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Famous African Americans
100
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
100
Who said, "For Africa to me ... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place."
Who is Maya Angelou?
100

Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?

What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?

100

Who became the first African American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908? He held onto the belt until 1915. 

Who is Jack Johnson?

100
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles?
200
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who Colin Powell?
200

Who said, "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

Who is Barack Obama?

200

What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

200

Who was the first African American man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio in 1854?

Who is John Mercer Langston?

200
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmet Till?
300
Who was the first African American female millionaire?
Who is Madame CJ. Walker?
300
Who said, "The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself--the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us--that's where it's at."
Who is Jesse Owens?
300

Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?

300

Who was the inventor of the modern ice cream scoop?

Who is Alfred Cralle?

300

Who's the most decorated American gymnast of all time, and the world's third most decorated gymnast?

Who is Simone Biles?

400

Who was the first African American in space in 1983?

Who is Bluford Jr?


400
Who said, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
Who is Frederick Douglass?
400

What act in 1965 guaranteed voting rights for ethnic minorities and abolished restrictive measures such as literacy tests?

What is the Voting Rights Act?

400

Who developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics?

Who is George Washington Carver?

400

Who was an American preacher who dedicated her life to fighting for for civil and human rights?

What is Sojourner Truth?

500
Who was the first African American invited to dine at the White House?
What is Booker T. Washington?
500

Who said, "I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.

Who is Muhammad Ali?

500

Which amendment of the constitution protects the rights of African Americans?

What is the 13th amendment?

500

What American professional baseball catcher is credited with being one of the first African American men to play in Major League Baseball (MLB)?

Who is Moses Fleetwood "Fleet" Walker?

500

Who was considered the formative figure in the modern fight for civil rights in relation to the NAACP?

Who is Dr. Martin Luther King?

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