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What was the name of the church that was used as a safe haven for many enslaved people? Many of these people were Muslim and also helped in building the church.

What is the First African Baptist Church

100
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
100
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
100

Who was the prominent sports figure that converted to Islam in 1964 and refused to serve in Vietnam based on the commitments of his faith?

Who is Muhammad Ali

200
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell
200
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
200
Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
200
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
200

Who was the founder of a training school that served African American women and was influenced by her Christian background as well as the teachings of Gandhi?

Who is Mary McLeod Bethune 

300
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington
300
Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Who is Maya Angelou
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 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
300

Who is one of only a few African American rabbis that dedicated her career to connecting Jewish and African American communities in urban areas across the country?

Who is Rabbi Tiferet Berenbaum 

400
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison
400
Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Who is Muhammad Ali
400
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
400
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
400

Who is the Zen Buddhist priest, author, and spiritual instructor rooted in the Buddhist tradition and working to encourage transformative social healing practices?

Who is The Reverend angel Kyodo williams 

500

In what year were the first Africans brought to America as slaves?

What is 1619

500
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Who is Morgan Freeman
500
Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who is BARACK OBAMA!!!!!
500
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing
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Who is the civil rights activist who pioneered the term "Jane Crow" and is also one of the first female Black Episcopal priests who advocated for equal rights based on the intersection of identities?

Who is Pauli Murray