The first African American Country Music artist in 20 years to make the country music top 40 with his #1 hit "Don't Think I Don't Think About it".
Who is Darius Rucker
100
Names of urban wear companies (3).
What is PhatFarm, Rocawear, and Sean Jean.
100
Founded the National Council of Negro Women.
Who is Mary Mcleod Bethune.
100
Started Negro History week which later became Black History Month.
Who is Carter G. Woodson.
100
Invented the electric lamp.
Who is Lewis Howard Latimer.
200
Who is the author who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for her novel "Beloved"?
Who is Toni Morrison
200
Publisher of the Black Enterprise Magazine.
Who is Earl Graves.
200
In 1955, she sparked the Montgomery bus boycott when she decided not to give up her seat and move to the back of the bus.
Who is Rosa Parks.
200
First African American school board member in San Bernardino.
Who is John Woods.
200
His refrigeration invention allowed long distance transportation of food, fuel and farm animals.
Who is Frederick M. Jones.
300
Who is the first African American female White House Chief Photographer. She served under the Clinton Administration.
Who is Sharon Farmer
300
His Ultra Sheen hair care company was the first black-run business to be listed on the Amerian Stock Exchange.
Who is George E. Johnson.
300
Led over 300 slaves to freedom and was the conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriett Tubman.
300
Slogan of the United Negro College Fund.
What is "A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste".
300
In 1969, she invented a home security system that uses television surveillance.
Who is Mary Britton Brown.
400
Author of a famous piece of African American literature titled "Native Son".
Who is Richard Wright
400
In 2000, he became the first black CEO of American Express Company.
Who is Kenneth Chenault
400
The first black teenagers to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. In 1957, these remarkable African American students challenged segregation in the deep South and won.
Who are The Little Rock Nine.
400
Founded in 1915 in New Orleans, Louisiana, is the oldest African American College in the U.S.
What is Xavier University.
400
Invented the ultraviolet camera used on the moon.
Who is George Carruthers.
500
A noted speaker and writer whose topics extensively spoke of unfair treatment of African Americans.
Who is Dr. W.E.B. Dubois
500
In 1978, she became the first African American pilot to pilot a commercial airline.
Who is Jill Brown.
500
Helped desegregate schools, military and the state capitol while he served as Harlem Congressman and Civil Rights Activist.
Who is Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
500
In November, 1968, she became the first African American child to desegregate an elementary school in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Who is Ruby Bridges Hall.
500
Received a patent for a fire escape ladder in 1878.