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100
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
100
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
100

The first Black President of the United States of America

Who is President Barack Obama

100
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
100

The King of Pop holds the record for the most Grammy Awards won in a year (8 for Thriller), the longest span of US top 40 singles for 39 years (from age 12 until death), as well as the best selling album of all time.

Who is Michael Jackson?

200

The first African-American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces during World War II.

Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?


200
Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Who is Muhammad Ali
200

This Amendment gave citizenship to persons born or naturalized in the United States. It also provided that No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

What is the 14th Amendment to the Constitution?

200
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
200

The first Black mayor of Houston, TX

Who is Lee Brown

300
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington
300
Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Who is Maya Angelou
300

The first Black Secretary of State for the United States of America. 

Who is Colin Powell?

300
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X
300

Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?

Who is Madame CJ Walker

400
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison
400
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Who is Morgan Freeman
400

The first Black Supreme Court justice appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson 13 years after his win in Brown v. Board.  


Who is Thurgood Marshall?

400
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
400

The most Oscar nominated Black actor in history for both acting and producing. 

Who is Denzel Washington?

500

In what year were the first Africans brought to America to work as slaves?

What is 1619?

500

The first Black person to design, construct, and own a professional golf course in the US, who was fond of saying “The only color that matters is the color of the greens”

Who is William “Bill” Powell

500

The first black woman to be elected into congress as well as the first ballot candidate for President of the United States?

Who is Shirley Chisholm?

500

Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated.

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

500

The first African-American to win a grand slam, and the first to compete in the world tour in 1950.

Who is Althea Gibson?

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