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100

Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?

Who is Tiger Woods?

100

Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?

Who is Harriet Tubman?

100

 What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

100

This American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist was dubbed the "King of Pop."

Who is Michael Jackson?

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

Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?

Who is Colin Powell?

200

Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?

Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

200

Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?

What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?

200

This artist has the most music Grammy awards of all time.

Who is Beyoncé? 

200

Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?

Who is Beyoncé?

300

Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?

Who is Booker T. Washington?

300

Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?

Who is Maya Angelou?

300

Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?

300

What singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer once called themselves "The Artist Formerly Known As"?

Who is Prince?

300

Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?

Who is Madame CJ Walker?

400

Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")

Who is Toni Morrison?

400

Who said “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can’t hit what the eyes can’t see"?

Who is Muhammad Ali?

400

Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?

Who is Shirley Chisholm?

400

This artist wants everyone to say it loud that they are black and they are proud.

Who is James Brown?

400

Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?

Who is Emmett Till?

500

Who was the first African American to win a Grammy Award?

Who is Ella Fitzgerald? (1958)

500

Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?

Who is Morgan Freeman?

500

Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?

Who is BARACK OBAMA!!!!!

500

Where is the birthplace of Jazz?

Where is New Orleans, LA?

500

Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?

Who is George Washington Carver?

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