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100

Harriet Tubman was the most productive conductor on the Underground Railroad. What was her codename?

Moses

100

Where was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?

Memphis, Tennessee

100

What did President Lyndon B. Johnson sign which legally ended the segregation that had been institutionalized by Jim Crow laws.

Emancipation Proclamation 

100

What is the name for the period of American history immediately following the Civil War? 

Reconstruction 

100

Which baseball legend broke the sport's color line by becoming the first African American to play in the Major Leagues?

Jackie Robinson 

200

What year was Ruby Bridges the first African American child to attend an all white school? 

1960

200

This historically black men's college in Atlanta boasts Martin Luther King, Jr. among its alumni.

Morehouse 

200

What was the executive order by President Lincoln declaring that all slaves were free. 

Emancipation Proclamation 

200

What does the NAACP stand for? 

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

200

Who is has snagged several Guinness World Records, including highest annual earnings for a pop star, best-selling album of all time for his classic, Thriller, and most Grammy Awards won in a year (he took home 8) 

Michael Jackson 

300

What year did Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt became the first man to ever set three world records in a single Olympic games. 

2008

300

What state were the first slaves taken to? 

Virginia 

300

Which famous Supreme Court Case led to the desegregation of schools?

Brown v. Board of Education 

300

What was the speech during the March on Washington given by MLK called?

"I have a dream"

300

The ban on interracial marriage in the U.S. was overturned because of which couple in 1967?

Mildred and Richard Loving

400

What year was Barack Obama elected as the 44th President of the United States and the first African-American president. 

2009

400

What state is the International Civil Rights Center & Museum located? 

NC

400

What was the letter written by Martin Luther King while he was in jail called? 

Letter from Birmingham Jail 

400

What is the name of the laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States? 

Jim Crow laws 

400

Who was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad?

Harriet Tubman