Black Inventors
Women in Civil Rights
Men in Civil Rights
Famous Quotes
African American Facts
100
Madam CJ Walker
What is the name of the first self made millionaire, who created hair products for African American women's hair
100
Daisy Bates
She was the leading mentor to 9 of the 57 students who integrated
100
Marcus Garvey
an orator for the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League.
100
George Washington Carver
Who said "Where there is no vision, there is no hope.
100
Shirley Chisholm
Who is the First Black women elected to congress?
200
George Washington Carver
What is name of the person who is responsible for developing 400 plant products and is credited for inventing peanut butter
200
Rosa Parks
What is the name of the lady who refuse to surrender her seat to a white man. " known as the 1st lady of civil rights"
200
Malcolm X
What is the name of the civil rights activist who believed in " By any means necessary" including violence to reach justice.
200
Thurgood Marshall
Who stated "In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute."
200
Carter G. Woodson
Who started "Negro History Week" in 1926, which later evolved to "Black History Month"
300
Elijiah McCoy
Invented the oil dripping cup for trains
300
Bessie Coleman
The first black civil aviator
300
Benjamin Chavis
The board of the NAACP elected this man as the Executive Director of America's oldest civil rights organization, served as the National Director of the Million Man March, and the Founder and CEO of the National African American Leadership Summit (NAALS)
300
A. Philip Randolph
"Freedom is never given; it is won."
300
Annie Allen
Who is the First Black Women to win a "Pultizer Prize for her book
400
Lewis Latimer
Invented the carbon filament, an important part of the light bulb
400
Coretta Scott King
What is the name of author, activist, of civil rights, husband best known for delivering "I have a dream speech"
400
Paul Roberson
Stellar Athlete and Performing Artist spoke out against racism and became a world activist, yet was blacklisted during the paranoia of McCarthyism in the 1950s.
400
W.E.B. Du Bois
"The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression."
400
Detroit
What is the the location of the first Black-owned television station in the US began broadcasting in 1975
500
Lonnie G. Johnson
What is name of the person who invented the world's most famous watergun "super soaker"
500
Dorothy Heights
President of the National Council for Negro Women
500
Martin Luther King Jr.
African American Baptist Preacher and Activist best known for his " I have a dream speech"
500
Rosa Parks
What is name of the person who spoke "I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminshes fear."
500
Ralph J. Bunche
What is the name of the first black person to awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1950
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