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Famous African Americans
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He was a Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder from 1954 through 1976. Spent 21 seasons with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves in the National League (NL) before playing for the Milwaukee Brewers of the American League (AL) for the final two years of his career. His aliases include "Hank," and "Hammer." *________ , was the home run king*
Who is Henry "Hank" Aaron
100
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'? ( * look for key word's )
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
100
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
100
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles
200
Baseball player who became the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. He broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15, 1947. As the first major league team to play a black man since the 1880s, the Dodgers ended racial segregation that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues for six decades.
Who is Jackie "Jack" Robinson
200
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."? * well known African-American Actor
Who is Morgan Freeman
200
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
200
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
200
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
300
American former professional basketball player, entrepreneur, and majority owner and chairman of the Charlotte Bobcats. *His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, _________ is the greatest basketball player of all time." He was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
Who is Michael Jeffrey Jordan, or MJ
300
This quote is from what "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
What is the "I have a Dream" speech.
300
What amendment abolished slavery ?
What is the 14th amendment
300
This march was organized by a group of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations, under the theme "jobs, and freedom".
What is the March on Washington
300
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmet Till
400
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
400
What African-American actress and talk show host shared this quote: "I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Madam C. J. Walker. Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit." * The Color ____. * The Butler ____.
Who Is Oprah Winfrey
400
An African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
What is the NAACP
400
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
400
Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carver
500
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association Circuit ?
Who is Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods
500
This excerpt is from who ; "....I ain’t going no 10,000 miles to help murder and kill other poor people. If I want to die, I’ll die right here, right now, fightin’ you, if I want to die. You my enemy, not no Chinese, no Vietcong, no Japanese. You my opposer when I want freedom. You my opposer when I want justice. You my opposer when I want equality. Want me to go somewhere and fight for you? You won’t even stand up for me right here in America, for my rights and my religious beliefs. You won’t even stand up for my right here at home. “
Who is Muhammad Ali
500
Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who BARACK OBAMA!!!!
500
What movie is based on Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Eastside, Long Beach, California. Referring to the multiracial civil rights activists who tested the U.S. Supreme Court decision ordering the desegregation of interstate buses in 1961.
What is Freedom Writers
500
His movies have examined race relations, colorism in the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. He has won numerous awards, including an Emmy Award. He has also received two Academy Award nominations. * Crooklyn * Mo'Betta Blues * Oldboy
Who is Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee
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