Most enslaved Africans were captured in this part of Africa.
What is West Africa?
100
He was the youngest player ever to have won the Masters Tournament and he was also the first person of African or Asian descent to win a major golf tournament.
Who is Tiger Woods?
100
The first black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, she published her first book 'The Bluest Eye' in 1970.
Who is Toni Morrison?
100
#BlackLivesMatter was created in 2012 after George Zimmerman was acquitted for the murder of this 17-year old Florida teen.
Who is Trayvon Martin?
100
She became the subject of various police protests after her politically charged Super Bowl performance and internet breaking video, "Formation," hit the scene.
Who is Beyonce?
200
This escaped enslaved woman helped hundreds of slaves find freedom via the Underground Railroad. For her work, she was affectionately known as "Black Moses."
Who is Harriet Tubman?
200
This four-time Olympic gold medalist was "snubbed" by Hitler during the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He was a world-renowned track and field star.
Who is Jesse Owens?
200
The King of Pop created this best selling album of all-time, moving more than 65 millions copies off of store shelves.
What is "Thriller"?
200
This man was tragically killed after being put in an illegal chokehold by a NYPD officer in 2014.
Who is Eric Garner?
200
The 26 year old Carolina Panthers quarterback, Cam Newton, helped popularize this dance, which became his official touchdown score routine.
What is the dab?
300
This Constitutional Amendment effectively abolished slavery in the United States?
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
300
In 1967, this American boxer refused to be drafted in the U.S. military, citing his religious beliefs and opposition to American involvement in the Vietnam War.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
300
This music genre is said to have emerged during the 1970s and was most popular with African-American youth residing in the Bronx.
What is rap/hip-hop?
300
A lack of indictment for the death of this Texas woman prompted concerned activists to create the hashtag #sayhername.
Who is Sandra Bland?
300
This hashtag surfaced as a response to the lack of diversity in this year's Academy Awards nominations.
What is #OscarsSoWhite?
400
In October 1966, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded this Black nationalist and socialist organization.
What is the Black Panthers?
400
This basketball prodigy holds the NBA record for the most consecutive games with a made three-pointer.
Who is Stephen Curry?
400
Known as the “High Priestess of Soul” she wrote and sang “Mississippi Goddam,” which was inspired by the Medgar Evans assassination and the Alabama church bombing.The song was banned in the South.
Who is Nina Simone?
400
This blue vest wearing activist and current mayoral candidate for the city of Baltimore is commonly, though erroneously, viewed as the face of the Black Lives Matter Movement.
Who is Deray McKesson?
400
This television mogul helped revive the Weight Watchers brand by purchasing more than 10% of the company.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
500
This Black scientist and inventor is best known for his work with peanuts.
Who is George Washington Carver?
500
This tennis phenomenon currently holds the number one ranking in the Singles category by the Women's Tennis Association.
Who is Serena Williams?
500
His novel Giovanni’s Room a story about homosexuality became a metaphor for the proverbial ‘closet’. He played a crucial role in expanding literature into the realms of gay life in a racialized society.
Who is James Baldwin?
500
Following the Charleston church shooting in June 2015, this American activist and filmmaker was arrested weeks later for removing the Confederate state flag from the South Carolina state house grounds
Who is Bree Newsome?
500
He was the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for “Lilies of the Field.