This person said, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Who is Martin Luther king Jr
100
Gerald A. Lawson made this invention. (hint: anyone who owns a Playstation, Wii or Xbox should know what he made)
What is The Modern Home-Video Gaming Console.
100
This person helped to free more than 300 slaves through the Underground Railroad and served as a spy and a nurse during the Civil War.
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father.
Who is Muhammad Ali
100
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
200
This person said, "I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
Who is Michael Jordan
200
Marc Hannah made this invention. Anyone awed by the special effects in the films Jurassic Park, Terminator 2 and The Abyss should thank Chicago-native Marc Hannah.
What is 3-D Graphics Technology Used in Films.
200
This person led a massive slave revolt in Virginia in 1931, known as the "Southampton Insurrection" and became a symbol for abolition.
Who is Nat Turner
200
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles
200
Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
300
This person said this, "You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man."
Who is Fredrick Douglass
300
Lonnie Johnson made this invention. This invention is used the most in the summer time by children around the world.
What is The Super Soaker
300
This person was arrested in 1955 after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, leading to the Montgomery bus boycott, which facilitated the national civil rights movement.
Who is Rosa Parks
300
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
300
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
400
This person said this,"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
400
Frederick M. Jones made this invention. It allowed the transportation of perishable foods such as produce and meats.
What is Mobile Refrigeration
400
This person became a Black Muslim minister and a powerful leader. In 1964, he broke away to form the Organization of Afro-American Unity. In 1965, he was assassinated.
Who is Malcom X
400
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmet Till
400
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
500
This person said this, "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
Who is Barack Obama
500
Charles Richard Drew made this invention. His invention allowed medics to save thousands of lives of the Allied forces.
What is the blood bank
500
This person escaped slavery, became a traveling preacher, and the first black woman to speak out against slavery.
Who is Sojourner Truth
500
Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carve
500
Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?