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founded Motown records
What is Berry Gordy?
100
The first African American boxer known as the Brown Bomber.
Who is Joe Louis?
100
founded peanuts and the Tuskeegee Institute
Who is George Washington Carver?
100
famous Harlem Renaissance poet
Who is Langston Hughes?
100
freed slave who became an abolitionist
Who is Frederick Douglas?
200
African American singer dancer who moved to France & started the rainbow tribe.
Who is Josephine Baker?
200
First African American to play in the Major Baseball leagues.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
invented beauty products for African American women
Who is Madame C.J. Walker?
200
wrote " Black Boy"
Who is Richard Wright?
200
1st African American President
Who is Barak H. Obama
300
Band leader of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote Take the A Train
Who is Duke Ellington?
300
First African American tennis lady from East Orange
Who is Althea Gibson?
300
invented a clock and helped design Washington DC
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
300
Most famous African American fullback in football history.
Who is Jim Brown?
300
1st African American US senator during reconstruction
Who is Hiram Revels?
400
Lady Sings the Blues
Who was Billie Holiday?
400
African American baseball player who broke Babe Ruth's record.
Who is Hank Aaron?
400
Doctor from John Hopkin's University who was the first African American brain surgeon.
Who is Dr. Benjamin Carson?
400
African American poet and writer who read her poem at President Clinton's inauguration.
Who is Maya Angelou?
400
two African American secretary of states
Who are Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice?
500
African American member of the Rat Pack.
Who was Sammy Davis Jr.?
500
NFL Football player, actor, singer from Rutgers & an East Orange Stadium is named after him.
Who is Paul Robeson?
500
African American female Astronaut
Who is Mae Jamison?
500
famous African American author who won a Pulitzer prize
Who is Toni Morrison?
500
first African American Supreme Court Justice
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
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