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100
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
100

Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?

Who is Harriet Tubman

100

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 Carver


100
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
100
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
200
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell
200
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
200

After witnessing a severe car accident at an intersection in Cleveland, OH - this person invented the three-light traffic light in 1923.

Who is Garrett Morgan. 

200
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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
300

Who was the first African American baseball player to appear on a U.S. postage stamp?

Who is Jackie Robinson

300

Who said, "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?"

Who is Langston Hughes 

300

African American inventor Frederick McKinley Jones. Jones took out more than 60 patents throughout his life, including a patent for the roof-mounted cooling system that’s used to refrigerate goods on trucks during extended transportation. In what year did he receive a patent for his invention? 

What is 1940

300

What year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?

What is 1865

300
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
400
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison
400

Who said "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

This nurse and inventor created the home security system in 1966.

Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown

400

In 1960, four African American college students staged a sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.

What is Woolworth's in Greensboro, N.C.

400

Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in what movie?

What is Gone With the Wind

500

In what year was the first Black History Month? 

What is 1976

500

Who said, "Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble." ?

Who is John Lewis

500

Sarah Goode was the first African American woman to receive a patent. What did she invent?

What is a folding cabinet bed

500

On what subject did the Supreme Court Rule in Loving v. Virginia?

What is interracial marriage 

500

Who broke three track and field World Records in 45 minutes at Ohio State?

Who is Jesse Owens 

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