This was the first African American woman to appear in GQ, Sports Illustrated and Victoria Secrets catalogs.
Who is Tyra Banks?
100
The inventor of peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver?
100
The reason Rosa Parks was arrested.
What is because she wouldn't give up her seat on the bus?
100
This man was the first black quarterback to win a Super Bowl.
Who is Doug Williams?
100
This historic 1954 court case overturned the "separate but equal" idea and paved the way to end racial segregation in schools.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
200
This black woman was famous for her role in the Black Panther Party and later became the leading lady in black feminism?
Who is Angela Davis?
200
The letters NAACP stand for this organization.
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
200
This building in Washington DC is where Dr. King delivered his famous "I Have A Dream" speech
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
200
This professional basketball player has the most championship rings.
Who is Bill Russell?
200
This nickname was given to the nine students who peacefully braved angry white mobs outside of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas to attend their first day of integrated high school.
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
300
This woman studied at Princeton University and Harvard Law School before becoming the first African American woman to reside in the most famous house in America.
Who is First Lady Michelle Obama?
300
The first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
300
This group worked for Civil Rights through violence and confrontation.
Who are the Black Panthers?
300
This black woman is rated the best female tennis player of our time.
Who is Serena Williams?
300
This 1920's movement in Harlem, New York was made famous by African-American authors, musicians, poets, and actors like Louis Armstrong, Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, and Josephine Baker.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
400
Name this living legend that is the richest African American woman in the 20th century, had the longest and most successful daytime television show in history, and advocates for education equality for young girls.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
400
The reason Nat Turner is famous in American history.
What is his leading the most famous slave revolt in U.S. history?
400
These were integrated buses that would ride through the south to challenge segregation.
What are Freedom Rides?
400
This professional basketball player has never lost a final or championship game.
Who is Michael Jordan?
400
Name three historically all-black colleges.
What are
Spelman College
Morehouse College
Howard University
Hampton University
Tuskegee University
Xavier University of Louisiana
Fisk University
Florida A&M University
Claflin University
North Carolina A&T University
and a few others. :)
500
This multi-talented choreographer, director, actress, and 10 time Image Award winner is the co-creator of the highly popular 90's sitcom 'A Different World' that depicted the lives of black students attending a fictional historically black college .
Who is Debbie Allen?
500
W.E.B Du Bois is most famous for these two things.
What is being the first African American to earn a doctorate degree from Harvard University and co-founding the NAACP?
500
This city held a boycott of the bus system triggered by Rosa Park's refusal to give up her seat.
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
500
Name one of the two black baseball players in the 700 Home Run Club.
Who is Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds
500
This famous African-American educator and author, wrote The Souls of Black Folk, , fought for civil rights for African-Americans, and helped found the NAACP.