She was the first African American female millionaire with her own revolutionary black hair products
Who is Madame C. J. Walker
100
He is the first African American golf champion to tour the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit
Who is Tiger Woods
100
He is the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp
Who is Booker T. Washington
100
This African American man was a prominent minister and leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
100
She is ranked as the 2nd best-selling female artist of the 21st century, with record sales of more than 37 million dollars
Who is Beyonce Knowles
200
This famous African American inventor developed peanut better and 400 plant products
Who is George Washington Carver
200
He said, "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating."
Who is Muhammad Ali
200
This author became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature
Who is Toni Morrison
200
This famous man was the first African American to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State
Who is General Colin Powell
200
She is the first African-American woman to host a nationally syndicated talk show and she is also the first African American woman billionaire
Who is Oprah Winfrey
300
This African American woman invented a method of eye surgery that has helped many blind people to see
Who is Dr. Patricia E. Bath
300
She was the first African American woman to win 3 gold medals in track in a single Olympics
Who is Wilma Rudolph
300
She said, "Bringing the gifts my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."
Who is Maya Angelou
300
This famous African American woman refused to give up her seat to a white man which helped start the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who is Rosa Parks
300
He is known as the "King of Pop." His "Thriller" albulm has sold more records than any other in history
Who is Michael Jackson
400
She was known as a pioneer in aviation and was the first African American woman to obtain a pilot's license and fly a plane
Who is Bessie Coleman
400
He was a member of the 1992 Olympic Dream Team and the Chicago Bulls basketball team. He is credited with making the NBA internationally known
Who is Michael Jordan
400
There were the first African American students to integrate Little Rock Central High School
Who are the Little Rock Nine
400
This Supreme Court decision said that segregated public schools were not really equal and should be integrated
What is Brown v. Board of Education
400
She is the first African-American to win an Academy Award for Best Leading Actress
Who is Halle Berry
500
This famous African American inventor invented the traffic signal
Who is Garrett Morgan
500
He is the first player in NFL history to win both Rookie of the Year and the MVP Award in the same season (1957)
Who is Jim Brown
500
She is an African American woman who worked to improve educational opportunities for African Americans and she was the founder of the National Council of Negro Women
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune
500
She was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for U.S. President
Who is Shirley Chisholm
500
He is the founder of the Motown Record Corporation