman was the first black playwright and the youngest American to win a New York Critic’s Circle Award.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
400
Civil rights activist Ella Baker graduated from this HBCU, located in Raleigh, NC.
What is Shaw University?
400
He designed Cameron Indoor Stadium, the Allen Building, and most notably, the Duke Chapel.
Who is Julian Abele?
500
She won gold medals in the heptathlon and long jump in both the 1988 and 1992 Olympics.
Who is Jackie Joyner-Kersee?
500
This name was given to a group of African-American students who, under the protection of the US Army, attempted to desegregate Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
Who are the The Little Rock 9?
500
First African American to be crowned the International Grand Master of chess in 1999.
Who is Maurice Ashley?
500
What is Located in West Chester, PA, it was the first HBCU ever founded.
Who is Cheney University?
500
On February 13th, 1969, this event consisted of 50 to 75 black students occupying one of the on-campus buildings, renaming it the Malcolm X Liberation School, and issuing a list of demands to the administration.
What is the Allen Building Takeover?
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