Blacks in Education
Black Literature
Black Sports History
Black Activists
Black Cinema
100
This man was the first African American to earn a doctorate degree from Harvard and was was famous for his collection of essays, "The Souls of Black Folk" and his study, The Philadelphia Negro
W.E.B. DuBois
100
Who wrote the words, "What happens to a dream deferred?"
Langston Hughes
100
Who was the first Black heavyweight boxing champion
Jack Johnson
100
What was the name given to Harriet Tubman at birth?
Araminta Ross
100
Who was the first African American to win an Oscar in 1939?
Hattie McDaniel
200
This American educator, author, and orator attended Hampton Institute and Weyland Seminary
Booker T Washington
200
This classic novel written by Zora Neale Hurston tells the tale of a character named Janie who falls in love with a man nicknamed "Tea Cake"?
Their Eyes Were Watching God
200
Who was the first Black tennis player at the U.S. Open?
Althea Gibson
200
This early leader of the Civil Rights Movement helped found the NAACP and launched a campaign against lynching
Ida B Wells
200
Spike Lee made his directorial debut with this film in 1986
She's Gotta Have It
300
This Philadelphia educator has been a host on HuffPost Live and CNN and recently opened a book store called Uncle Bobbies
Marc Lamont Hill
300
This novel by Ralph Ellison was the story of an unnamed African man who could not be seen because people chose not to see him?
Invisible Man
300
Who was the first Black pitcher to pitch in a World Series Game?
Satchel Page
300
This West African country was the first to gain their independence under the leadership of President Kwame Nkrumah in 1957
Ghana
300
John Singleton directed this 1995 drama centering race relations on the fictional campus of Columbus University
Higher Learning
400
This activist was one of the first African American woman to earn a PhD in 1924 at the age of 65
Anna Julia Cooper
400
This author of The Third Life of Grange Copeland, coined the term "womanist"
Alice Walker
400
Name the Scholar, actor and performer that was an All-American football star, Valedictorian of his class at Rutgers, and earned a law degree from Columbia University
Paul Robeson
400
When Rosa Parks launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott after refusing to get out of her seat, she was on her way home from her job as??
A department store seamstress
400
This legendary actress and former model who is known for her portrayals of strong African American women received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016
Cicely Tyson
500
This scholar started the first university Black Studies program at California State University after striking with students
Nathan Hare
500
This person was one of the first African American novelists who served as an activist on the Underground Railroad, a public speaker and abolitionist, and wrote Iola Leroy
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
500
What professional baseball player ended his career with 755 home runs, the highest total in league history
Hank Aaron
500
Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi and Representative Joseph Rainey of South Carolina became the first African Americans to serve in Congress in what year?
1870
500
This legendary filmmaker attended Ohio Wesleyan University and also joined the Air Force before directing numerous films including Watermelon Man
Melvin van Peebles
