What year was the 13th Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?
What is 1865.
100
Who broke three track and field World Records in 45 minutes at Ohio State?
What is Jesse Owens
100
With the 15th Amendment ratification in 1870, what did African Americans gain in the United States?
What is Voting Rights
100
This man invented the gas mask and the stop light
Who is Garret Morgan
100
Beginning with Kunta Kinte, an 18th century African who is captured and sold into slavery in the United States and tracing Kinte's life and the lives of his descendants in the U.S. until he comes to Haley himself. Name the Film
Roots
200
Where was Malcolm X killed?
What is Audubon Ballroom, Manhattan (1965)
200
He shot Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968
Who is James Earl Ray
200
Who was the first African American to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice?
What is Thurgood Marshall.
200
This man is known for inventing Peanut butter.
What is George Washington Carver
200
This film challenges an African American woman growing up in the early 1900's in the rural south faces. This film delves into issues concerning poverty, racism and sexism
The Color Purple
300
Where was the first "sit-in' at a segregated lunch counter?
What is Greensboro, North Carolina
300
Before it became Black History Month in observance of black history it was called
What is Negro History Week
300
Which President proposed that Congress consider civil rights legislation culminated in the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
What is John F. Kennedy
300
This African American Woman invent the Straightening Comb for Hair.
Who is Madame C.J. Walker
300
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa
Long Walk to Freedom
400
At its height, what was the slave population in the U.S.?
What is about 4 million.
400
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
What is Ralph Bunche
400
Hiram Revels was the first African American to serve as this in The United States Government
What is U.S. Senator
400
Madame C.J. Walker, The First African American Woman Millionaire's real name is
What is Sarah Breedlove
400
This movie about the civil rights movement was released in January 2015 and included the big name stars of Oprah and Common
What is Selma
500
With the 15th Amendment ratification in 1870, African Americans gained
What is voting rights
500
Who was the only African American among the original NAACP executives?
What is W.E.B. Du Bois.
500
Jesse Jackson ran for President this many times.
What is 2 times
500
Sarah Goode was the first African American woman to receive a patent. What did she invent?
What is the folding bed.
500
This movie was based on the life story of the first African American baseball player..