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100
She refused to give up her seat to a white man during the Alabama Bus Boycott
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
He was the first African- American President, aka the 44th
Who is Barak OBama?
100
This artist considered the "King of Pop", and has created this song that has one of the longest music videos of record full of zombies and ghouls dancing in the street.
What is Michael Jackson's, "Thriller"?
100
This author wrote " I know Why the Caged Bird Sings."
Who is Maya Angelou?
100
He was the first black player signed in major league baseball in 1946 by the Brooklyn Dodgers
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200

She was the first Black woman millionaire known for hair products for Black women.

Who is Madame C.J Walker

200
He was a former slave who became an educator and author. He believed that the best way for Blacks to improve themselves was through vocational skills and professions; he delivered the speech, The "Atlanta Compromise" that brought him much fame;he was considered the founder of Tuskegee Institute.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
200

Who was this famous Black man who create the record company Motown in Detroit, Michigan?

Who is Barry Gordy?

200

This was the country's first Black newspaper and founded by John Russwurm, one of the nation's firsts Black college graduates."

What is Freedom's Journal ?

200

This professional team organization was the first establishment to have black players and coaches.

What is the NFL?

300
She was a hard-hitting journalist who set out to investigate lynchings all over the country, and she was an early adopter of using statistics to track lynching data.
Who is Ida B. Wells
300

He designed an ultraviolet camera used in the Apollo 16.

Who is George E. Carruthers?

300
This month is dedicated to the celebration of Black music
What is June?
300

This period of time during the Roaring Twenties demonstrated an outpouring of Black music, art, and literature.

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

300
These women have been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association at the World No. 1 position in both singles & doubles
Who are Venus and Serena Williams?
400

She was the first African American singer to achieve an international reputation in opera.

Who was Mary Leontyne Price?

400

He wrote the famous song, " Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud."

Who is James Brown?

400
She was an entertainer and activist; she was a well renown dancer, who wore a costume of a banana that became the symbol of the Jazz Age.
What is Josephine Baker?
400
This author wrote the poem "Harlem" sometimes called, "Montage of A Dream Deferred"
Who is Langston Hughes?
400

He was a track star who won four gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Who is Carl Lewis?

500
She was the first African American astronaut; she is also a medical doctor and entered Harvard University at the age of 16.
Who is Mae Jemison?
500

He was an African American Scientist who discovered new information on how genes are linked together.

Who is Percy Julian?

500

She was an African American jazz singer that took vocals to a previously unseen level, and she was called the Divine One.

Who was Sarah Vaughn?

500

This was the first Broadway play written by what African American woman?

What is , "A Raisin in the Sun", by Lorraine Hansberry?

500
She was an American sprinter from Clarksville, Tennessee, who became a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
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