George Washington Carver revolutionized the agricultural industry with his methods for extracting products from peanuts, pecans, soybeans and this other root vegetable.
What is a sweet potato?
100
This person was the star of the 1977 movie "The Greatest".
Who is Muhammad Ali?
100
While in prison in 1949, Malcolm X embraced this religious movement.
a. Nation of Islam
b. Baptist
c. Catholic Liberation Theology
What is the Nation of Islam?
100
The year that the U.S. Congress abolished slavery.
When is 1865?
100
This prominent civil rights activist entered Morehouse College at 15 years and graduated with a B.A. in Sociology.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
200
This is the year that Guion Bluford Jr. became the first African American to journey into space.
a. 1978
b. 1980
c. 1983
When is 1983?
200
The name of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize winning novel.
a. Driving Miss Daisy
b. The Color Purple
c. Roots
What is the Color Purple?
200
True or False. Martin Luther King Jr. was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
False. He was the youngest.
200
The name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s first church.
a. Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
b. St. Luke's Episcopal Church
c. Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church
What is Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
200
He was the first African American Mayor of Atlanta.
Who is Maynard Jackson, Jr?
300
This black scientist considered becoming a painter instead.
a. Lewis Latimer
b. George Washington Carver
c. Granville T. Woods
Who is George Washington Carver?
300
She is known as the "Queen of Soul" and is ranked 9th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" list.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
300
This song was made popular by Ella Fitzgerald.
a. "Georgia on My Mind"
b. "Love You Madly"
c. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
What is "Love You Madly"?
300
The year that Black History Month officially began.
When is 1976?
300
This Atlanta newspaper, founded by William Alexander Scott, became the nation’s longest running daily newspaper.
What is the Atlanta World Newspaper?
400
The name of the first all-black medical school.
What is Meharry Medical College?
400
He is the first African American to win an Oscar for Best Actor. Also, his parents were Bahamian!
Who is Sydney Poitier?
400
This boxer gave Muhammad Ali his first professional loss.
a. Leon Spinks
b. Sonny Liston
c. Joe Frazier
Who is Joe Frazier?
400
This U.S. president appointed Andrew Young as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
a. Jimmy Carter
b. Ronald Reagan
c. Gerald Ford
Who is Jimmy Carter?
400
This mass civil disturbance began the evening of September 2nd, 1906 in Atlanta and resulted in the deaths of about 40 African Americans.
What is the Atlanta Race Riot?
500
In 1973, this person became the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
a. Shirley Ann Jackson
b. Joycelyn Elders
c. Marian Wright Edelman
Who is Shirley Ann Jackson?
500
He was the saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen's former rock group the "E-Street Band".
Who is Clarence Clemons?
500
Benjamin Banneker convinced this U.S. president that African Americans were intelligent and deserved to be free.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
500
This antislavery activist was nicknamed after Moses, the biblical figure who led his people from the promised land. She is also acclaimed for "never losing a passenger."
Who is Harriet Tubman.
500
This father of funk music was convicted of armed robbery in 1949 and sent to a juvenile detention center in Toccoa, Georgia.