Music Industry
Civil Rights
Athletes
Educator/Scholars
Women Authors
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WHO IS BLUE IVY'S MOTHER
BEYOUNCE
100
I was one of the five founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference JANUARY 10TH, 1957
Dr. Ralph David Abernathy
100
HE IS REGARDED BY MANY AS THE BEST PLAYER IN PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL HISTORY?
WHO IS MICHAEL JORDAN
100
I PUT MYSELF THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, TAUGHT ENGLISH IN THE PHILLIPINES, EARNED A Ph.D. IN HISTORY FROM HARVARD IN 1912, IN 1926 I BEGAN PROMOTING NEGRO HISTORY WEEK DURING THE 2ND WEEK OF FEBRUARY TO CELBRATE THE BIRTHDAYS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND FREDERICK DOUGLASS, IN 1960 IT BECAME BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
WHO IS CARTER GOODWIN WOODSON
100
CONSIDERED THE FOUNDER OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE, MY FIRST POAM WAS PUBLISHED AT AGE 12, I WAS EDUCATED BY MY MISTRESS AND MASTERED LATIN AND GREEK, I WAS BORN IN SENEGAL & BROUGHT TO BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ON A SLAVE SHIP.
WHO IS PHILLIS WHEATLEY
200
HE IS CONSIDERED THE GODFATHER OF SOUL
WHO IS JAMES BROWN
200
WHAT YEAR DID THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT BEGIN?
WHAT IS THE YEAR 1955
200
SHE WON TRIPLE GOLD MEDALS AT THE 1988 OLYMPICS IN TRACK & FIELD
WHO IS FLORENCE GRIFFITH JOYNER
200
I SERVED AS SPECIAL ADVISOR ON MINORITY AFFAIRS TO PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, I FOUNDED THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN AND THE DAYTONA NORMAL & INDUSTRIAL INSTITUETE FOR NEGRO GIRLS, NOW BETHUNE-COOKMAN COLLEGE.
WHO IS MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE
200
AUTHOR TERRY MCMILLAN'S 3 BEST SELLERS THAT WERE MADE INTO MOVIES.
WHAT ARE: DISAPPEARING ACTS - WAITING TO EXHALE - HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK
300
RECORDING ARTIST JENNIFER K. HUDSON WAS BORN IN THIS CITY
WHERE IS CHICAGO, IL
300
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON-DR KING DELIVERS I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH 4 BLACK GIRLS KILLED IN THE 16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH BOMBING MEDGAR EVERS WAS KILLED IN JACKSON, MS PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED IN DALLAS, TX - ALL TOOK PLACE IN WHAT YEAR?
WHAT IS 1963
300
RANKED THE # 1 FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER IN THE WORLD IN 1957 & 1958 SHE WON THE WIMBLEDON SINGLES TITLE IN 1957
WHO IS ALTHEA GIBSON
300
I HAVE A DEGREE FROM CLARK UNIVERSITY, TAUGHT IN THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 14 YRS, STARTED WESTSIDE PREPARATORY SCHOOL OUT OF MY HOME IN 1975 WITH MY OWN 2 CHILDREN AND 4 OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN.
WHO IS MARVA COLLINS
300
MY 1969 AUTOBIOGRAPHY I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS WAS THE FIRST NON-FICTION BEST SELLER BY AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
WHO IS MAYA ANGELOU
400
KNOWN AS EMPRESS OF THE BLUES, HER INFLUENCE CAN BE HEARD IN THE MUSIC OF JANIS JOPLIN, ARETHA FRANKLIN, FRANK SINATRA, BILLIE HOLIDAY AND MANY OTHERS.
WHO IS BESSIE SMITH
400
THEIR BLACK PANTHER PARTY ADVOCATED A "TEN POINT PROGRAM" WHICH INCLUDED PAYMENT OF THE FORTY ACRES AND A MULE PROMISED TO FORMER SLAVES DURING RECONSTRUCTION.
WHO ARE BOBBY SEALE AND HUEY P. NEWTON
400
THEY ARE THE ONLY 2 AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE GYMNAST TO WIN OLYMPIC MEDALS.
WHO ARE DOMINIQUE DAWES AND GABRIELLE DOUGLAS
400
I EARNED A PH.D. FROM HARVARD, WROTE FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM: A HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN 1947, TAUGHT AT MY ALMA MATER FISK IN THE MID-1930s, BECAME CHAIR OF BROOKLYN COLLEGE'S HISTORY DEPARTMENT IN 1956, BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADER OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
WHO IS JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN
400
BORN IN 1964, THIS INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN AUTHOR, ACTIVIST, HIP HOP ARTIST WROTE THE 1999 BEST SELLER - THE COLDEST WINTER EVER.
WHO IS SISTER SOULJAH
500
HE WROTE "EV'RY PRAISE BELONGS TO GOD"
WHO IS HEZEKIAH WALKER
500
AS A FISK UNIVERSITY STUDENT HE HELPED TO ORGANIZER OF THE NASHVILLE SIT-IN AND LATER ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF SNCC (STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE).
WHO IS JOHN LEWIS
500
HE WAS THE ALL-TIME LEADING NFL RUSHER UNTIL EMMITT SMITH SURPASSED HIM
WHO IS WALTER "SWEETNESS" PAYTON
500
I AM CURRENTLY THE PRESIDENTIAL CHAIR AND PROFESSOR WITH THE HISTORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ CAMPUS, WAS ON THE FBI MOST WANTED LIST
WHO IS ANGELA YVONNE DAVIS
500
I WON A NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE, I AM FROM OHIO, MY FIRST NOVEL - THE BLUEST EYES IS BEING THOUGHT UNSUITABLE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BY THE OHIO SCHOOL BOARD
WHO IS TONI MORRISON
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