This man broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson
100
She traveled the country giving speeches, including a famous one entitled "Ain’t I a Woman?" that emphasized the strength and power of women and the need for equality between the sexes.
Who is Sojourner Truth
100
This person's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention made him one of the most prominent politicians in the United States.
Who is Barack Obama
100
She's known as the Queen of Soul and sings the song, RESPECT
Who is Aretha Franklin
100
He became the first African American to win the Peace Prize in 1964.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
200
One of or if not the greatest boxer of all time, later in life he developed Parkinson's syndrome
Who is Muhammed Ali?
200
She was able to free her family and numerous other slaves throughout the years, taking them as far as Canada and helping them find safe jobs. Later, she worked as a nurse during the Civil War and was a proponent of both women’s suffrage and the abolitionist movement.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
200
The first African American female Secretary of State
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
200
Although he was blind, this singer-songwriter, musician and composer, was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s,
Who is Ray Charles?
200
He was a prominent leader in the Nation of Islam before he left that organization to found the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
Who is Malcolm X
300
Most would say he is the greatest basketball player or all time even though he got cut from his high school basketball team
Who is Michael Jordan?
300
She is one of the wealthiest people in the country who was known for giving money and presents away on her self-titled show.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
300
He was the Secretary of State from 2001-2004
Who is Colin Powell?
300
This famous African American musician who kept her recent album a secret until its release sold one million copies in six days.
Who is Beyonce?
300
This is the amendment to the U.S. Constitution that ended slavery.
What is the thirteenth amendment?
400
He went to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and won four track-and-field gold medals (100-meter dash, long jump, 200-meter and 4x100 meter relay), a feat that was unequaled until Carl Lewis did it in the same events in the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.
Who is Jesse Owens?
400
She became the first black Congresswoman and in 1972, she became the first black woman to contend for the presidential office
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
400
He was the first African-American U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
400
This musician is one of the wealthiest hip-hop artists alive, though most of his "benjamins" came from his clothing line, colognes, restaurants, and beverages.
Who is Sean "Diddy" Combs?
400
This American playwright won two Pullitzer Prizes for drama. His work includes The Pittsburgh Cycle and Fences.
Who is August Wilson?
500
She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1957. She broke through the lily-white racial walls of tennis and completed her journey by winning Wimbledon, thus becoming the first black person to win a tennis major.
Who is Althea Gibson?
500
Born prematurely and later beset by crippling illness that forced her to wear a metal leg brace for years, she somehow overcame the obstacles of her childhood to become a world-class athlete. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100-meter relay in the 1956 Olympics
Who is Wilma Rudolph
500
He became a Congressman from South Carolina in 1870 and was reelected four more times
What is Plessy vs. Fergueson?
500
This jazz musician became well known for his trumpet and his voice with songs like "What a Wonderful World".
Who is Louis Armstrong?
500
He became the first person to die defending his country in the Boston Massacre.