This pioneer was the first woman of color in Olympic history to become the individual all around champion in gymnastics
Who is Gabrielle "Gabby" Douglass?
100
This baseball player broke the Major League Baseball color barrier when he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers
Who is Jackie Robinson?
100
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell?
100
This location is where a march to protest the disenfranchisement of millions of blacks started and ended.
What is Selma, Alabama?
100
This is where the first Africans brought as slaves were taken when they arrived in the US
What is Jamestown, VA?
200
She is the first black woman admitted to the astronaut training program at NASA
Who is Dr. Mae C. Jemison?
200
This African nation was the first and only country to host the World Cup on African soil
What is South Africa?
200
This Pennsylvania college founded in 1854 is the first degree granting HBCU
What is Lincoln University?
200
After entering prison at the age of 20, this black activist became a member of the Nation of Islam
Who is Malcolm X?
200
This European country was the first to bring Africans as slaves to the new world
What is Portugal?
300
This woman is the CEO of Black Girls Rock! An organization that promotes youth empowerment among the black community
Who is Beverly Bond?
300
"As cool as the other side of the pillow", "You ain't gotta go home but you gotta get the heck up outta here", and "Straight butta" were some of the many catch phrases used by this late ESPN anchor
Who is Stuart Scott?
300
In 2002, this tennis player was the first Black woman to hold the #1 rank in tennis
Who is Venus Williams?
300
This activist was a member of the African national Congress party beginning in 1940. He spent 3 decades of his life in prison
Who is Nelson Mandela?
300
He received credit for being the first permanent resident of what is now known as Chicago, Illinois
Who is Jean Baptiste Du Sable?
400
She is the first African-American female soloist for the American ballet theater
Who is Misty Copeland?
400
This futballer was so good you had to say his name twice
Who is Jay-Jay Okocha?
400
which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
400
This activist was the first African American to graduate from Princeton with a degree in Philosophy. He was recently arrested in Ferguson, Missouri.
Who is Cornel West?
400
In 1831 he led the deadliest salve rebellion in Southhampton, VA
Who is Nat Turner?
500
This woman of Brown University was nominated to be Assistant Attorney General by President Ronald Regan
Who is Beverley E. Ledbetter?
500
He became the World Heavyweight Champion in the late 1930s
Who is Joe Louis?
500
He is the first African-American billionaire and also the founder of this company
Who is Robert L. Johnson and BET?
500
This Black Activist and member of the Black Panther's was seen on FBI most wanted list in 1970
Who is Angela Davis?
500
Name the division of the first colored military unit that fought in WWI and WWII