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100

He is the first African American musician to become a self-made billionaire

Jay-Z

100

In 1997, this golf prodigy became the youngest champion in Masters Tournament history at age 21

Who is Tiger Woods?

100
This unanimous 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

100
This 2016 film from Jordan Peele is one of only seven horror movies to ever recieve an Oscar nomination for Best Picture

What is Get Out?

100

This Civil Rights icon was a seamstress and NAACP Secretary before becoming the face of an influential bus boycott in Montgomery, AL

Who is Rosa Parks?

200
In 1997, she became the first female winner of the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album

Who is Lauryn Hill?

200

He famously won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games held in Nazi Germany

Who is Jesse Owens?

200

This 1804 island nation became the first Black republic after a successful revolution against France

What is Haiti?

200

One of only three men ever nominated for multiple Oscars in the same year, he won Best Actor for his portrayal of Ray Charles in 2004

Who is Jamie Foxx?

200
In 2022, she became the first Black woman confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?

300

This 1982 pop-disco record is widely recognized as the best-selling album of all time

What is Michael Jackson's Thriller?

300

This tennis legend became the first Black winner at Wimbledon in 1975

Who is Arthur Ashe?

300
This devastating hurricane exposed racial and economic inequities during the subsequent evacuation crisis in New Orleans, LA

What is Hurricane Katrina?

300

This multi-talented actress and current talk show host became the first black EGOT winner in 2002 (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)

Who is Whoopi Goldberg?

300

This American novelist became the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1993)

Who is Toni Morrison?

400

In 2009, this jazz legend became the first African American on a circulating U.S. coin

Who is Duke Ellington?

400

This university became the first to win an NCAA basketball championship with an all-Black starting lineup in 1966

What is UTEP?

400

In 1966, the Black Panther Party was founded in this West Coast city

What is Oakland?

400
At 24 years old, he became the youngest and first-ever African American Best Director Oscar nominee for Boyz n the Hood (1991)

Who is John Singleton?

400
This journalist and anti‑lynching activist risked her life in 1892 documenting racial violence in the American South

Who is Ida B. Wells?

500
​They became the first hip‑hop act inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007​

Who are Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five?

500

This former NFL player became the league's first Black team president when Washington hired him in 2020

Who is Jason Wright?

500

This 1966 Chicago-based campaign led by MLK Jr. and local activists was among the most significant Civil Rights initiatives in the North

What is the Chicago Freedom Movement?

500

Hattie McDaniel became the first Black Oscar Winner (Best Supporting Actress) for her role in this 1939 film

What is Gone with the Wind?

500

She became the first Black woman in the United States to earn a pilot’s license in 1903

Who is Bessie Coleman?

500

The year the United States officially recognized Black History Month by presidential decree

What is 1976?

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