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Who was the first African American woman to refuse to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama?
100
Who was the first Black heavyweight boxing champion of the world?
100
Who created the three light traffic signals
100
This poet’s powerful work, including And Still I Rise, made her one of the most celebrated Black writers of the 20th century.
100
In this 2000 classic, Monica and Quincy fall in love over their shared passion for basketball.
200
What African American woman invented the hair straightening comb and revolutionized beauty products for African American women?
200
Which basketball legend has six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls?
200
Who created the first automatic oil lubricator for steam engines
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A groundbreaking dancer and choreographer, she founded her own dance company and created powerful performances celebrating Black culture.
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This Atlanta-born rapper and actor, known for ATL and Takers, was born Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.
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Which song by Aretha Franklin became an anthem for the civil rights movement with its message of respect and empowerment, first recorded in 1967?
300
Who was the first black quarterback to win a Super Bowl?
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She revolutionized home security by inventing the first modern home security system in 1966.
300
Who was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor
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If your grandma tells you to grab the “Blue Magic,” she’s talking about this hair product.
400
Who co-founded the NAACP and was a leading intellectual in the early 20th century?
400
This boxer, known as "The Greatest," became a world champion, refused to fight in the Vietnam War, and was famous for saying, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
400
A physicist and engineer, she co-invented technology that paved the way for touch-tone phones, fiber optics, and caller ID.
400
This rapper and actor made history by becoming the first solo hip-hop artist inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.
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This viral dance move, associated with the song Crank That, made Soulja Boy famous.
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Known as "The Black Moses," this abolitionist helped over 300 enslaved people escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
500
This track and field legend became the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympics, dominating the 1960 Rome Games.
500
She invented a laser device to help remove cataracts, revolutionizing eye surgery.
500
This legendary jazz musician, known as “Satchmo,” revolutionized the genre with his trumpet playing and gravelly voice on songs like What a Wonderful World.
500
Before Rosa Parks, this 15-year-old girl refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955.