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100
Rapper whose first album was titled 'All Hail the Queen'
Who is Queen Latifah
100
Famous African American who invented hair products
Who is Maddam CJ Walker
100
One of the largest political rallies for civil and economic rights for African Americans which took place in 1963 Washington D.C.
What is the March on Washington
100
Name this famous African American woman
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
“UNCF" stands for this
What is the United Negro College Fund
200
The Roaring Twenties introduced an outpouring of black art, literature and music during what period
What is the Harlem Renaissance
200
Famous African American who invented the stoplight
Who is Garette Morgan
200
U.S. Supreme Court decision which declared school segregation unconstitutional
What is the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (in 1954)
200
Name this famous African American
Who is Malcom X
200
This name was given to the escape system used by slaves to find safety in the North
What is The Underground Railroad (“stations” along the way and “conductors” who assisted the slaves)
300
Won an Oscar for his role in the 1989 film Glory
Who is Denzel Washington
300
Famous African American who invented the cotton Gin
Who is Eli Whitley
300
Form of civil rights protest that began with a long bus ride through the South
What are The Freedom Riders (challenged segregation in interstate bus travel)
300
Name this famous African American Woman
Who is Dorothy Dandridge
300
Won an Oscar for his role in the 1989 film Glory
Who is Denzel Washington
400
Regarded as "the King of Tap Dancers"
Who is Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
400
Developed the first clock built in the United States
Who is Benjamin Banneker
400
Name of the speech President Abraham Lincoln gave in 1863, which declared the freedom of any slave residing in a state in rebellion against the Union.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
400
Name this famous African American man
Who is Emmitt Till
400
The first African American woman to win an Academy Award
Who is Hattie McDaniel
500
The first black actor ever to win an Academy Award for best actor
Who is Sidney Poitier
500
Created the method for and accomplished the first successful open heart surgery.
Who is Daniel Hale Williams
500
Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States
What is the Thirteenth Amendment, in 1865 (the amendment gave the U.S. Congress the power to enforce the ban through legislation)
500
Name this famous African American man
Who is George Washington Carver
500
This name was given to people who boldly spoke out or wrote against slavery
Who are Abolitionists (both blacks and whites played an important role in the antislavery movement)
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