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Grab Bag
100
An African-American poet and civil rights activist who famously wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Phenomenal Woman, and Still I Rise
Who was Maya Angelou?
100
The first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals in track and field
Who was Wilma Rudolph?
100
An Islam African-American who challenged Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by encouraging other African-Americans to defend themselves "by any means necessary"
Who was Malcolm X?
100
An agricultural scientist and inventor most known for his work with peanuts, coming up with 105 different ways you can use peanuts
Who was George Washington Carver?
100
The holiday millions of Americans celebrate on June 19th when slaves in Texas were freed two years after the Emancipation Proclamation
What is Juneteenth?
200
One of the best trumpet soloists who played an influential role in the Harlem Renaissance and the Roaring Twenties
Who was Luis Armstrong?
200
The African-American boxer who was considered the best boxer of all time and got arrested after refusing to fight in the war against Vietnam because he didn't have any quarrel with them
Who was Muhammad Ali?
200
An Alabaman woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white woman, fighting against her city's segregation laws
Who was Rosa Parks?
200
A famous entrepreneur with a network of over 2.5 billion dollars, often called the richest Black woman in the world, the Queen of the Media, and the World's Most Influential Woman
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
200
The amendment that allowed African-American men to vote
What is the 13th amendment?
300
A young African-American poet who became famous for being the youngest person to ever write a poem for a presidential inauguration with her poem The Hill We Climb
Who is Amanda Gorman?
300
A football player who was cut from the 49ers after taking a knee during the national anthem as a way to speak out about the I Can't Breathe Movement
Who is Collin Kaepernick?
300
An African-American abolitionist born Isabella Baumfree famous for her poem "Ain't I A Woman"
Who was Sojourner Truth?
300
The first black woman millionaire, who became famous for her hair products targeted towards Black consumers *Triple points if you can name her birthname*
Who was Madame CJ Walker? *Birth name Sarah Breedlove*
300
A revolutionary organization formed in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale promoting Black success and self-defense
What was the Black Panther Party?
400
An African-American writer who wrote anything from novels to plays dealing with complex issues like race, class, and masculinity and became famous for his first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain
Who was James Baldwin?
400
An African-American runner who earned four gold medals in 1936 Olympic games, this athlete broke three world records and tied another in less than an hour.
Who was Jesse Owens?
400
A civil rights activists who worked with her husband in the 1950s-1960s to end segregation and later had a children and young adult African-American authors award named after her
Who was Coretta Scott King?
400
An inventor, mathematician, Baltimore native responsible for one of the earliest almanacs and America's first clock
Who was Benjamin Banneker?
400
The first African-American to be a justice in the Supreme Court who fought for civil rights and was a leader for the NAACP
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
500
One of the most influential performers for the rhythm-and-blues and was credited for founding rock-n-roll
Who was Chuck Berry?
500
The youngest boxer ever to win a heavyweight title, nicknamed Kid Dynamite and later known as the Baddest Man on the Planet, this African-American boxer became one of the greatest boxers in the world
Who was Mike Tyson?
500
A civil rights activist and women's rights suffragist and journalist who co-founded the NCAAP
Who was Ida B Wells?
500
The Black inventor who saved millions of people's life and prevented just as many car accidents with his invention of the traffic light
Who was Garret Morgan?
500
America's oldest and largest civil rights organization formed in New York in 1909 in response to the ongoing violence towards Black Americans in America *DAILY DOUBLE: Worth 1000 points but you have to name what it stands for, all or nothing*
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP)?