Who gave the "I have a Dream" speech in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963?
What is Martin Luther King Jr.
100
First African American to play in Major League Baseball?
What is Jackie Robinson
100
What form of music did Duke Ellington elevate into a serious art form?
What is Jazz
100
Who created the ironing board?
What is Sarah Boone
100
Who became the first African American President of the United States?
What is Barack H. Obama
200
When was the NAACP founded in?
What is 1909
200
First African American to go to the Olympics?
What is George Poage
200
Who is called the "Queen of Hip Hop Soul?"
What is Mary J. Blige
200
Who created the super soaker
What is Lonnie Johnson
200
Where was Martin Luther King Jr. Born?
What is Atlanta, Georgia
300
What court case did the U.S. Supreme Court abolish racial segregation in public schools?
What is Brown vs. Board of Education
300
Who was the first black coach in the NBA in 1966and first black coach to win a NBA title in 1968. Also he was the first Black basketball player to be inducted in the Hall of Fame.
What is Bill Russell
300
After over forty years, who became the second black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?
What is Denzel Washington
300
Who created the first traffic light?
What is Garrett Morgan
300
What caused Malcolm X's Death?
What is Assassination
400
What caused the Los Angeles Riots of 1992
What is the beating of Rodney King
400
First female player on the Harlem Globetrotters?
What is Lynette Woodard
400
Which rapper known for such albums as Black on Both Sides began rhyming at age nine in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York
What is Mos Def
400
Who created the potato chips
What is George Crum
400
Where was the "first sit-ins" located?
What is Greensboro, North Carolina
500
From 1920-1926, What is the name of the great migration?
What is the Harlem Renaissance
500
Because of a pernicious "Gentlemen's Agreement" in pro baseball, Blacks were excluded from playing major league baseball with whites. This created what league?
What is NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE
500
What musical artist released the hit album Power of Love?
What is Luther Vandross
500
Who created Peanut Butter?
What is George Washington Carver
500
Before it became Black History Month what was the observance of Black History called?