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The Black Panthers
100
He invented the cotton gin in 1794, revolutionizing the production of cotton by quickening the removal of seeds from the cotton fiber, and solidifying one of early American's biggest economic industries.
Who is Eli Whitney
100
NAACP
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
100
This New York city is widely credited with being the birthplace of Hip Hop music.
What is The Bronx?
100
He's the youngest player to ever win the PGA pro tour.
Who is Tiger Woods?
100
The BPP was founded in this city in 1966.
What is Oakland, California?
200
This self-educated astronomer and mathematician, helped survey the territory that would become the nation's capital, and also invented the almanac.
Who is Benjamin Banniker
200
SNCC
What is The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee?
200
These two rappers, both deceased, personified the so-called East coast-West coast beef that escalated during the 1990's.
Who are Biggie Smalls (or Notorious B.I.G.) and Tupac Shakur?
200
Setting records in high school and at Ohio State, he went on to win four gold medals at the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936—in the face of Adolf Hitler.
Who is Jesse Owens?
200
These two well educated men were the founders of the BPP.
Who are Huey Newton and Bobby Seale?
300
This renown inventor and engineer has 26 patents to his name, vastly improving electronic resisters in many everyday products, the most famous being the control unit in pacemakers, responsible for saving millions of lives.
Who is Otis Boykin?
300
UNCF
What is The United Negro College Fund?
300
They released the first top 40 record in the hip hop genre, with their 1980 hit "Rapper's Delight".
Who is Sugar Hill Gang?
300
Considered by many to be the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century. Her gold medal-winning score from the heptathlon in 1988 still stands as the world record.
Who is Jackie-Joyner Kersee?
300
A former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and a nationally known proponent of Black Power, he was recruited into the party and became the party's Prime Minister in February, 1968.
Who is Stokely Carmichael?
400
Among his many inventions, are the gas mask and traffic light.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
400
CBC
What is The Congressional Black Caucus?
400
The second group to ever be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, they were also the first group in hip hop to get a Gold record and be nominated for Grammy.
Who is RUN-D.M.C.?
400
Nicknamed "the Galveston Giant," he was the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion.
Who is Jack Johnson?
400
Publicly stating that the Panthers were the "greatest threat to the internal security of the country," he secretly created a program called COINTELPRO (counterintelligence program) to break up the spreading unity of revolutionary groups that had begun solidifying through the work and examaple of the Panthers.
Who is J. Edgar Hoover? (Former director of the FBI)
500
This man improved on Edison's work in electric lighting, making the light bulb more practical with his inexpensive and long-lasting carbon filament, and was also instrumental in the development and patenting of Alexander Graham Bell's telephone.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
500
NSBE
What is The National Society of Black Engineers?
500
The first hip hop/rap artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he was also the mastermind behind three DJing techniques that are still widely used today: the backspin technique, punch phrasing and scratching.
Who is Grandmaster Flash?
500
An American tennis player and professional golfer, she was the first black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first person of color to win a Grand Slam title.
Who is Althea Gibson?
500
One of the party's most eloquent speakers, effective recruiters, and promising young leaders, he was executed during a police raid of the party's Chicago headquarters, made possible by information from an FBI undercover informant. He was 21 years old when killed.
Who is Fred Hampton?