"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
Who is Barack Obama
100
First African-American female billionaire. Owner of a self-named 24-hour cable network. Broadway musical producer and screen actress.
Who is Oprah Winfrey
100
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
100
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
100
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
200
Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Who is Muhammad Ali
200
Born in Saginaw, Michigan, and raised in Compton, California. Holds 3 Grand Slam titles, six U.S. Opens, seven Wimbledon titles, seven Australian Opens, three French Opens, four Olympic gold medals, 23 doubles titles,
Who is Serena Williams
200
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
200
Taught former slaves farming techniques for self-sufficiency; known for suggesting hundreds of uses for the peanut, other plants
Who is George Washington Carver
200
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
300
"For Africa to me ... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place."
Who is Maya Angelou ?
300
What are the names of the three women who starred in the movie "Hidden Figures" ?
Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monae, Octavia Spencer
300
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson
300
In 1957, group of students that went to a high school after segregation in public schools was declared unconstitutional. The National Guard was called in to escort them to school.
What is Little Rock Nine
300
In 2006, named the greatest MC of all time by MTV, grew up in Brooklyn New york, established net worth of $610 million, was previously a part owner of the Brooklyn Nets
Who is Jay - Z
400
"I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."
Who is Morgan Freeman ?
400
In 1924, became one of the few female college presidents in the nation, and president of the National Association of Colored Women. Her university is located in Florida.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
400
Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
400
In 1831, led failed slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia; the most remarkable instance of black resistance to enslavement.
Who is Nat Turner
400
First African American to star on a network TV show
Who is Bill Cosby
500
If you will protest courageously, and yet with dignity and Christian love, when the history books are written in future generations, the historians will have to pause and say, "There lived a great people - a black people - who injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization."
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
500
Diagnosed with cervical cancer, her cell line layed an important part in developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping and in vitro fertilization
Who is Henrietta Lacks
500
South African activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. First black South African Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa and primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa
Who is Desmond Tutu
500
What year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?
What is 1865
500
What singer/songwriter set the 2006 Guinness World Record for the most awarded female artist of all time?