Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the PGA circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods?
100
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr?
100
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated? (Brown v. __________)
What is Board of Education?
100
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
This amazing man is the self-proclaimed "greatest [boxer] of all time" was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay?
Who is Muhammad Ali?
200
Who was the first African American to serve as the US Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell?
200
"I had no idea history was being made. I was just tired of giving up."
Who is Rosa Parks?
200
Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens? (________ v. Sanford)
Who is Dred Scott?
200
What was the name of organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
200
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 27 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce?
300
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a US postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
300
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
Who is Maya Angelou?
300
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"? (Plessy v. _____________)
What is Ferguson?
300
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X?
300
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Parker?
400
Which author became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature?
Who is Toni Morrison?
400
"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."
Who is Malcolm X?
400
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
400
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the US during the 1950s and 1960s, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr?
400
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmet Till?
500
In what year were the first Africans brought to America to work as slaves? (Hint: it was in the 1600s)
What is 1619?
500
"Where there is no struggle, there is no strength."
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
500
Which African American was elected president of the US in 2008?
Who is Barack Obama?
500
When did the March on Washington take place?
What is August 28, 1963?
500
Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African Americans admitted into the National inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?