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This represents the shield bearing a crown, a globe, a scholar, a diploma, an open book, a scroll, and a quill and pen 

What is the TTA Emblem ?

100

This prolific poet, novelist, essayist, and world traveler flourished during the Harlem Renaissance. Some of his most famous poems are:  "The Negro Speaks of Rivers,"I,Too, Sing America", "Mother to Son", and "Dreams"


Who is Langston Hughes ?

100

He won four (4) gold medals for Track & Field at the Olympics in Berlin, Germany in 1936.

Who is Jesse Owens ?

100

This university is credited with famous alumni such as Taraji P. Henson, Sean Puffy Combs, Chadwick Boseman, Debbie Allen, Vice President Kamala Harris and Lady Jasmine.

What is Howard University ?

100

The first woman, first Black person and the first South Asian to become Vice President of the United States

Who is Kamala Harris ?

200

The authoritative body of Top Ladies of Distinction and Top Teens of America that meets on the National level every 2 years .


What is Syn-Lod ?

200

The name of the slave ship on which the African leader Joseph Cinque' and his followers revolted against their captors and eventually won their freedom and returned to Africa

What is Amistad ?

200

He was the first African-American tennis player to win the U.S. Open.  There is now a stadium named after him in Queens, NY.

Who is Arthur Ashe ?

200

The college that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  attended.

What is Morehouse College?

200

The first black woman to be principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre

Who is Misty Copeland ?

300

A member in good standing selected by the member's chapter to represent the chapter and to cast votes on behalf of the chapter during Area and National conferences.

What is a Delegate?

300

On February 11, 1990, this South African revolutionary leader, who stood up against apartheid, was freed from prison after 27 years

Who is Nelson Mandela ?

300

The first African-American to win the Masters Golf championship. His record Masters victory in 2001 made him the first person to hold all four professional major golf championships at the same time.

Who is Tiger Woods ?

300

The first African-American  Catholic College located in New Orleans, Louisiana.

What is Xavier University?

300

This is what NASA stand for

What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration ?

400

Top Ladies communicating and working together with teens to enrich the lives of Top Teens.

Who is a Mentor ?

400

He organized African-American men from across the country to gather on Washington's National Mall on October 16, 1995 for a massive Million Man March advocating for "unity, atonement and brotherhood".  

Who is Minister Louis Farrakhan?

400

This African-American basketball player was the first to coach a major professional sports team.

Who is Bill Russell (Boston Celtics) ?

400

Barack Obama received his Bachelor’s degree from this university

What is Columbia University?

400

Queen Nefertiti was once a powerful ruler of this country

What is Egypt?

500

The official TTA colors of the organization

What are Royal Blue and Silver ?

500

Ida B. Wells Barnett, an anti- lynch crusader and perhaps the most famous black female journalist of her time, was co-founder of this organization

The NAACP

500

The three-time Super Bowl champion player who returned to his Florida alma mater to receive his Bachelor's degree in 1996

In 2006, he won the mirror ball trophy on the 3rd season of Dancing with the Stars

Who is Emmitt Smith ?

500

This is the first African- American university founded in the U.S. in Pennsylvania in 1853 


What is Lincoln University?

500

Maya Angelou was both a talented poet and a civil rights activist. This is the title  of her most famous poem

What is "Still I Rise" ?

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