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100
This profession opened the door for national travel and Western migration for thousands of Blacks and was one of the strongest contributors to the Black middle class of the early 20th century.
What is a Pullman porter?
100
Founded in 1942 in Chicago this organization was one of the first groups organized to help Black people obtain civil rights.
What is The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)?
100
In 1964, this civil and voter rights advocate asked the DNC "Is this America, the land of the free and home of the brave where we have to sleep with our telephones off the hooks because our lives be threatened daily because we want to live as decent human beings?
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
100
Charles Henry "Chuck" Cooper on Apr. 25th, 1950
Who was the first African-American drafted into the NBA?
100
He was awarded The Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2009 to honor a trailblazing career as an actor and social activist.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
200
This Tulsa, Ok community was one of the first models of Black self-reliance and became known as "Black Wall Street" only to be burned down by the KKK in 1921.
What is Greenwood?
200
These three organizations in conjunction with the Congress Of Racial Equality (CORE) comprised the "Big Four" Civil Rights Organizations of the mid 20th Century.
What are the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC), the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
200
This pistol packin' (and usin') mama escaped slavery to become one of the first secret agents helping over 1000 slaves flee to Canada
Who is Harriet Tubman?
200
Emlin Lewis Tunnell.
Who was the first African-American inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame? Played for NY Giants, GB Packers, Univ. of Iowa.
200
One of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr,'s closest allies, and one of the first Black champions for gay rights, this former lounge singer, Mahatma Gandhi protege and co-founder of the SCLC, fought for racial equality in labor unions and employment rights and helped challenge segregation in interstate busing.
Who is Bayard Rustin? Also a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Honor.
300
Of the over 2 million Black-owned businesses in the United States, less than 6% have these.
What are employees?
300
What was the full name of this Northern California group founded in 1966 whose main initiatives included free breakfast for children, community health clinics, and armed citizen patrols to monitor and challenge police brutality.
What is The Black Panther Party for Self Defense?
300
A Compton native and director of countless TV commercials and music videos she became the first Black woman to ever direct a film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Who is Ava DuVernay?
300
Lonnie G. Johnson
Who invented the Super Soaker?
300
She was the first Black woman arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a White person.
Who is Claudette Colvin? (preceded Rosa Parks arrest by nine months) At 15, she was deemed too young, too dark-skinned and too susceptible to social moral judgement to be the Black face of the movement.
400
This industry has created the largest number of Black millionaires of both sexes.
What is Insurance and Financial Services? (#1 for men & #2 for women behind Media)
400
The first and to date only African-American female elected to the U.S. Senate, this Chicago native was also the former U.S. ambassador to New Zealand & Samoa.
Who is Carol Moseley Braun?
400
Althea Gibson
Who was the first Black tennis pro to win a Grand Slam (French Open, Wimbledon & US Open)? Later became the first person of color to compete in the WPGA (1960).
400
Charlie Strong
Who is the highest paid Black coach in collegiate sports? University of Texas - $25 Million over 5 years
400
The Mizzou grad student who's 7-day hunger strike led to the resignation of University of Missouri's racist President, Tim Wolfe?
Who is Jonathan Butler?
500
Educational services, Social services, Government and Healthcare represent 29.5%.
What are the biggest employers of Black people today?
500
A Nobel Peace Prize–winning academic and U.N. diplomat known for his peacekeeping efforts in the Middle East, Africa and the Mediterranean during the 1950's & 60's.
Who is Ralph Bunche?
500
Dr. Patricia Bath in 1985
Who performed the first successful laser cataract surgery?
500
The 124 football players that refused to play until racist University President Tim Wolfe resigned?
Who are the Missouri Tigers?
500
Started his own tech firm at 12 yrs old, and as a high school sophomore is now worth over $3.5 million.
Who is Jaylen Bledsoe, Bledsoe Technologies?
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