The style of jump rope made popular in American neighborhoods that employs two ropes, rapidly turning at once.
What is double dutch?
100
The section of New York became the capital of urban African American culture.
What is Harlem?
100
Lonnie Johnson invented the world-famous watergun.
What is the Supersoaker?
100
The very first rap song.
What is Rappers Delight?
100
The job of President Obama before becoming the 44th U.S. President of the United States.
What is the U.S. Senator from Illinois?
200
Michael Jordan's nickname.
What is Air Jordan?
200
Ralph Bunche was first African American, not Martin Luther King, to be awarded this award for his efforts as a mediator between the Arabs and Jews in the Isreali-Arab war in 1948-1949.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
200
After accidently slicing potatoes too thin, he created the potato chip.
Who is George Crum?
200
This term refers generally to to the artistic and social cultural awakening among black people in the 1920s and early 1930s.
What is th Harlem Renaissance?
200
Name one of African American men that served as mayor of Philadelphia.
Who is Michael Nutter or W. Wilson Goode?
300
The black player and alternate team captain for the Philadelphia Flyers.
Who is Wayne Simmonds?
300
The U.S. population of this group of people had grown to four million people by the 1860 Census.
What are slaves?
300
He was held in such high regard, his inventions were called "the Real McCoy."
Who is Elijah McCoy?
300
In 1987, this Queen of Soul singer became the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
300
State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States. These laws were enacted after Reconstruction period beginning in 1865 until 1965.
What are Jim Crow laws?
400
In 1980, Willie Davenport and Jeff Gadley were the first two African Americans to participate in the Winter Olympics in this sport.
What is bobsledding?
400
The first African American owned and operated newspaper.
What is the Freedom's Journal?
400
This engineer, physician and NASA astronaut became the first African American women to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard Space Shuttle Endeavor on September 12, 1982.
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison?
400
This renowned poet stopped celebrating her birthday following the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., choosing instead to send flowers to his widow each year on the anniversary of his death, which was also her birthday.
Who is Maya Angelou?
400
This legislation outlawed discriminatory acts to prevent people from voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
500
This former Pittsburgh Steeler wide receiver and 2001 NFL Hall of Fame inductee was the first African American to run for governor of Pennsylvania.
Who is Lynn Swann?
500
In 1865, this Amendment was ratified to abolish slavery.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
500
Dr. Mark Dean worked for IBM as a computer scientist. He was one of the original inventors of this personal form of technoloy.
What is a personal computer?
500
In 1968, African American actress Nichelle Nichols and white actor William Shatner shared the first kiss seen on network television in this famous sci-fi show.
What is Star Trek?
500
In 1990, the Commonwealth of Virginia elected this man governor, becoming the first African American since Reconstruction elected to such an office.