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He was the first African American to play in the MLB
Who is Jackie Robinson
Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carver
This director is known for his films 'Do The Right Thing', 'BlacKkKlansman' and 'She's Gotta Have It'
Who is Spike Lee
Who was the first African American to be appointed to the US Supreme Court?
Who is Thurgood Marshall
He started the "Back to Africa Movement",and was later deported back to his homeland in Jamaica.
Who is Marcus Garvey.
The self–proclaimed “greatest boxer of all time”, was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
This famous African American inventor invented the traffic signal
Who is Garrett Morgan
She is the first African-American woman to host a nationally syndicated talk show and she is also the first African American woman billionaire
Who is Oprah Winfrey
Who was the first African American to be named Time Magazine's "Man of the Year"? They received this honor in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X
He was an American professional tennis player who won three Grand Slam titles and the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open. He retired in 1980.
Who is Arthur Ashe
She was the first African American female millionaire with her own revolutionary black hair products
Who is Madame C. J. Walker
Who was the first ever hip-hop group to have their music videos featured on MTV?
Who is Run-DMC
Who is the first African American Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell
During which decade of the 20th Century did the federal government expand Black History Week (formerly Negro History Week) into Black History Month
What is the 1970s
The first NCAA school to win a basketball national championship with an all Black starting five is located in what state?
What is Texas (Texas Western College, now the University of Texas at El Paso)
He invented the Gas Mask
Who is Garrett Morgan
Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?
Who is Lauryn Hill
What is the nation's first HBCU (Historically Black College and University)?
What is Cheyney University
He was the chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party and deputy chairman of the National Black Panther Party. At 21 years old, he was assassinated by the FBI in a raid of his Chicago apartment.
Who is Fred Hampton
In what year were the Negro Leagues recognized as a "Major League" by the MLB? This designation allows the statistics and records of ~3400 Negro Leagues players to be recognized by the MLB
When is 2020
This electronic engineer is known for his work in leading the team that pioneered the commercial video game cartridge. He has been dubbed by some as the "Father of Modern Gaming".
Who is Jerry Lawson
This poet didn't speak for five years of her childhood, yet grew up to speak six different languages.
Who is Maya Angelou
This NC city is where the United State's only successful coup d'etat occurred, where a white mob overthrew the locally elected Fusionist biracial government. Somewhere between 60 and 250 Black citizens were murdered.
What is Wilmington
At the age of six, she became the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the Southern United States in 1960.
Who is Ruby Bridges