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Famous African Americans
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Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
100
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
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
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
200
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell
200
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
200
Which Supreme Court Justice was the first African American to hold this title?

Who is Thurgood Marshall 

200
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
200
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles
300
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington
300
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
300

This Preacher turned United States Senator was the first to fill a vacant seat in 1870?

Who is Hiram Rhodes

300
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 Malcolm X
300

Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary hair products?

Who is Madame CJ Walker

400
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison
400
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
400
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
400
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
400

This first woman producer/screen writer to create three hit shows with more than 100 episodes each

 Who is Shonda Rhimes

500

On September 29th, 1975, the first black owned television station signed on the air

What is WGPR-TV?

500

Who said "What most people don't realize is that when you decide to write and publish a book, it's not for stardom, or for fame, it's because you have a story that's inside of you that is dying to get out!"

Who is Sonita Levy 

500

Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?

Who is Barack Obama

500

The right to vote, the right to a public education, and the right to use public facilities

What are three examples of civil rights?

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Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carver
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