Before 1500
1700's
1960"s
1900's
1950's
100
the "great scattering" of African people from their communities
What is the Diaspora?
100
This crop grew best on high ground
What is indigo
100
Won the track and field Olympic gold medals in the 100 meter, 200 meter and 4 x 400 relay race.
Who is Wilma Rudolph
100
Marcus Garvey founded this organization to increase black pride.
What is Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
100
Was Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations
Who is Ralph J. Bunche
200
3 Great African Empires
What is Mali, Songhai and Ghana
200
Benjamin Banneker's major invention
What is wooden clock
200
The first woman to be named a federal judge
Who is Constance Baker
200
This case declared it unconstitutional for blacks to lve in certain sections of the city.
What is Buchanan vs Warley
200
The first African American professional golfer
Who is Charles Sifford
300
Estevanico explored territory that became two states
What is Arizona and Mexico
300
A Black spy
What is James Armistead
300
The largest maker of African American hair-care products
What is Johnson Products
300
Founded the National Negro Baseball League
What is Andrew "Rube" Foster
300
Store and the city where the first "sit-in" took place
What is F. W. Woolworth Company in Greensboro, North Carolina
400
Product that was frequently shipped from the West Indies to the North American mainland
What is sugar or molasses
400
An important transportation route until the railroads were built
What is Dismal Swamps Canal
400
African American photographer for Ebony magazine who won a Pulitzer Prize
Who is Moneta Sleet, Jr.
400
W. C. Handy wrote two blues songs with city names in their titles
What is Memphis Blues and St Louis Blues or East St. Louis Blues
400
The "dean" of African American journalists
Who is Carl T. Rowan
500
Crops that were dependent on enslaved African labor.
What is rice, cotton, tobacco, sugar and indigo
500
Said that he and other merchants were being taxed without representation.
What is Paul Coffe
500
This African American created the festival of Kwanza
Who is Maulana Karenga
500
Official father of the Harlem Renaissance
Who is Alain Locke
500
First black mayors of Cleveland and Indiana
Who are Carl Stokes - Cleveland, Ohio and Richard Hatcher - Gary, Indiana
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