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100
First black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
100
Is known as the Queen of Soul.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
100
Is being considered for placement on the twenty-dollar bill.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100
He created the Super-Soaker.
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
100
A pioneering African American medical researcher who made some groundbreaking discoveries in the storage and processing of blood for transfusions. He also managed two of the largest blood banks during World War II.
Who is Charles Drew?
200
The first black U.S. Attorney General.
Who is Eric Holder?
200
Artist won 8-grammy's in one year.
Who is the King of Pop or Michael Jackson.
200
Patented the roof-mounted cooling system that’s used to refrigerate goods on trucks during extended transportation in the mid-1930s and co-founded the U.S. Thermo Control Company, later known as Thermo King. The company was critical during World War II, helping to preserve blood, food and supplies during the war.
Frederick McKinley Jones
200
Invented a mechanism that triggered the shaft doors to open and close along with the elevator doors, making the elevator ride safer.
Who is Alexander Miles?
200
An early pioneer of laser cataract surgery, invented the Laserphaco Probe.
Who is Patricia Bath?
300
A black lawyer who helped play a role in dismantling the Jim Crow laws and helped train future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Known as “The Man Who Killed Jim Crow”, he played a role in nearly every civil rights case before the Supreme Court between 1930 and Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Who is Charles Hamilton Houston?
300
The movie Hidden Figures was based on an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights
Who is Katherine Johnson
300
Developed and marketed a line of cosmetics and hair products which made her the first female self-made millionaire in America.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
300
The botanist mistakenly credited with the invention of the peanut, wrote "How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it For Human Consumption" in 1916.
Who is George Washington Carver
300
The American viral immunologist at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIAID NIH) who is currently the scientific lead of the VRC's Coronavirus Team that helped develop the Moderna vaccine, which is currently one of two vaccines being administered in an effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Who is Kizzmekia Corbett?
400
First black student to be elected President of the Harvard Law Review in 1990.
Who is President Barack Obama?
400
Her poetry has influenced the modern hip-hop music community, including artists such as Kanye West, Common, Tupac Shakur, and Nicki Minaj.
Who is Maya Angelou?
400
This year's black history theme.
What is the "Black Family?"
400
He and another scientist developed an inexpensive, compact, and highly sensitive microphone, which is patented and used in 90 percent of microphones including those in cell phones, laptops, baby monitors, and hearing aids.
Who is James E. West?
400
A physician and researcher internationally recognized for her leadership in combating sickle cell disease and changes in management of children with this illness, which have significantly decreased suffering and mortality in the world.
Who is Marilyn Hughes Gaston?
500
Became the first Black woman attorney and one of the first women to be admitted into the D.C. bar exam. She also became the first woman to argue a case before the Supreme Court.
Who is Charlotte E. Ray?
500
Inspired the cartoon character Betty Boop.
Whos is Baby Esther or Esther Jones
500
The Commander of the Tuskegee Airmen and first black brigadier general.
Who is Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.?
500
Invented the Eder-Berry biopsy attachment for the Eder-Palmer gastroscope, that allowed doctors to biopsy the inside of the stomach without surgery.
Who is Leonidas Harry Berry?
500
First African-American woman to perform open-heart surgery.
Who is Dr. Myra Adele Logan?