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Martin Luther King, Jr.
African American Literature
Civil Rights Heroes
Nobel African American Women
Famous Athletes
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Civil disobedience
What philosophy is Martin Luther King, Jr. best known for?
100
Roots
What famous literary work is Alex Haley known for authoring?
100
Little Rock Nine
What group of students was famous for challenging school segregation in the deep South?
100
Ida B. Well-Barnett
Which journalist and civil rights leader crusaded against lynching?
100
Four (4)
How many gold medals at the 1984 Olympic games did track and field star Carl Lewis win?
200
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Which event first distinguished Martin Luther King as an important civil rights leader?
200
Her little brother used to call her "Mya Sister."
How did poet Mya Angelou get her first name?
200
The Greensboro Four
What was the name of the group of students who held the first sit-ins at Woolworth's to protest segregation policies?
200
Angela Bassett
Which of these actresses has NOT won an Oscar? Halle Berry Angela Bassett Hattie McDaniel
200
Jackie Robinson
Who was the frist African American to play in the Major Leagues (baseball).
300
Theology
What field did Dr. King receive his Ph. D.?
300
While working in a resturant, copies of his poetry were left at Lindsey's table.
How did poet Vachel Lindsey discover Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes
300
Rosa Parks
Who is the person responsible for launching the Montgomery bus boycott, one of the pivotal points of the civil rights movement?
300
Mae Jemison
Who was the first African American female to become an astronaut?
300
Wilma Rudolph
What track and field star overcame childhood polio to become one of the greatest athletes of her time?
400
Nobel Peace Prize
What world famous prize was Martin Luther King honored with?
400
This well known African Ameriacn woman author felt that the Academy only acknowledges blacks in subservient roles
Why wasn't Alice Walker, author of the The Color Purple, upset that the film version of her book didn't win any Academy Awards?
400
James Meredith
Who was the African Americant student to enroll at the University of Mississippi?
400
Sojourner Truth
What abolitionist was known for her extraordinary ortorical gifts?
400
Michael Jordan
What star basketball player led his team, the Chicago Bulls, to win 6 NBA World Championships in the 1990s?
500
During the March on Washington
Where did Dr. KIng give his famous 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech?
500
Toni Morrison
Which African American woman won the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature?
500
Thurgood Marshall
Who was the lawyer who won the Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), which made segregation in public schools illegal?
500
Marian Anderson
Who became the first African American to become a permanent member of the Metropolitan Opera Company
500
Harlem Globetrotters
What famous, all-black basketball team from Harlem was formed in 1927?