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100
Martin Luther King Jr. gave the "I Have A Dream" speech
When was August 28, 1963?
100
The first basketball player to score one-hundred points in a single game
Who is Wilt Chamberlain?
100
Developed hundreds of products from peanuts
Who is George Washington Carver?
100
The first African-American voter
Who is Thomas M. Peterson?
100
Is said to be the first jazz musician
Who is Charles "Buddy" Bolden?
200
The Black Panther Party was founded
When was October 15, 1966?
200
Rode the winning horse in the first Kentucky Derby
Who is Oliver Lewis?
200
Started the idea of a blood bank
Who is Dr. Charles Richard Drew?
200
First African-American to serve as governor
Who is Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback?
200
First rap music hit
What is "Rapper's Delight"?
300
The first African slaves came to America
When is 1619?
300
The first African-American athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympics
Who is James Cleveland Owens?
300
First person to patent a traffic signal
Who is Garrett Morgan?
300
The first elected African-American Judge in U.S. history
Who is Mifflin W. Gibbs?
300
First African-American country music star
What is Charles Pride?
400
The Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in schools had to end
When was October 29, 1969?
400
First African-American Major League Baseball Player
Who is Moses Fleetwood Walker?
400
Developed many beauty and hair care products that were extremely popular
Who is Madame C.J. Walker?
400
Northern state that elected its first African-American Congressman
What is Illinois?
400
The first singer to record the Blues
Who is Mamie Smith?
500
The first documented attempt at a rebellion by slaves
When was September 13, 1663?
500
The first African-American football player to win the Heisman Trophy
Who is Ernie Davis?
500
Invented the folding cabinet bed
Who is Sarah S. Goode?
500
The first African-American Federal Judge
Who is William H. Hastie?
500
The first to organize African-American musicians
Who is James Reese Europe?
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