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100
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
100
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
Who is Muhammad Ali
100
In what year was the first African American President in the U.S. elected?
When in 2008
100
This basketball player won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Who is Michael Jordan
200
Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?
What is Dred Scott vs. Sanford
200
Who was the first black Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Thurgood Marshall
200
"The time is always right to do what is right"
Who is MLK
200
In what year was slavery abolished?
When is 1865?
200
What cultural movement took place in Harlem and lasted from the end of WWI to the 1930s?
What is the Harlem Renaissance
300
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
300
Who was the first African-American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
Who is Ralph Bunche
300
"What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?"
Who is Langston Hughes
300
In what year did MLK deliver his famous "I have a dream speech?
When is 1963?
300
This 1984 sitcom was the highest ranking sitcom for five consecutive years.
What is The Cosby Show
400
This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.
What is the Congressional Black Caucus
400
Who was the first black billionaire?
Who is Robert Johnson
400
"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."
Who is Malcolm X
400
When did Ebony Magazine release its first issue?
When is November 1945?
400
This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?
Who is Quincy Jones
500
In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?
What is Loving v. Virgina
500
Who was the first African-American of a major party to run for President of the United States?
Who is Shirley Chisolm
500
"I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."
Morgan Freeman
500
In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as National Holiday?
What is 1986
500
Name the gospel legend who wowed the crowd at the March on Washington in 1963, where Dr. King delivered his immortal "I Have A Dream" speech.
Who is Mahalia Jackson?