Black Inventors
The Civil Rights Movement
Arkansas History
Historical figures
Black History events, dates, and facts
100
This Black Inventor revolutionized peanuts by discovering over 300 hundred uses for it [like flour, soups, paste, oil, paper, animal feed, coffee, cookies, and candy].
Who is George Washington-Carver?
100
This Historical Civil Rights leader is most famous for his "I have a Dream" speech, which he delivered at the Lincoln memorial in Washington DC in 1963. !
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
100
The nine teens who were the first African American students to enter Little Rock's Central High School in 1957 has become to be known as...
Who is the Little Rock Nine?
100
The conductor of The Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
What's the name of the federal holiday in the United States commemorating the end of slavery??
What is Juneteenth?
200
Garrett Morgan was a Black inventor from Ohio who's innovative thinking helped prevent car collision. What is his most famous invention?
What is the three way traffic signal?
200
Often called "the mother of the Civil Rights Movement," this historical figure is best known for her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955 (This spearheaded her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott).
Who is Rosa Parks?
200
Through her newspaper, this African American civil rights activist and newspaper publisher documented the battle to end segregation in Arkansas. She selected the nine students to integrate Central High School in Little Rock in 1957. She also regularly drove the students to school and worked tirelessly to ensure they were protected from violent crowds.
Who is Daisy Gatson Bates??
200
Who was the first Black President of the United States?
He was also the 44th President of the United States?
Who is Barack Obama??
200
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is also called...
What is The NAACP??
300
Augustus Jackson invented the eggless version of this frozen dessert and added salt to make it melt slower.
What is Ice Cream.
300
This historical figure advanced the cause of civil rights in November 1960 when she became the first African American child to integrate an all-white elementary school in the South.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
300
From 1929 to 1955, this school offered a comprehensive education for Black students in Little Rock. The school is named after an African-American poet of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
What is Dunbar Junior High School?
300
What's the name of the poet and civil rights activist of the woman who famously wrote "Still I Rise"
Who is Maya Angelou??
300
The Little Rock Nine integrated Little Rock Central High in what year??
What is 1957??
400
This Black inventor was not only the first Black millionaire, but she was also the first woman millionaire in America. She invented the world's first hair-straightening formula and the hot comb.
Who is Madam C.j. Walker?
400
This revolutionary organization was part of the Black power movement, which was based on the idea of uniting and empowering the Black community. They launched more than 35 Survival Programs and provided community help. With an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, they were the era's most influential militant black power organization.
What is The Black Panther Party?
400
Answer either of the following questions correctly:
Who was the first to graduate out of the Little Rock Nine?
OR
Minnijean Brown, one of the Little Rock Nine, got expelled for what?
Ernest Green
OR
For retaliating against the daily torment.
400
In 1947, who was the baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball??
Who is Jackie Robinson??
400
She is the first Black gymnast to win the Individual All Around in the 2012 London Olympics.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
500
Benjamin Banneker was considered the first Black American man of science. What item was he was responsible for building which was a first for the country. 
what is the country's first clock?
500
What was the name of the march that took place on March 7, 1965, that ensured that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote.
What is The Selma to Montgomery March?
500
This Historical figure was the first African American elected to serve on the Little Rock (Pulaski County) City Board of Directors since Reconstruction, the first African-American deputy sheriff of Pulaski County, and the first African-American mayor of Little Rock.
Who is Charles E. Bussey Jr.??
500
This Historical Figure was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
500
This country in Africa is the only African nation to escape the clutches of colonization.
(Hint: The oldest and most complete bible on earth is from this country.)
What is Ethiopia???