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100
Who is the first African-American to win the Masters golf tournament?
Tiger Woods
100
Who was No. 1 in October 2003, when black artists held all "Billboard" Top Ten chart positions for the first time in pop history?
Beyoncé
100
Who is the novelist, poet, and civil rights activist best known for her autobiographical work "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Maya Angelou
100
Who was the first black woman Secretary of State?
Condoleeza Rice
100
Who is the abolitionist that grew up in slavery and married John Tubman in 1844?
Harriet Tubman
200
Who is the only player in NBA history to score 100 points in a single game?
Wilt Chamberlain
200

This artist has a famous rendition of Old Crow Medicine Show's "Wagon Wheel" and previously was the driving force behind Hootie and the Blowfish. 

Darius Rucker

200

This rock and roll artist sang "All Along The Watchtower." about the Joker and The Thief 

Jimi Hendrix

200
Who is the first African-American President of the U.S.?
Barack Obama
200
Who is the Baptist minister and civil rights leader that was assassinated in 1968?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
300
Who was the first African American to play in baseball's major leagues?
Jackie Robinson
300

Who is the blind singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist that sings "Superstition"?

Stevie Wonder

300

Who is the writer, educator, and civil rights leader that shared in the creation of the NAACP?

W.E.B. Du Bois

300
Who was the first African-American to win an Academy Award for Best Actress (in 2001 for Monster's Ball)?
Halle Berry
300
Who is the individual whose refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery bus helped launch nation-wide efforts to end segregation of public facilities?
Rosa Parks
400

Which american femaile holds the records in the 100-meter and 200-meter races, and as an Olympian, won 3 gold medals and 2 silvers? Hint: Her nickname rhymes with GoPro

Florence "Flo-Jo" Griffith-Joyner

400

Who was the first woman, and first hip-hop artist to win 5 Grammy Awards?

Lauryn Hill

400

This enigmatic Minneapolis hero and Pop Icon sang songs such as Kiss and Purple Rain

Prince

400
Who was the first African-American appointed to the Supreme Court (1963)?
Thurgood Marshall
400

Who is the Muslim Minister who fought for black nationalism in the United States and was killed in 1965?

Malcolm X

500

Cassius Clay changed his name to what when he converted to Islam.

Muhammad Ali

500
Who is the singer/songwriter famous for wearing a white glove?
Michael Jackson
500

Edward Kennedy Ellington went by another name when he brought Jazz into popular culture. What name did he go by?

Duke Ellington

500
Who was the first black appointed to the rank of general (1940)? Hint: His son, Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr., was the first black general in the Air Force.
Benjamin Oliver Davis
500

This famous abolitionist was a former slave who was born in 1818, noted for his clear and persuasive antislavery speeches and writings.

Frederick Douglass

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