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Famous African Americans
100
The first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit.
Who is Tiger Woods?
100
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
100
This Supreme Court case decreed that public schools should be integrated.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
100
She refused to give up her seat on a public bus that sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956.
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time”. He was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
200
The first African American Major League Baseball player.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
"Freedom is never given; it is won."
Who is A. Philip Randolph?
200
This president signed the Civil Rights Act into law in 1964.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
200
The official song of the Civil Rights Movement.
What is "We Shall Overcome"?
200
The first Black woman to headline Coachella - she is also a former member of Destiny's Child.
Who is Beyonce Knowles?
300

The first African American to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice.

Who is Thurgood Marshall?
300

"To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage."

Who is James Baldwin?
300
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
300
What famous speech did Martin Luther King give at the March on Washington in 1963?
What is the "I Have a Dream" speech?
300
This woman became the first black female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products.
Who is Madame C.J. Walker?
400
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?
400
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."
Who is Frederick Douglass?
400
The first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
400
This was the year that the African American Cultural Center was founded.
What is 1968?
400
This NBA superstar won six championship rings with the Chicago Bulls.
Who is Michael Jordan?
500

The first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State.

Who is Colin Powell?

500

"What happens to a dream deferred? 

Does it dry up 

like a raisin in the sun?"

Who is Langston Hughes?
500
The first African American to be elected president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
500
A major hub for the civil rights movement - this is the hometown of our director Dr. Price.
What is Atlanta?
500
This man 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?
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