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African Americans in Government
Historically Black Colleges & Universities
Famous African Americans
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Who was the first African American woman to hold the office of Cook County State’s Attorney ?

Who is Kimberly Foxx

100
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
100

Founded in 1837, what was the first Historically Black College?

Who is Cheyney University in Pennsylvania

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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 African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell
200
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
200
Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
200

What was the name of the HBCU that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. attended?

What is Morehouse College

200

Who was the first African American to win a Grammy?

Who was Ella Fitzgerald and bandleader Count Basie 

300

Who was the first African American to become an attorney?

Who is Macon Allen

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

Who is the first African American woman to serve as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court?

Who is Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

300

How many HBCUs are there?

What is 107 

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

Which famous athlete said ""We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort."?

Who is Jesse Owens

400
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
400

Which school is the oldest and most famous of all historically Black law schools?

What is Howard University School of Law

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 women attorney?

Who is Charlotte E. Ray

500
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Who is Morgan Freeman
500

Who is the first African American elected Vice-President of the United States?

Who is KAMALA HARRIS!

500

Which school is the nation’s top producer of Black doctors?

What is the Xavier University

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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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