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“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.”

Langston Hughes

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Female rap group won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance in 1995 for the single "None of Your Business", making them one the first female rap Grammy winners?

Salt -N-Pepa

100

 First African American actress to win an Oscar in Best Actress category for her performance in “Monster Ball”

Halle Berry
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Civil right activist who was  the NAACP field secretary in Mississippi and was denied admission to the University of Mississippi Law School in 1954, but was instrumental in the eventual desegregation of "Ole Miss" in 1962.

Medgar Evers

100

This court case that established the “separate but equal” segregation policy.

Plessy v. Ferguson

200

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”

Oprah Winfrey

200

Solo superhero film became the 9th highest grossing film of all time in 2018

Black Panther

200

First African American to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of fame

Robert L. Douglas 



200

In this ruling, the Supreme Court held that Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed racial discrimination by places of public accommodation if their operations affected commerce

Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States



200

U.S activist prominently involved with integrating lunch counters through sit-ins, the Freedom Riders, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Selma Right-to-vote movement and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Diane Nash

300

“If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run walk, If you can’t walk crawl, by all means keep moving.”

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 

300

This director was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary for his film, 4 Little Girls, about the children killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963

Spike Lee

300

First female rapper to win a Grammy in 1995 for her song, U.N.I.T.Y

Queen Latifah



300

Civil rights activist  registered as the first African-American student at University of Mississippi

James Meredith
300

Became the first black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis?

Althea Gibson

400

“I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.”

Maya Angelou

400

This actress was first nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1954 film Carmen Jones

Dorothy Dandridge

400

The first black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field

Sidney Poitier

400

 The Supreme Court held that  it was unconstitutional to have white-only pre-primary elections

Terry v. Adams

400

 The first African American recipient of the Navy Cross for valour

Doris “Dorrie” Miller

500

 “Have vision, be demanding”

Colin Powell

500

Which musician born in New Orleans is considered one of the most influential figures in jazz

Louis Armstrong

500

The first African American woman to gain a PhD in Mathematics

Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes



500

The voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the civil rights movement who co-founded Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)?

Fannie Lou Hamer



500

Won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950, for Annie Allen, making her the first African American to receive the Pulitzer

Gwendolyn Brooks



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