He was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
100
This person said “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Who is Frederick Douglass
100
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
100
This woman refused to give up her seat on a public bus which 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
He was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell
200
This person wrote, "I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise."
Who is Maya Angelou
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
This organization was founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and currently hosts an award show each year.
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
200
This woman is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century and was formerly the lead singer of a best selling singing group.
Who is Beyonce Knowles
300
In 2012, this woman became the first African American to win the Gold medal in the individual all-around gymnastics event.
Gabby Douglass
300
This person wrote, "What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?"
Who is Langston Hughes
300
This individual became the first African American Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
300
He is known as one of the Nation of Islam's most effective minister but broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X
300
She became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products.
Who is Madame CJ Walker
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
Who is the rapper who is famous for saying, "George Bush doesn't care about black people" in reference to Hurricane Katrina?
Who is Kanye West
400
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
400
He holds a PhD in social philosophy and is credited for co-founding The Black Panther Party
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
400
George Washington Carver is best known for this inventing this delicious sandwich spread and snack.
Peanut Butter
500
He was the first African American to play in the MLB
Who is Jackie Robinson
500
This famous basketball player said, "I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed."
Who is Michael Jordan
500
Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who is BARACK OBAMA!!!!!
500
The Civil Rights Act, ending legal segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination, was signed in this year.
1964
500
Hailing from Akron, Ohio, this basketball player was selected with the 1st overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft.