HISTORY BASICS
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The U.S. president that issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

100

This person sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat.

Who is Rosa Parks?

100

Who became the first African American president of Harvard University?

Who is Claudine Gay?

100

He was the first African American U.S. president

Who is former president Barack Obama?

100

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

Who is Jackie Robinson?

200

The amendment that officially abolished slavery in the United States.

What is the 13th Amendment?

200

This abolitionist helped lead enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad.

Who is Harriet Tubman

200

This legendary boxer was known as “The Greatest”?

Who was Muhammad Ali?

200

He was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Who was justice Thurgood Marshall?

200

She hold the record for most Olympic gold medals by a female track and field athlete?

Who is Allyson Felix?


300

The first African American woman to earn a pilot’s license?

Who is Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ?

300

He delivered the famous "Keep Hope Alive" speech

Who is Rev. Jesse Jackson?

300

This musician was nicknamed the “Godfather of Soul”?

Who is James Brown?

300

This African American woman became U.S. Vice President in 2021.

Who is former VP Kamala Harris?

300

This tennis player was the first African American man to win Wimbledon

Who is Arthur Ashe?

400

The first African American woman to earn a pilot’s license.

Who is Bessie Coleman?

400

She is the queen of Jazz.

Who is Ella Fitzgerald?

400

He created the iconic “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often called the Black national anthem

Who is James Weldon Johnson?

400

Who was the first African American U.S. Secretary of State

Who is Colin Powell?

400

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

Who is Gabby Douglas?

500

The year was Black History Month first recognized nationally in the U.S.

When was 1976?

500

She was the first African American woman elected to Congress.

Who is Shirley Chisholm?

500

She produced the highest grossing country tour ever

Who is Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter?

500

He was the first African American to be elected to Congress from New York

Who is Adam Powell Clayton Jr. ?

500

Which basketball legend is known as “The King”?

Who is Lebron James

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