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100

Who is the first black person to play in the national MLB?

Who is Jackie Robinson

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
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
100

Who plays the role of Black Panther?

Who is Chadwick Boseman 

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 stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
200

What does the acronym NAACP stand for?

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
200

Who is the first African American to win an Oscar?

Who is Hattie McDaniels?

300
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
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

Which supreme court case decision ruled in favor of interracial marriage?

What is Loving v. Virginia?
300

What Civil Rights leader later turned congressman said “get in good trouble, necessary trouble”

Who is John Lewis

300
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
300

Name that tune?

Who is Alicia Keys

400
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington
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
Which Supreme Court decision ruled against housing discrimination?

What is Shelly v. Kraemer 

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
400

Who is the first female rapper to win Grammy?

Who is Lauryn Hill

500

Who was the first African American female senator?

Carole Moseley Braun

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

Which Supreme Court case decision ruled against discriminatory practices in public transportation?

What is Bailey v. Patterson

500

Who was the first black student to attend an integrated school

Who is Ruby Bridges 

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
500

First African American male to win an Oscar?

Who is Sidney Portier

600

How many African American senators in the U.S. Congress today?

What is Three

600

Who said "A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things?"

Who is Barack Obama

600
Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
600
Which Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination in voting. 

What is the Civil Rights Act of 1965

600

First black person to win a Grand Slam in tennis?

Who is Althea Gibson

600

First African American film to win a Oscar?

What is Lillies of the Field?

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