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In The Spotlight
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This basketball star is thought of as one of the greatest players of all time, averaging 41 points per game.
Michael Jordan
100
This woman jump started the Civil Rights Movement by refusing to give up her seat on the bus
Rosa Parks
100
This invention by Alfred J Cralle that helps us serve us delicious treats.
Ice cream scoop
100
Rapper's Delight was this first type of song which is the foundation for many songs today
Rap/Hip-hop
100
James Earl Jones narrated this character from the famous kid's movie, The Lion King
Mufasa
200
Floating like a butterfly, stinging like a bee, this famous boxer went to jail for three years in protest against the military draft
Muhammed Ali
200
This president helped Africans fight for their right by signing the Emancipation Proclamation which freed the slaves
Abraham Lincoln
200
Invention from George Olden that helps us send mail all over the world
Postage stamp
200
This type of song was the first kind of music by African Americans and is the foundation of music today.
Negro or slave spiritual
200
This poet who wrote The Negro Speaks of Rivers was one of the pioneers of the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
300
Venus and Serena Williams have won the most awards as siblings in this sport
Tennis
300
This landmark case allowed black students to go to school with white students
Brown Vs Board of Education
300
Thomas J Martin created this red invention that can be found in buildings to protect us
Fire extinguisher
300
Harriet Tubman helped slaves escape to freedom using this route
Underground Railroad
300
This comedian broke barriers with his cartoon Fat Albert and his own tv show that was one of the longest running African American television shows
Bill Cosby
400
This baseball player broke barriers by becoming the first African American baseball player on the Brooklyn Dodgers
Jackie Robinson
400
During what event did Martin Luther King make his famous "I Have a Dream" speech?
March on Washington in 1963
400
Three way stop light invented by this man
Garrett Morgan
400
Elijah McCoy invented the automatic oil cup for this type of transportation, changing how people traveled forever
Train
400
This talk show host had the longest running talk show and is also the wealthiest African American woman in the world
Oprah Winfrey
500
This man holds the record for being the fastest in the world
Usain Bolt
500
This lawyer argued the Brown Vs. Board of Education case and later became the first African American Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
500
Over 300 uses for peanuts was discovered by this man
George Washington Carver
500
Black history month is in February because...
Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass' birthday is in February
500
Thought of as one of the greatest entertainers of our time, this artist has sold over 100 million records all over the world
Michael Jackson
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