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Born as Malcolm Little

Who is Malcolm X?

100

"I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired"

Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?

100

I am one of the first African Americans to play professional Baseball; #42

Who is Jackie Robinson?

100

I was the first president and principal developer of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, now Tuskegee University, 

Who is Booker T. Washington?

100

Black History Poem

Who is Nikki Giovanni?

200

They called me the "Peanut Doctor"

Who is George Washington Carver?

200

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"


Who is Muhammad Ali?

200

I won four gold medals running track in the Berlin Olympics


Who is Jesse Owens?

200

I was the first African American child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School 

Who is Ruby Bridges?

200

Still I Rise

Who is Maya Angelou?

300
Born as Cassius Clay

Who is Muhammad Ali?

300

The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them


Who is Ida B. Wells

300

I was the first African American to become heavyweight boxing champion

Who is Jack Johnson

300

Father of Black History

Who is Carter G. Woodson?

300

I, Too Sing America

Who is Langston Hughes?

400

Born as Isabella Braham

Who is Sojourner Truth?

400

Life has 2 rules:  #1 Never Quit, #2 Remember rule #1


Who is Duke Ellington?

400

I was the first African American winner of a major men's singles Tennis Championship

Who is Arthur Ashe?

400

I was an educator, an organizer, and a political activist, and opened one of the first schools for African American girls; name the person and the school


Who is Mary Mcleod Bethune?  What is Bethune Cookman University?

400

Lift Every Voice and Sing

Who is James Weldon Johnson?

500

Born as Marguerite Annie Johnson

Who is Maya Angelou

500

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly

Who is Langston Hughes?

500

I was the first Black player to win the French (1956), Wimbledon (1957–58), and U.S. Open (1957–58) singles championships. 

Who is Althea Gibson?

500

The first Black American to earn a PhD from Harvard University.

Who is W.E.B. Dubois?

500

Learning to Read

Who is Francis Ellen Watkins Harper?

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