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100

Which abolitionist helped lead enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad?

Who is Harriet Tubman?

100

What year was Barack Obama elected into office?

What is 2008?

100

Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball?

Who is Jackie Robinson?

100

Who was the first African American U.S. president?

Who is Barack Obama?

100

Who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat?

Who is Rosa Parks?


200

Who was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice?

Who is Thurgood Marshall?

200

When was the Voting Rights Act Passed?

When is 1965?

200

Who was the first African American model to be featured on the cover of GQ magazine?

Who is Tyra Banks?

200

Who became the first African American woman to win Olympic gold in gymnastics?

Who is Gabby Douglas?

200

 All Eyez On Me is an album by which notorious rapper?

Who is Tupac Shakur?

300

Which tennis player was the first African American man to win Wimbledon?

Who is Arthur Ashe?

300

When was the 13th Amendment passed? 

(for extra points, what was it?)

When is 1865?

(abolition of slavery)

300

Who became the first African American woman billionaire?

Who is Oprah Winfrey?

300

Which African American author wrote “Beloved” and won a Pulitzer Prize?

Who is Toni Morrison?


300

What state was Barack Obama senator of before his presidency?

What is Illinois?

400

Who was the first African American woman to earn a pilot’s license?

Who is Bessie Coleman

400

In what year was Black History Month first recognized nationally in the U.S.?

When is 1976?

400

Jesse Owens is considered one of the greatest athletes of his time in which sport?

What is Track and Field?

400

What is Maya Angelou's famous first body of work called?

(It's a book)

What is I Know Why The Caged Birds Sing?

400

What US Supreme Court case/decision created the legal fiction of "separate but equal"?

What is Plessy vs. Ferguson? 

(extra points if you can explain the case)

500

Who is the first Black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice?

Who is Ketanji Brown?

500

What year was the Black Panther Party founded?

When is 1966?

500

Who played Coach Carter in the 2005 film?

Who is Samuel L. Jackson?

500

 Virgil Abloh was best known for being the artistic director of which brand?

What is Louis Vuitton?

500

What was Beyoncé’s first solo album called?

What is Dangerously In Love?

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