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Category: Civil Rights Terms
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This woman was the first Black female astronaut to travel in space in 1992.
Who is Mae Jemison?
100
This basketball star was known as "His Airness" and played for the Chicago Bulls.
100
This artist was known as the "King of Pop" and had hits like Thriller and Billie Jean.
Who is Michael Jackson?
100
This woman helped over 70 enslaved people escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Hariot Tubman?
100
This term refers to the movement that fought for equal rights for Black Americans in the 1950s and 1960s.
What is civil rights movement?
200
He was the first Black President of the United States.
Who is Barak Obama?
200
She won 23 Grand Slam tennis titles and is considered one of the greatest athletes ever.
Who is Serena Williams?
200
Which Black celebrity calls her fans "the Beehive"?
Who is Beyonce?
200
She refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
Who is Rosa Parks?
200
This was a secret network that helped enslaved people escape to free states.
What is the Underground Railroad?
300
She was the first Black woman to refuse to give up her seat on a bus before Rosa Parks.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
300
She became the first Black gymnast to win the all-around Olympic gold medal at the Olympics.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
300
This musician played the trumpet, had big puffy cheeks, and sang What a Wonderful World.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
300
He was known as the "Black Moses" and fought for human rights in the 1960s.
Who is Malcolm X?
300
This U.S. holiday celebrates the end of slavery on June 19, 1865.
What is Juneteenth.
400
This man was the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall? 
400
He was the first Black heavyweight boxing champion.
Who is Jack Johnson?
400
They not like us!
Who is Kendrick Lamer?
400
Nelson Mandela was a civil rights activist and the first Black president of South Africa.
Who is Nelson Mandela.
400
This group of Black pilots became famous for their bravery in World War II.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
500
She became the first Black woman billionaire.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
500
He broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinso
500
She became the first African American woman to perform with an all-white band in 1938.
Who is Billie Holiday?
500
He gave the famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
500
The laws that enforced racial segregation in the U.S. were called this.
What are Jim Crow laws?
