The first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit
Who is Tiger Woods?
100
'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
This woman was diagnosed with cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins University. Her unique cells were able to be grown indefinitely, and have been used to study many diseases.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
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 of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after a 19th century abolitionist and politician.
Who is Muhammad Ali
200
The first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State
Who is Colin Powell?
200
"The time is always right to do what is right"
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
200
This neurosurgeon ran for president in 2016.
Who is Ben Carson? /:
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
This artist 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
The first African American to have their likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
300
"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 first medical school for open for Black and White students, including women.
What is Howard University School of Medicine?
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
The first Black female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Rihanna?
Jk... Who is Madame CJ Walker?
400
This author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
400
"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
A graduate of Cornell University's medical school, she was the first black woman in space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
400
The main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States who won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
400
This fourteen year old black boy was lynched because a white woman accused him of whistling at her.
Who is Emmet Till?
500
The year were the first Africans brought to American to work as slaves
What is 1619?
500
"I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."
Who is Morgan Freeman
500
This gastroenterologist and P&S grad was the first Black president of the NY Surgical Society. He supports many BALSO endeavors!
Who is Dr. Kenneth Forde?
500
This racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four young girls
What is the Alabama Church Bombing?
500
This person 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?