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100

Which artist is famous for painting scenes of African American life and the Great Migration?

Jacob Lawrence

100

Who wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?

Frederick Douglass

100

Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?

Thurgood Marshall

100

Who was the NASA mathematician featured in Hidden Figures who helped calculate spaceflight paths?

Katherine Johnson

100

Who is known as the “Queen of Soul”?

 Aretha Franklin

200

Who was the first African American artist to gain international fame as a sculptor?

Edmonia Lewis

200

Which author wrote Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry?

Mildred D. Taylor

200

What 1954 Supreme Court case ended school segregation?

Brown v. Board of Education

200

Which scientist developed hundreds of products from peanuts and sweet potatoes?

George Washington Carver

200

Which jazz musician was famous for his trumpet playing and nickname “Satchmo”?

Louis Armstrong

300

This contemporary artist created a portrait of former President Barack Obama for the Smithsonian.

Kehinde Wiley

300

Who was a leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance and wrote “Dreams”?

Langston Hughes

300

Who was the first African American woman elected to Congress?

Shirley Chisholm

300

Who was the first African American woman to travel into space?

Mae Jemison

300

Who was the “King of Pop”?

Michael Jackson

400

What Harlem Renaissance artist was known for vibrant paintings and murals celebrating Black culture?

Aaron Douglas

400

Which author wrote Beloved and won the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Toni Morrison

400

What event in 1963 featured Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech?

The March on Washington

400

Which engineer invented the Super Soaker water gun?

Lonnie Johnson

400

Which rapper and entrepreneur founded Roc Nation?

Jay‑Z

500

Which African American artist is known for bold silhouettes that explore history and identity

Kara Walker

500

Who wrote the novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963?

Christopher Paul Curtis

500

Who was the first African American President of the United States?

Barack Obama

500

Who was the first African American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics?

Who was the first African American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics?

500

Who was a major blues singer known for the song “Hound Dog”?

Big Mama Thornton

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