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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

Driving on roads became much safer after Garret Morgan enhanced a previous model which only had 2 color lights.... 

What is the 3 color traffic light....previous versions only had red and green lights. 
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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 was the 44th president of the United States.

Who is Barack Obama

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

Frederick McKinley Jones never had the opportunity to use Amazon Fresh but his invention was critical during World War II, helping to preserve blood, food and supplies during the war.  

Refrigerated Trucks

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

She performed at Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show in 2016. 

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 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

Known as the "Peanut Man", contrary to popular belief he did not invent peanut butter? 

George Washington Carver --- invented over 300 uses for the peanut. Also nutritional advisor to Ghandi and the first African American to have a monument named after him.  He is a famous botanist. 

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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

Her 1969 memoir, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" made history as the first non-fiction bestseller by an African American Woman.

Who is Maya Angelou

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

My World of Warcraft game would look pretty grey if it weren't for Mark Dean's invention?

Color PC monitor -- he worked for IBM and changed the accessibility and power of personal computers. 

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 man proved the power of non-violent resistance. He also became a symbolic leader of The Civil Rights Movement. 

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.

500
In what year were the first Africans brought to American to work 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

Lonnie Johnson, helped develop the Stealth Bomber project and also worked for JPL...but he is most noted for changing the landscape of hot summers and water gun fights with this 'Super' invention? 

What is the Super Soaker!!! He also is attributed to the nerf gun as well. 

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

This woman's calculations while working at NASA, helped determine how to get a human into space and back. 

Who is Katherin Johnson