Famous African-Americans
Famous African-American Quotes
Civil Rights Movement
African-American First
Miscellaneous
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African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Wrote the autobiography "Up From Slavery".
Who is Booker T. Washington.
100
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
100
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
100
First African-American WOMAN to host a national TV talk show
Who is Oprah Winfrey
200
In 1964, what Afro-American won the Nobel Peace Prize?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
200
Who said, 'I still have a dream, a dream deeply rooted in the American dream – one day this nation will rise up and live up to its creed, "We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal."'?
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
200
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
Brown v. Board of Education
200
America's first African-American President
Who is Barrack Obama
200
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
300
African American civil rights activist, whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".
Who is Rosa Parks.
300
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
300
In what city did sit-ins begin in the 1960's?
Where is Greensboro, North Carolina
300
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell
300
Joseph R Winters improved which invention, making it possible for firefighters to reach higher floors faster?
What is a Fire Escape Ladder
400
Author of Nobody Knows My Name
Who is James Baldwin.
400
Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Who is Maya Angelou
400
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Birmingham, Alabama Church Bombing
400
In what year were the first Africans brought to American to work as slaves?
What is 1619
400
The NAACP was founded in what year?
What is 1909
500
American actress, singer, cabaret star, dancer, stand-up comedian, activist and voice artist, known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings "C'est Si Bon" and the enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby".
Who is Eartha Mae Kitt.
500
Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Who is Muhammad Ali
500
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcom X
500
First African American to win a Career Grand Slam in tennis.
Who is Serena Williams
500
What was the first black sorority house
What is Alpha Kappa Alpha (1908)
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