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Who was the first African American Black President?
Barack Obama
100
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
Telfar Clemens
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
Who was the first black baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
200
Who said "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. "?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
200
This famous Rapper is known for his famous adlib of "Mama" "Gang" "Dab"?
Who is takeoff
200
What was the name of the organization founded by W.E.B Dubois?
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 golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Tiger Woods
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
This famous Rapper was born and raised in Bedstuy (Marcy Projects) and is known for his famous song "Hard Knock Life"
Jay Z
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
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
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
What famous actor has a school at Howard University named after him?
Who is Chadwick Boseman
400
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
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
In what year were the first Africans brought to American to work as slaves?
What is 1619
500
What kwanzaa principle means "collectives work and responsibility "
Ujima
500
Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who is BARACK OBAMA!!!!!
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