This fraternity was the first Inter-Collegiate Black Greek Letter fraternity.
What is Alpha Phi Alpha
Founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University
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This African American was the inventor of Peanut Butter
Who is George Washington Carver
100
This African American Senator was inaugurated on January 20, 2009 and led to the capturing of Osama Bin Laden in 2011
Who is Barack Obama
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This African American clergyman and non-violence civil rights leader, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
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This African American broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson
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This person was the first African American to be invited to the White House by President Theodore Roosevelt
Who is Booker T. Washington
200
This African American invented the Straightening comb
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
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This African American was the first black Secretary of State and first and only African American on the Joint Chief of Staff
Who is Colin Powell
200
This Militant black leader became a muslin minister after being in Incarcerated in prison in 1952.
Who is Malcolm X
200
This Notorious Music Producer, produced Michael Jackson's most successful and the best selling album of all time Thriller
Who is Quincy Jones
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This African American was the first to sit on the U.S. supreme justice court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
300
The Traffic signal was invented by which African American
Who is Garrett Morgan
300
This American America was the first women Secretary of State and National Security Adviser appointed by George W Bush
Who is Condoleezza Rice
300
Between 1876 and 1965, these laws segregated public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains for whites and blacks.
What is Jim Crow Laws
300
This African American was the first of three to play in the NBA in 1950
Who is Earl Lloyd
(The Washington Capitols)
The team was founded in 1946 as a charter BAA team; it became a charter NBA team in 1949. It folded on January 9, 1951 (with a 10–25 record).
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This former NASA Astronaut was the first African American in space.
Who is Guion S. Bluford, Jr
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This African American was the first black congresswoman, and the first African-American woman to make a bid for the U.S. Presidency.
Who is Shirley Chisholm
400
This Act of 1964 outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation.
What is The Civil Rights Act of 1964
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These two were the first African Americans to win a Grammy Award in 1958
Who is Count Basie & Ella Fitzgerald
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This Notorious poet was the first black female street car conductor in San Francisco
Who is Maya Angelou
500
This African American spent two years building America's first clock in 1753
Who is Benjamin Banneker
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He was the first African-American to receive a nomination for Vice-President of the United States in 1872, and was invited to Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration at the White House in 1865
Who is Frederick Douglas
500
This American civil-rights leader helped Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr organize the Montgomery bus boycott (1955).
Who is Ralph David Abernathy
500
Who was the first African American to star in a network television show?