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This African American baseball prodigy was the first to integrate the Major League Baseball League.
Who is Jackie Robinson
100
This African American actress received an Academy Award for her performance in the movie, "Ghost". She was also nominated for Best Actress for her performance in the movie, "The Color Purple".
Who is Whoopi Goldberg
100
This African American woman, an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Sorority Inc., spurred the Montgomery Bus Boycott when she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, AL.
Who is Rosa Parks
100
This African American scientist, also an Honorary member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., is most famous for inventing several uses for the peanut, the most famous of these products being peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver
100
This novel was written in 1959 by Loraine Hansberry. It is a story about the adjustment of a black family that moves into an upper-middle class white neighborhood in Chicago following an insurance gain from the death of the father.
What is "A Raisin In The Sun".
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Nicknamed the "Buckeye Bullet", this African American won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic games.
Who is James "Jessie" Cleveland Owens
200
This African American actor received his first Oscar for what many critics refer to as, "The Single Tear" during his supporting role in the movie, "Glory". He received his second Oscar for his leading role in the movie, "Training Day".
Who is Denzel Washington
200
This African American Civil Rights activist, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington and helped President Johnson negotiate the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and is most famous for his "I Have A Dream Speech".
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
200
This African American invented the modern day pencil sharpener.
Who is John Lee Love
200
This novel was written by Alice Walker in 1982. It is a story about the life and struggle of a young black woman that is married off by her father and separated from her children and sister, Nettie.
What is The Color Purple
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Hailing from St. Bethleham, TN, this African American woman was the first black female athlete to win three Olympic Gold Medals at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
Who is Wilma Rudolph
300
This African American actor has starred in the most Blockbuster hits, a few being "Lean on Me", "Deep Blue Sea", "Shawshank Redemption", "Invictus", "Million Dollar Baby", "Wanted" and "Driving Miss Daisy"... The list goes on
Who is Morgan Freeman
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This Civil Rights group was formed in 1960 to give young black youth a bigger voice in the Civil Rights Movement. This group played a huge role in the "Freedom Rides", as well as the Voter Registration efforts in the South.
What is the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
300
This African American doctor started the first blood bank and was the first to conceptualize the blood bank system as well as the preservation of plasma.
Who is Dr. Charles Drew
300
In the novel made movie, "The Color Purple", Oprah Winfrey stars as the wife of Harpo. She was a loving, yet angry spouse and mother who is quite aggressive. Most famous for her quote: "I loves Harpo but I'll kill him dead before I let him beat me", this was her character's name.
Who is Sofia
400
This African American basketball legend led the Chicago Bulls to win six NBA championships, and also won the NBA Most Valuable Player award five times.
Who is Michael Jordan
400
This African American actor became the first to receive an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in "Lillies of the Field".
Who is Sidney Poitier
400
This Civil Rights group was part of the "Big Four". A term coined to refer to the four major Civil Rights groups formed in the early 20th Century. These groups included the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Southern Christian Leadership Committee (SCLC), the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and this group...
What is the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
400
This African American scientist invented the first rotary-blade lawn mower.
Who is John Burr
400
This was a series of historic accounts of Alex Haley's ancestors ending with his own life and accomplishments and leading all the way back to his ancestors in Africa. It tells the story of his family lineage before, during and following his ancestors' enslavement.
What is Alex Haley's "Roots"
500
This African American served as the Head Coach of the Indianapolis Colts from 2002-2008. In 2007, he became the first African American National Football League Head Coach to win a Superbowl, as his Colts defeated the Chicago Bears in the 2007 Superbowl.
Who is Tony Dungy
500
This African American actress became the first African American to win an Oscar in 1940 for her supporting role as "Mammy" in "Gone With the Wind".
Who is Hattie McDaniel
500
This Civil Rights Activist organized voter registration efforts, demonstrations and boycotts in Mississippi prior to his assassination at his home in 1963. His assassin, Byron De La Beckwith, was not brought to justice until 1994.
Who is Medgar Evers
500
This African American, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. is most famous for inventing the modern day traffic light as well as the "STOP" sign.
Who is Garrett A. Morgan
500
"Your name is...". In Alex Haley's series of novels, "Roots", his ancestor Kunta Kinte was the first of his family's tribe to be abducted by slavers and transported to the Americas. Upon his arrival at his first plantation, Kunta Kinte was whipped until he finally gave in and said that this was his name.
What is "Toby"
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