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100

This person is considered the Mother of the Underground Railroad.

Who is Harriett Tubman

100

These two sisters dominated the tennis courts for decades.

Who is Venus & Serena Williams 

100

Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.

Who is Michael Jackson 

100

The six-year old who was the first African American to attend a desegregated school in 1960.

Who is Ruby Bridges

100

The city where Martin Luther king made his "I Have a Dream" speech.

What is Washington, DC

200

This woman is the first self-made black millionaire. 

Who is Madam CJ Walker

200

This African American basketball player is the all-time leading scorer in NBA history?

Who is LeBron James

200

This African American woman talk show host started her own media TV channel.

Who is Oprah Winfrey 

200

What court case desegrated schools?

What is: Brown v. The Board of Education 

200

This amendment in the Constitution abolished slavery in 1865.

What is the 13th Amendment

300

This woman was the first African American woman to be elected to congress. 

Who is Shirley Chisholm

300

The only athlete who has featured in both the Super Bowl and World Series?

Who is Deion Sanders 

300

This rapper was the first billionaire rapper.

Who is Jay-Z

300

Four students from this HBCU were involved in a nonviolent protest in the south against a segregated lunch counter in 1960.

What is North Carolina A&T

300

This scientist developed more than 300 products with peanuts.

Who is Geroge Washington Carver 

400

Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman to receive what type of license. 

What is a Pilot license

400

This athlete had set records in 1988 winning the 100- and 200-meter dash.

Who is Florence Griffith Joyner

400

This person founded Motown Records in Detroit Michigan

Who is Berry Gordy

400

What school is oldest HBCU?

What is: Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

400

What organization formed Feb. 12, 1909?

What is the NAACP

500

This woman wrote "Becoming" and "The Light We Carry" to encourage generations of women to dream big and never give up.

Who is Michelle Obama 

500

What school had the first black starting 5 to win an NCAA Basketball National Championship in 1966?

Who is Texas Western (UTEP)


500

This hymn was written by James Weldon Johnson in the early 1900s in response to the struggles faced by African Americans following Reconstruction.

What is ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’

500

This college founder became the first Black person to dine at the White House in 1901.

Who is Booker T. Washington

500

What was the intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in NYC called.

What is the Harlem Renaissance 

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