INVENTORS/INVENTIONS
CIVIL RIGHTS
TRANSIT
SPORTS
ENTERTAINMENT
IT'S ALL "GREEK" TO ME!
100
SHE WAS THE PIONEER OF BLACK HAIR CARE PRODUCTS
WHO IS MADAME C.J. WALKER?
100
THIS IS THE FEDERAL HOLIDAY COMMERATING THE EMANCIPATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN SLAVES
WHAT IS JUNETEENTH?
100
THIS FORMER CTA CHAIR SERVED AS A SENIOR ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
WHO IS VALARIE JARRETT?
100
WHO IS MICHAEL JORDAN?
100
THIS DIVA GOT HER 'SAVAGE' FROM TINA
WHO IS BEYONCE?
100
THIS HOWARD GRAD HAD HER ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY SISTERS WEARING 'CHUCKS AND PEARLS' DURING THIS LAST INAUGURATION SEASON THAT WELCOMED HER AS THE NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WHO IS KAMALA HARRIS?
200
THANKS TO THIS INVENTOR, YOU CAN GET A NEW HEART
WHO IS DR. CHARLES DREW?
200
IN 1965, THIS ACTIVIST WAS ASSASINATED IN THE AUDOBON BALLROOM IN HARLEM, NEW YORK
WHO IS MALCOM X?
200
AN 'ALTGELD GARDENS' NATIVE, THIS CHICAGOAN IS CURRENTLY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WHO IS PHIL WASHINGTON?
200
"SWEETNESS"
WHO IS WALTER PAYTON?
200
HE WAS THE FIRST BLACK ACTOR TO WIN THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR 'BEST ACTOR' IN 1964
WHO IS SIDNEY POITIER?
200
AN ICONIC CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER OF SERVICE AND A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR VOTERS' RIGHTS, THIS CONGRESSMAN AND MEMBER OF PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY, INCORPORATED WAS KNOWN FOR 'GOOD TROUBLE'
WHO IS JOHN LEWIS?
300
THE 3-SIGNAL TRAFFIC LIGHT IS JUST ONE OF HIS INVENTIONS
WHO IS GARRET MORGAN?
300
THIS ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED BY HUEY P. NEWTON AND BOBBY SEALE IN OAKLAND, CA
WHAT IS THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY?
300
AT ONE TIME, YOU COULD SEE THIS FORMER CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY BUS DRIVER CO-ANCHORING THE "CHANNEL 5 NEWS"
WHO IS WARNER SAUNDERS?
300
WITH 23 GRAND SLAM TITLES, SHE IS CONSIDERED THE GREATEST ATHLETE OF ALL TIME
WHO IS SERENA WILLIAMS?
300
OPRAH WINFREY, A HBCU GRADUATE OF TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, LAUNCHED THE OWN NETWORK IN THIS YEAR
WHEN IS 2011?
300
THIS LINDBLOM ALUM AND MEMBER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC. IS AN EMMY-AWARD WINNING ACTOR WHO ANCHORS THE CHANNEL 7 NEWS IN CHICAGO
WHO IS CHERYL BURTON?
400
KIDS CAN THANK THIS INVENTOR FOR THE 'SUPER SOAKER'
WHO IS LONNIE G. JOHNSON?
400
IN THIS YEAR, NASHVILLE STUDENTS LAUNCHED SIT-IN DEMONSTRATIONS AT LUNCH COUNTERS TO PROTEST RACIAL INJUSTICE
WHEN IS 1960?
400
THE CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY MADE THIS PERSON THEIR FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT
WHO IS DORVAL CARTER?
400
THIS HALL OF FAMER TURNED COACH HAS MORE CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS THAN HE HAS FINGERS
WHO IS WILLIAM (BILL) FELTON RUSSELL?
400
THIS CHICAGO SINGER/SONGWRITER WENT ON TO BECOME A COOK COUNTY, IL COMMISSIONER
WHO IS JERRY "THE ICEMAN" BUTLER?
400
THIS DISTINGUISHED MAN OF OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY, INC., RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING NATIONAL NEGRO ACHIEVEMENT WEEK - NOW BLACK HISTORY MONTH - HAS A LIBRARY NAMED IN HIS HONOR ON 95TH AND HALSTED AVE. IN CHICAGO, IL
WHO IS CARTER G. WOODSON?
500
MODERN DAY NAVIGATORS WHO USE THE GPS SYSTEM HAVE THIS INVENTOR TO THANK
WHO IS DR. GLADYS WEST?
500
THIS 15 YEAR OLD WAS ARRESTED 9 MONTHS BEFORE ROSA PARKS SPARKING THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT
WHO IS CLAUDETTE COLVIN?
500
SHE IS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN CHAIRMAN OF METRA
WHO IS ROMAYNE BROWN?
500
THIS UCLA BASKETBALL STAR FOUND HIS HOME WITH THE BROOKYN DODGERS IN THE LATE 1940s
WHO IS JACKIE ROBINSON?
500
AN AMERICAN-BORN WOMAN, THIS FRENCH ENTERTAINER/CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTs ENTERTAINMENT CAREER CENTERED PRIMARILY IN EUROPE
WHO IS JOSEPHINE BAKER?
500
DESCRIBED AS A 'SOUL LEGEND' BY ROLLING STONE, THIS CHICAGO BORN SINGER, SONGWRITER AND ARRANGER WAS A MEMBER OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INCORPORATED
WHO IS DONNIE HATHAWAY?