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100
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
100
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
100

Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?

Who is Barack Obama?

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
This amazing man is 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
200

Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?

Who is Jackie Robinson?

200
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
200
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
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 is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles
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 wrote, "You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise."?

Who is Maya Angelou

300
Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
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

This legendary basketball player retired from the NBA with 6 championship wins.

Who is Micheal Jordan?

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
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
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

This artist was the first African American woman to win 5 GRAMMYs in one year.

Who is Lauryn Hill?

500
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
500
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Who is Morgan Freeman
500

The youngest speaker at the March on Washington, he later served more than 30 years as a U.S. Congressman.

Who is John Lewis?

500
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing
500

The first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize.

Who is Kendrick Lamar?