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He was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit.
Who is Tiger Woods?
100
In reference to the Underground Railroad, she said, "I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger."
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100
He was the first African American elected as President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
100
Her refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
He holds the Major League Baseball most home runs record.
Who is Barry Bonds?
200
He was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State.
Who is Colin Powell?
200
Dr. King wrote the now famous line, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” from a jail cell in this city and state.
Where is Birmingham, AL?
200
This Constitutional Amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
200
In 1964, also known as “Freedom Summer” members of multiple civil rights organizations worked end segregation in this state.
What is Mississippi?
200
On March 2, 1962, he scored 100 points against the New York Knicks making him the NBA’s leader for single-game score.
Who is Wilt Chamberlain?
300
He was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
300
This famous abolitionist orator said: “Without struggle, there can be no progress.”
Who is Frederick Douglass?
300
This executive order granted freedom to slaves, but only in Confederate states.
What is The Emancipation Proclamation?
300
The African-American students that attempted to integrate Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas were given this nickname.
Who are the The Little Rock Nine?
300
He was the first African American to win 4 gold medals at a single Olympics.
Who is Jesse Owens?
400
This 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
This famous boxer 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
She was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
400
This civil rights leader won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
400
He was the first African American major league baseball player.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
500
She was the first black woman in the U.S. to earn a pilot’s license.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
500
This famous poet said: "I will not take ‘but’ for an answer.”
Who is Langston Hughes?
500
This Army 10th Calvary unit protected settlers as they traveled west and are well-known by this nickname.
What are the Buffalo Soldiers?
500
Laws prohibiting this type of marriage are ruled unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court.
What is Interracial Marriage?
500
She was the first African American woman to play in and win a Wimbledon singles title.
Who is Althea Gibson?