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100

True or False: Rosa Parks was the first to refuse to give up her seat on a bus.

False

100

What month was he born in?

What is January.

100

First African American Supreme Court Justice.

Who is Thurgood Marshall.

100

Juneteenth celebrates what?

What is the emancipation of slaves in Texas two and a half years after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

200

About 25% of African Americans in the West were what (occupation) in the 19th century.

What are cowboys.

200

Where did King give his "I Have a Dream Speech".

What is the Lincoln Memorial.

200

First self-made millionaire.

Who is Madam C.J. Walker.

200

This famous supreme court case paved way for Jim Crow laws to be created.

What is Plessy v. Ferguson.

300
February was picked because of which two people birthdays fell in the month?

Who Frederick Dougllass and Abraham Lincoln.  

300

Where did he grow up? (city)

What is Atlanta.

300

First African American First Lady.

Who is Michelle Obama.

300

This famous supreme court case ruled that segregation in schools is unconstitutional.

What Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.

400

The earliest recorded of protest against slavery was by what group of people in 1688.

What are the Quakers.

400

In what year was he assassinated in?

What is 1968.

400

Earliest African American Sorority that is still around today. (created in 1908)

What is Alpha Kappa Alpha.

400

In 1831, this enslaved Afrcian American preacher leads a significant slave uprising in Virginia.

Who is Nat Turner.

500

What is the first HBCU?

What is Cheyney University of Pennsylvania.

500

The Letter from Birhmingham Jail is addressed to?

What is clergymen.

500

First Academy Award winner.

Who Hattie McDaniel.

500

In 1881, Sophia Packard and Harriet E. Giles made this first college for black women in the U.S.

What is Spelman College.

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