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100
This Pulitzer Prize-winning rap artist performed at the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
100
This activist played a pivotal role in the 1969 Stonewall riots.
Who is Marsha P. Johnson
100
In 2006 this program was formed to help develop staff of color become executive leaders .
What is Multicultural Executive Development Institute (MEDI).
100
He became the first Black player to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961.
Who is Ernie " the express" Davis
100
This HBCU, located in Petersburg, Virginia, features blue and orange as its school colors.
What is Virginia State University?
200
First African American male to win an Oscar for Best Actor?
Who is Sidney Poitier?
200
This activist was a lead organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and a trusted advisor to Martin Luther King Jr.
Who is Bayard Rustin
200
She became the first black woman to be named a top leader in Chicago YMCA National Office in 1976.
Who is Violet P Henry
200
Holds the most gold medals won by a female African American gymnast in world championship history. First African American all around champion.
Who is Simone Biles?
200
This notable figure graduate from Tennessee State University?
Who is Oprah?
300
The author of 1982 epistolary novel The Color Purple?
Who is Alice Walker?
300
These Hidden Figures cells, known as HeLa cells, continue to be an extraordinarily resilient and widely used cell line in research worldwide.
Who is Henrietta Lacks
300
This happens every 4th Friday in February
What is We Wear Black?
300
Boxer formerly name Cassius Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
300
Martin Luther King Jr., filmmaker and actor Spike Lee, and actor Samuel L. Jackson all attended the prestigious HBCU.
What is Morehouse College?
400
The first black women to win an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar & Tony) Award winner in 2002.
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
400
This Hidden Figure was among the first African American women to receive a U.S. patent in 1885.
Who is Sarah Goode
400
This Conference brings together parttime and fulltime staff of color to come together to learn, to network and remember their "Why" yearly.
What is Emerging Multicultural Leadership Experience (EMLE)?
400
She became the first Black woman to win a Grand Slam title in tennis with her victory at the 1956 French Open.
Who is Althea Gibson?
400
Mary McLeod Bethune had $1.50 and 5 students and is a HBCU.
What is Bethune-Cookman College?
500
In the early 1920s, the __________ ___________ gave rise to legends like Lena Horne, Duke Ellington, and Cab Calloway.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
500
This Hidden Figure, a woman inventor, received a patent in 1969 for creating the first home security system.
Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown?
500
Organized the first Colored Men's Christian Association just two years after the Y was established in the US
Who is Anthony Bowen?
500
The famed basketball player made history as the first Black coach in the NBA while still playing for the Celtics.
Who is Bill Russell?
500
This State is home to 14 HBCUs.
What is Alabama?