History
Important People
Government
Inventions
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100
What year was the 13th Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?
What is 1865.
100
Who broke three track and field World Records in 45 minutes at Ohio State?
What is Jesse Owens
100
With the 15th Amendment ratification in 1870, what did African Americans gain in the United States?
What is Voting Rights
100
This man invented the gas mask and the stop light
Who is Garret Morgan
100
This 17yr old was shot and killed in February 2012 by a Neighborhood watchman
Who is Trayvon Martin
200
Where was Malcolm X killed?
What is Audubon Ballroom, Manhattan (1965)
200
He shot Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968
Who is James Earl Ray
200
Who was the first African American to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice?
What is Thurgood Marshall.
200
This man is known for inventing Peanut butter.
What is George Washington Carver
200
18 year old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police in this city
What is Ferguson Missouri
300
Where was the first "sit-in' at a segregated lunch counter?
What is Greensboro, North Carolina
300
Before it became Black History Month in observance of black history it was called
What is Negro History Week
300
Which President proposed that Congress consider civil rights legislation culminated in the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
What is John F. Kennedy
300
This African American Woman invent the Straightening Comb for Hair.
Who is Madame C.J. Walker
300
Lebron James and Kyrie Irving wore "I Cant Breathe" T-shirts while warming up for a game to support the wrongful death of this man.
Who is Eric Garner
400
At its height, what was the slave population in the U.S.?
What is about 4 million.
400
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
What is Ralph Bunche
400
Hiram Revels was the first African American to serve as this in The United States Government
What is U.S. Senator
400
Madame C.J. Walker, The First African American Woman Millionaire's real name is
What is Sarah Breedlove
400
This movie about the civil rights movement was released in January 2015 and included the big name stars of Oprah and Common
What is Selma
500
With the 15th Amendment ratification in 1870, African Americans gained
What is voting rights
500
Who was the only African American among the original NAACP executives?
What is W.E.B. Du Bois.
500
Jesse Jackson ran for President this many times.
What is 2 times
500
Sarah Goode was the first African American woman to receive a patent. What did she invent?
What is the folding bed.
500
This University's student government voted to keep fraternities and sororities racially segregated
What is... A. The University of Alabama B. The University of Mississippi C. Texas A&M
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