Inventors
Civil Rights
Who's First?
Sports
Jambalya/Misc.
100
Alexander Miles
Who invented the elevator?
100
Congress of Racial Equality
What does CORE mean?
100
Ralph Bunche
Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
100
Jesse Owens
Who was the first person in history to win four gold medals in track and field at the Olympic Games in 1936?
100
Booker T. Washington
Who founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to train black teachers?
200
Dr. George Washington Carver
Who invented over 300 products from the peanut?
200
The March on Washington of 1963
What was the largest civil rights protest in America?
200
Rudolph Dawkins for Dawkins Middle School
Who was the first African American educator that had a middle school named after him?
200
Muhammad Ali
Who is the only boxer to win the heavyweight championship three times?
200
Charlie Pride
Who was the first African-American Country Music Star?
300
Jan Matzeliger
Who invented the shoe making machine?
300
People United to Serve Humanity
What does P.U.S.H. stand for?
300
Vanessa Williams
Who was the first African-American woman to win the title of "Miss America"?
300
Tony Dungy of Indianapolis Colts
Who was the first African-American coach to win a superbowl game; what team did he coach?
300
Illinois
What was the first state to declare Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a legal holiday?
400
John Standard
Who invented the refrigerator on July 14, 1891?
400
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Which United States President signed the Voting Rights Act?
400
Wynona Douglas
Who was the first African-American female to intergrate Spartanburg High School?
400
Wilma Rudolph
Who was the first woman to win three Olympic Gold Medals in track and field?
400
Jamie Foxx
What African-American won an Academy Award for playing the role of Ray Charles in the movie "Ray"?
500
Lewis Latimer
Who invented the incandesent light bulb?
500
Stokely Carmichael
Who popularized the slogan, "Black Power"?
500
Dr. Charles Drew
Who is the first African-American to discover a method to store blood and who made blood banks more effective?
500
Jackie Robinson
Who was the first African-American to intergrate major league baseball?
500
Wilt Chamberlain
What basketball player was the first to score 100 points in a single game?
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