The first Black undergraduate to enroll at the University of Maryland.
What is Hiram Whittle
100
Landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional
What is Brown v. Board of Education
100
The record company was founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1958
What is Motown
100
When was the "Black" National League formed.
What is 1920
100
American engineer, physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first African-American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992
What is Mae Jemison
200
Established to serve the cultural, social and intellectual needs of Black students.
What is Nyumburu Cultural Center
200
Group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
What is the Little Rock Nine
200
An underground urban movement known as "Hip Hop" began to develop in the
What is The Bronx, New York
200
Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American in the major leagues when he plays his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers in what year?
What is 1947
200
First African American woman elected to the House of Representatives.
What is Shirley Chisholm
300
The center is named for the highly respected African American professor and former UM Art department chair
What is David C. Driskell
300
Spanning the 1920s to the mid-1930s, this was a literary, artistic, and intellectual movement that kindled a new black cultural identity.
What is the Harlem Renaissance
300
First African American to receive a Grammy award
What is Ella Fitzgerald
300
First African American with five-time Super Bowl championships
What is Charles Haley
300
AN American civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, and lecturer who played a leading role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957.
What is Daisy Bates
400
First African-American Chancellor of a major state university when he is appointed chancellor of the University of Maryland.
What is John B. Slaughter
400
American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor and one of the founders of NAACP
What is W.E.B. DuBois
400
Trumpeter, bandleader, singer, soloist, film star and comedian. Considered one of the most influential artists in jazz history
What is Louis Armstrong
400
The FIRST black athlete to win a gold medal was African-American
What is John Taylor
400
Best-selling author, educator and civil rights activist used her poetry to inspire and empower.
What is Maya Angelou
500
First African American basketball player at the University of Maryland, and the first Black athlete in the ACC.
What is Billy Jones
500
An African American physicist and educator and was the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. from any American university, completing his dissertation in physics at Yale in 1876
What is Edward Alexander Bouchet
500
An American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
What is Oprah Winfrey
500
An American World No. 1 professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles.
What is Arthur Ashe
500
American political activist, academic scholar, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA