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Who was the first black woman to win the academy award (Oscar) for best actress in a leading role?
Who is Halle Berry?
100
Who was the first Black President of South Africa
Who is Nelson Mandela?
100
a compromise between Southern and Northern states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 in which three-fifths of the population of slaves would be counted for enumeration purposes regarding both the distribution of taxes and the apportionment of the members of the United States House of Representatives.
What is the three-fifths compromise
100
the first black Major League Baseball (MLB) player
Who is Jackie Robinson?
100
The first Black President and First Lady (Both Names)
Who are Barack and Michelle Obama?
200
The first African American woman to run for president
Who is Shirley Chisolm?
200
The years the civil war was fought
1861-1865
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This amendment officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. It was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, passed by the House on January 31, 1865, and adopted on December 6, 1865.
What is the 13th Amendment
200
Commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, this basketball player helped launch the modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and play above the rim. He helped legitimize the American Basketball Association (ABA). He was the best known player in the ABA when the ABA-NBA merger joined it with the National Basketball Association (NBA) after the 1976 season.
Who is Julius Erving?
200
The first African American Artist to have a video played on MTV
Who is Michael Jackson?
300
A Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, whose best known novels are The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon and Beloved.
Who is Toni Morrison?
300
the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of people from Africa were taken to the New World, as part of the Atlantic slave trade.
What was the middle passage?
300
this amendment prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen suffrage based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" (i.e., slavery). It was ratified on February 3, 1870.
What is the 15th amendment?
300
A Jamaican sprinter and a three-time World and Olympic gold medalist who is the current world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and (along with his teammates) the 4 x 100 metres relay.
Who is Usain Bolt?
300
An American jazz singer and songwriter, nicknamed "Lady Day", who had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. She became famous for singing "Easy Living," "Good Morning Heartache," and "Strange Fruit", a protest song which became one of her standards and made famous with her 1939 recording.
Who is Billie Holiday?
400
She made her fortune by developing and marketing a hugely successful line of beauty and hair products for black women
Who is Madam C. J. Walker?
400
Also known as Gustavus Vassa, this man was one of the most prominent Africans involved in the British movement towards the abolition of the slave trade.
Who is Olaudah Equiano?
400
A landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which allowed state-sponsored segregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
400
The first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam title in 1956. She is sometimes referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis" for breaking the color barrier.
Who is Althea Gibson?
400
She is the second Black British Actress to be nominated for the academy award (Oscar) of Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in Hotel Rwanda
Who is Sophie Okonedo?
500
Who was the first African American woman to travel in space on September 12, 1992?
Who is Mae Jemison?
500
She was the first African American poet and first African-American woman whose writings were published. Born in Gambia, Senegal, she was made a slave at age seven. She was purchased by the Wheatley family of Boston, who taught her to read and write, and helped encourage her poetry
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
500
A landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against blacks and women, including racial segregation. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public ("public accommodations").
What is the civil rights act of 1964.
500
An American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the long jump, and as part of the 4x100 meter relay team.
Who is Jesse Owens?
500
An american female singing group, which was the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. This group sold over 100 million records to date. Their catalog remains active 50 years later. Originally founded as The Primettes, the founding members include Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, Diana Ross, and Betty McGlown.
Who are the Supremes?
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