This genre was first used by Billboard magazine in the late 1940′s & described as an African-American urban sound that evolved from blues and jazz
What is Rhythm & Blues (R&B)?
100
This tennis player holds the most Major singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles combined amongst active players, male or female.
Who is Serena Williams?
100
This model was the first African-American woman on the covers of GQ magazine and the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.
Who is Tyra Banks?
100
Her refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956.
Who is Rosa Parks?
200
This gentleman developed hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans. He is most famous for inventing Peanut Butter.
Who is George Washington Carver?
200
This theatre housed an armature night that was the springboard for famous Black entertainers.
What is the Apollo Theatre?
200
Baseball legend Jackie Robinson famously broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947 while playing for this team.
What is the Brooklyn Dodgers?
200
The first African-American woman to win the Academy Award for best actress in 2001.
Who is Halle Berry?
200
Known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
Who is Malcolm X?
300
This gentleman invented the traffic light.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
300
Hailed as the "Queen of Quiet Storm"
Who is Anita Baker?
300
The self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician. What is his birth name?
Who is Cassius Marcellus Clay?
300
This company was the first African-American controlled company to sell shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
What is BET?
300
This Amendment was adopted on December 6, 1865 and abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
What is the 13th Amendment?
400
He is recognized as the inventor of the map.
Who is George Murray?
400
He won the first Grammy given for Best Solo Rap Performance.
Who is MC Hammer?
400
In 1875, riding a horse named Aristides, this man became the first African-American jockey to win the Kentucky Derby.
Who is Oliver Lewis?
400
In 1882, Booker T. Washington founded this college to train African-Americans in the field of Education Agriculture and Industry.
What is the Tuskegee Institute?
400
In this year Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his “I have a dream” speech.
What is 1966?
500
This woman is recognized for the invention of the ironing board.
Who is Sara Boone?
500
Was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
500
He is nicknamed the World's Fastest Man and, in 1976, he was awarded the Medal of Freedom - the highest award a US citizen can receive.
Who is Jesse Owens?
500
In this year the first Africans were brought to American to work as slaves.
What is 1619?
500
This racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama.