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An American poet social activist, novelist, playwright and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry.
Who is Langston Hughes?
100
A political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 88th United States Secretary of State. She was the first female African-American secretary of state, as well as the second AFrican American secretary of state and the second female secretary of state.
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
100
An American actor, film director, and narrator. He is known for his distinctively smooth, deep voice
Who is Morgan Freeman?
100
The 44th President of the United States.
Who is Barack Hussein Obama?
100
An American professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time. He has been one of the highest paid athletes in the world for several years.
Who is Eldrick "Tiger" Woods?
200
An author, poet, dancer, dancer, actress, singer.
Who is Maya Angelou?
200
A Civil Rights activist, whom the U.S. Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement."
Who is Rosa Louise McCauley Parks?
200
A female singing group and the premier act of MOtown Records during the 1960's. They were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and are, to date, America's most successful vocal group with 12 number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100.
Who is the Supremes?
200
abolitionist and women's rights activist. This person was born into slavery but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son, she became the first black woman to win such a case.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
200
An American professional basketball player, entrepreneur, and principle owner and chairman of Charolette Hornets.
Who is Michael Jordan?
300
physician, surgeon, and medical researcher; he researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage.
Who is Charles Richard Drew?
300
An abolitionist, humanitarian, and during the American Civil War, a Union spy; Born into slavery, she escaped and subsequently made about thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy enslaved family and friends.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
300
An actress, singer, and record producer. This lady was born in Detroit, Michigan who rose to fame as a founding member and lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes?
Who is Diana Ross?
300
An American-born French dancer, singer, and actress. Baker was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture or to become a world-famous entertainer. Baker refused to perform for segregated audiences in America.
Who is Josephine Baker?
300
A professional boxer; controversial and polarizing figure during his early career, who, today, is known for the skills he displayed in the ring plus the values he exemplified outside the ring.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
400
Was both the second published African-American poet and first published African-American woman. Born in West Africa.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
400
An author, activist, and civil rights leader. The widow of Martin Luther King, Jr., Corretta Scott King helped lead the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's.
Who is Corretta Scott King?
400
composer, pianist and bandleader of jazz orchestras. He led his orchestra from 1923 until his death, his career spanning over 50 years.
Who is Duke Ellington?
400
A Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to wichh end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
Who is Marcus Garvey, Jr.?
400
Baseball player who became the first African-American to play in major league in the modern era. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson?
500
A sociologist, historian, civil rights, activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor. After graduating from Harvard, he was the first African American to earn a doctorate.
Who is "W.E.B." Du Bois?
500
A novelist, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed characters. She won the Pulitzer Prize, the American Book Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Who is Toni Morrison?
500
A folklorist, anthropologist, and author. Of four novels and more than 50 published short stories, plays, and essays.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
500
An American entrepreneur and philanthropist, regarded as the first female self-made millionaire in America.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
500
Professional tennis player who is currently ranked No. 1 in women's singles tennis; has a sister who is equally famous.
Who is Venus and Serena Williams?
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