African American First
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African Americans and inventions
Civil Rights Movement
Famous African Americans
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Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
100
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
100

 Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?

Who is madam C.J. Walker

100
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
100
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
200

  The first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well as the first African American and first Asian American vice president.

Who is Kamala Harris?

200
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
200

The creation of the ironing board.

Who is Sarah Boone

200
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
200
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles
300
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington
300
Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Who is Maya Angelou
300

 The invention of  the three position traffic signal. After witnessing an accident on a roadway, who decided a device was needed to keep cars, buggies and pedestrians from colliding?

Who is Garrett Morgan?

300
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X
300


Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?



Who is Barrack Obama?

400
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison
400
Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Who is Muhammad Ali
400

This inventor lived during the late 19th century, and greatest invention was the letter box which we now know as the mailbox.

Who is Philip B. Downing?

400
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
400
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmet Till
500

Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?

Who is Shirley Chisholm?

500

Who said " “Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives."?

Who is Michelle Obama?

500

African American businessman and inventor who was best known for inventing the ice cream scoop?

Who is Alfred L. Cralle?

500
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing
500
Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carver
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