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She refused to give up her seat on a bus.
Who is Rosa Parks
100
First African American Woman to win three Olympic gold medals and was named "Athlete of the Year" in 1960.
Who is Wilma Rudolph
100
One of the founding fathers of Jazz.
Who is Louis Armstrong
100
The author of "The Color Purple"
Who is Alice Walker
100
US ______ ______ Act of 1964 became a law.
What is US Civil Rights Act
200
The country's first black law school.
What is Howard University
200
The first African American woman to earn a Pilot's License.
Who is Bessie Coleman
200
Known as the "King of the Blues".
Who is B.B. King
200
First African American winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison
200
He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting discrimination of all kinds based on: race, color, religion or national origin.
Who is President Johnson
300
The first college for black women in the US.
What is Spelman College
300
The first African American woman to host a nationally syndicated talk show, and become a billionaire who was born on January 29, 1954.
Who is Oprah Winfrey
300
Known as the "King of Ragtime".
Who is Scott Joplin
300
The most popular form of cultural literature.
What is Oral Poetry
300
President Lincoln issued what that declares "that all persons held as slaves" within the Confederate states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
What is The Emancipation Proclamation
400
The first black woman to have the play 'A Raisin in the Sun' produced on Broadway.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry
400
The first African American to win the "Best Actress Oscar" in 2002.
Who is Halle Berry
400
The artist(s) who sang, "Forced to think that hell is a place called home Nothin else to do but get some clothes and pack She says shes bout to run away and never come back ..."
Who are Ludacris featuring Mary J. Blige
400
The author of 'A Little Yellow Dog', 'White Butterfly', 'Black Betty', 'Devil in a Blue Dress', 'A Red Death', and 'Six Easy Pieces'.
Who is Walter Mosley
400
These are passed by the Southern states, drastically restricting the rights of newly freed slaves.
What is the Black Codes
500
Breaks the Major League Baseball's color barrier when signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson
500
The first African American woman candidate for President in 1972.
Who is Shirley Chisholm
500
A multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and record producer that is blind.
Who is Stevie Wonder
500
A cultural movement that helped promote African-American dance, drama and visual art in America, and was a social integration of Africans all over the world that came together to revolt against the issues like: equality, racial discrimination, and human rights.
What is the Harlem Renaissance
500
This gave blacks the right to vote.
What is the Fifteenth Amendment