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100

A female teacher that teaches Science on the 7th grade Hallway.

Who is Ms. Ormsby?

100

First to be the GASSP Finalist in Savannah Chatham County Schools, has a doctoral degree, was a single father and is very resilient. 

Who is Dr. Marcus Scott

100

Launch the investigation into the Emmett Till Lynching.

Who is Medgar Evers?

100

The coach that that has the Middle School #1 Football and #1 Basketball team in Savannah Chatham County.

Who is Coach Cave?

100

Whoopi Goldberg starred in the color purple. She has earned an EGOT. What does EGOT stand for?

What is an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award?

200

Name ALL the teachers that are currently teaching Science at Myers Middle School.

Ms. Hill, Ms. Tomlin, Ms. Ormsby, Ms. Patterson and Ms. Mock.

200

Elected President of the United States in 2008, first African American to hold the office. 

Who is Barack Obama?

200

One of the most famous speeches delivered after the 1963 March on Washington.

What is "I have a Dream"

200

His athleticism was revealed early when at age 14. He stood six feet tall.

Who is Lebron James?

200

One of the most successful African American women artists in today’s music industry. Beyoncé released her first solo album, Dangerously in Love, in 2003 which won five Grammy Awards

Who is Beyonce Knowles?

300

He became an agricultural scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts. 

Who is George Washington Carver?

300

First woman, the first Black American, and the first South Asian American to be elected Vice President of the United States.

Who is Kamala Harris

300

Sought equality and human rights for African Americans, the economically disadvantaged and all victims of injustice through peaceful protest.

Who is Martin Luther King?

300

Sisters who are each other's greatest on-the-court rival? 

Who is Venus and Serena Williams?

300

Won three Golden Globe awards, and two Academy Awards. He is the most Oscar-winning (two) and most nominated (five) black actor in Academy history.

Who is Denzel Washington?

400

Son of an ex-slave was a largely self-educated mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs and writer.

Who is Benjamin Banneker

400

The First Black baseball player to play in the American major leagues during the 20th century.

Who is Jackie Robinson?

400

Famously refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955

Who is Rosa Parks?

400

Considered one of the best basketball players ever, he dominated the sport from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s.

Who is Michael Jordan

400

An acclaimed American poet, storyteller, activist, and autobiographer. Wrote- "I know why the cage bird sings".

Who is Maya Angelou?

500

He was a surgeon and researcher who organized America’s first large-scale blood bank. 

Who is Charles Drew?

500

The first African American Supreme Court justice.

Who is Thurgood Marshall

500

One of the most important Black educators, civil and women’s rights leaders and government officials of the twentieth century. She founded and has a college named after her in Daytona Beach, FL

Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?

500

A three-time heavyweight boxing champion with an impressive 56-win record.

Who is Muhammad Ali?

500

All-round musical icon, starred in the semi-autobiographical film Purple Rain.

Who is Prince?

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