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200
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
200
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
200

"Wade in the water, wade in the water children, wade in the water, God..."

What is "God is gonna trouble the water"

200
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
200
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
400
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington
400
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
400

"Ride on King Jesus, no man..."

What is "can a hinder me"

400

What does the NAACP stand for?

What is "National Association for the Advancement of Colored people"

400
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
600
In what year were the first Africans brought to American to work as slaves?
What is 1619
600
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Who is Morgan Freeman
600

"Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, sing..."

What is "a song, full of the hope that the present has brought us"

600
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing
600

Who holds the record for the most NBA championships won with 11 titles during his 13 year playing career?

Who is Bill Russell?

800
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell
800

Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?

Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.

800

"Swing low, sweet chariot..."

What is "coming for to carry me home"

800

When did the Civil Rights Movement end?

What is 1968?

800

Whose cells were known as the first immortal human cell line?

Who is Henrietta Lacks?

1000

Who was the first Seventh Day Adventist minister of color?

Who is Eri L Barr

1000
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
1000

"Go down Moses..."

"Way down in egypt land"

1000
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.
1000
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmet Till
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