Best remembered as a champion of the "Back-to-Africa" movement.
What is Marcus Garvey
100
She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State. Served between the years of 2005-2009
What is Condoleeza Rice
100
First African-American female billionaire. H Owner of a self-named 24-hour cable network. Broadway musical producer and screen actress.
What is Oprah Winfrey
100
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
What is Barack Obama
100
1st African American to win the Heisman Trophy
What is Ernie Davis
200
Taught former slaves farming techniques for self-sufficiency; known for suggesting hundreds of uses for the peanut, other plants.
What is George Washington Carver
200
In 1957, group of students that went to a high school after segregation in public schools was declared unconstitutional. The National Guard was called in to escort them to school.
What is the Little Rock Nine
200
Born in Saginaw, Michigan, and raised in Compton, California. Holds 3 Grand Slam titles, six U.S. Opens, seven Wimbledon titles, seven Australian Opens, three French Opens, four Olympic gold medals, 23 doubles titles,
What is Serena Williams
200
Who said "In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate"
What is Toni Morrison
200
In 1989, the first duo to win the first rap grammy award.
What is DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith
300
In 1831, led failed slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia; the most remarkable instance of black resistance to enslavement.
What is Nat Turner
300
Recorded more than 30 Top-10 hits, won nearly two dozen Grammys, including one for lifetime achievement; been inducted into both the Rock and Roll, Songwriters halls of fame.
What is Stevie Wonder
300
Of Mexican-American and African-American descent. Started a movement in 2012, said that she is committed to helping “Black queer and trans folks”.
What is Alicia Garza
300
"For Africa to me ... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place."
What is Maya Angelou
300
Became the first rapper to rhyme at the White House in 2014 at the White House Easter Egg Roll
What is Big Sean
400
Was a charismatic, innovative performer with musical skill; bright personality transformed jazz into a popular art. Nickname "Satchmo"
What is Louis Armstrong
400
Most recent African American to serve as the attorney general of the United States. Second African-American, the second woman, and the first African-American woman to be confirmed for the position.
What is Loretta Lynch
400
Diagnosed with cervical cancer, her cell line layed an important part in developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping and in vitro fertilization
What is Henrietta Lacks
400
Throughout history, the powers of single black men flash here and there like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness.
What is W.E. Burghardt Du Bois," The Souls of Black Folk
400
Time period in African-American history in the urban north, when mainstream publishers and critics turned their attention seriously to African–American literature, music, art and politics. Josephine Baker was a part of this.
What is the Harlem Renaissance
500
In 2006, named the greatest MC of all time by MTV, grew up in Brooklyn New york, established net worth of $610 million, was previously a part owner of the Brooklyn Nets
What is Jay-Z
500
South African activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. First black South African Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa and primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa
What is Desmond Tutu
500
In 1924, became one of the few female college presidents in the nation, and president of the National Association of Colored Women. Her university is located in Florida.
What is Mary McLeod Bethune
500
If you will protest courageously, and yet with dignity and Christian love, when the history books are written in future generations, the historians will have to pause and say, "There lived a great people - a black people - who injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization." This is our challenge and our overwhelming responsibility.
What is Martin Luther King Jr.
500
A holiday that commemorates the 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas, and more generally the emancipation of African-American slaves throughout the Confederate South