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
He was one of the greatest boxers of all time who earned the World Heavyweight Championship in 1964.
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
He co-founded the "Rainbow Coalition" and "Operation Push" to improve the economic opportunities of black and poor people of all races.
Who is Jesse Jackson?
200
This singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, and actor was known as the "The King of Pop"?
Who is Michael Jackson?
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
He began his basketball career in 1979 for the LA Lakers and went on to win 5 championships.
Who is Magic Johnson?
300
She became the wealthiest African American in the 20th century.
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
James Weldon Johnson wrote this song which became known as the black national anthem and the official anthem of the NAACP.
What is "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?
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
The recently departed Maya Angelou was best known for this memoir that became the first non-fiction best seller by an African American.
What is "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
500
These two sisters have had the honor of being ranked number one in tennis and have earned 101 singles titles between them.
Who are Serena and Venus Williams?
500
Based out of Chicago, she was one of the most influential American writers and poets of the 20th century. Her first book was titled "A Street in Bronzeville".
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?
500
This landmark Supreme Court case upheld segregation in schools with the doctrine "separate but equal".
What is Plessy vs. Fergueson?
500
Whitney Houston sang this song for the movie "The Bodyguard" which became the best selling single by a woman in music history?
What is "I Will Always Love You"?
500
This person created "Negro History Week" in 1926, which later became Black History Month.