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This African American man was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 through 1968. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using the tactics of nonviolence.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
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This is the part of the United States where slavery was a problem.
Where is the South?
100
George Washington Carver worked with this legume that we use today. We put a ground up version of it on our sandwiches.
What is the peanut?
100
This baseball player broke the MLB color barrier in 1947 as a second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was also the first black MVP, winning the award in 1949, and the first African-American Hall of Famer, inducted in 1962.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
100
This is the singer and dancer who is famous for singing the songs, "Thriller," "Black and White," and "Billie Jean."
Who is Michael Jackson?
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This woman said "No" when a white man told her to get up from her seat at the front of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
Who is Rosa Parks?
200
This is the state where the Montgomery Bus Boycott was held.
Where is Alabama?
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Garrett Morgan invented this thing that helps direct traffic.
What is the traffic light?
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This girl is an African American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the United States women's national gymnastics team, dubbed the Fierce Five by the media, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won gold medals in the individual all-around and team competitions.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
200
This African American woman used to have a #1 talk show and now has her own television network and a school for girls in Africa.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
300
This 6 year old girl was the first African American girl to go to an all white elementary school in the South.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
300
This is the city where Martin Luther King Jr. marched with hundreds of people to protest segregation in the South. They crossed a famous bridge when they marched.
Where is Selma?
300
Lonnie G. Johnson invented this fun toy you play with in the summer if you want to get other people wet.
What is the Super Soaker?
300
This basketball player, known for his initials MJ, played 15 seasons in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards.He was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
Who is Michael Jordan?
300
This African American man was a writer and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance in New York City. He was one of the earliest innovators of the jazz poetry.
Who is Langston Hughes?
400
This African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist was a courageous advocate for the rights of black people. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. He is known for the quote, "By Any Means Necessary."
Who is Malcolm X?
400
This is the state and district where you can find the White House and the National African American museum.
Where is Washington D.C.?
400
George Crum, an African American man, invented this crunchy snack in 1853 when he was a chef at a lake house and people complained the french fries were too thick.
What are potato chips?
400
This African American track and field athlete was a four-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 Games.
Who is Jesse Owens?
400
This African American jazz singer often referred to as the First Lady of Song was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
500
This African American woman was an abolitionist and fought for women's rights during the times of slavery and the Civil War. She was the first woman to win a legal case against a white man who took her son Peter illegally as a slave. She is known for her speech called, "Ain't I am Woman?" which she recited at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
500
This is the city where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested and wrote a very famous letter.
Where is Birmingham?
500
This woman was the first African American woman to be a self-made millionaire after inventing a line of beauty products and hair products.
Who is Madame C.J. Walker?
500
Long before Serena and Venus Williams were dominating women's tennis, this woman became the first black woman to play at the US Nationals.
Who is Althea Gibson?
500
This DJ from Jamaica is known as the "The Founder of Hip-Hop." He did this in the Bronx during the early 1970s.
Who was DJ Kool Herc?
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