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Who created the famous Supersoaker?
Lonnie G Johnson
100
Who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
100
Who was the first African American to become president in 2009?
Barack Obama
100
What year did the first African American woman go to space?
September 12, 1992
100
Which African American explorer discovered the City of Chicago?
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
200
Sarah Goode was the first African American woman to receive a patent. What did she invent?
Folding Cabinet Bed
200
What African American track star received 4 gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936?
Jesse Owens
200
Who was the first African American in the Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshal
200
Which African American Inventor added the carbon filament to the light bulb?
Lewis Latimer
200
What African American female refused to give up her seat on the bus?
Rosa Parks
300
What African American Inventor created potato chips?
George Crum
300
Who was the first African American female to become the Individual All-Around champion at the 2012 London Olympics?
Gabby Douglas
300
Who was the first African American woman in space?
Mae C. Jemison
300
Civil rights activist gained notoriety in the late 19th century for her scathing editorials denouncing racial injustice
Ida B. Wells
300
How many college students attended the Greensboro Sit-in?
Four
400
What African American Inventor created the induction telegraph system?
Granville T. Woods
400
Who was the first African American heavyweight boxer champion?
Jack Johnson
400
Who was the first African American police officer?
Samuel Jesse Battle
400
What African American scientist created the blood bank?
Dr. Charles Drew
400
What was the purpose of the Black Panthers?
To challenge police brutality against the African American community
500
What African American Inventor created automatic refrigerated air-cooling units for trucks, trains, ships, and planes?
Frederick McKinley Jones
500
Who was the first African American golfer in the PGA?
Charlie Sifford
500
What year was Black History Month officially recognized?
1976
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What African American scientist performed the first open heart surgery in 1893?
Daniel Hale Williams
500
Who created the Black Panthers?
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale