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100

After a trip to Mecca in 1964, this Muslim leader changed his name to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. Who was he?

Malcom X

100

Established in 1881, what college holds the distinction of being America's oldest historically black college for women?

Spelman College

100

The first African American in Major League Baseball

Jackie Robinson 

100

inventions include hundreds of products, including more than 300 from peanuts

George Washington Carver

100

What artist recorded the songs, “I Will Always Love You, ”The Greatest Love of All”, and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”?


Whitney Houston

200

In what state did Nat Turner lead a slave revolt that killed 55 white people?

Virginia

200

Who became the first African American female billionaire in 2004?

Oprah Winfrey

200

These two sisters were born in 1980 and 1981, respectively. They are champions of Wimbledon and other major tennis tournaments. Name them.

Venus and Serena Williams 

200

created specialized hair products for African American hair care and was one of the first American women to become a self-made millionaire.

Madam C.J Walker

200

Music historians refer to this type of music as the first Black American music

Spirituals

300

Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?

Greensboro, North Carolina 

300

After over forty years, who became the second black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?

Denzel Washington 

300

At the age of 24, this golfer won the 82nd PGA Championship, beating Bob May in a three-hole playoff at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, on August 20, 2000. Name him.

Tiger Woods

300

Who created The Three-Light Traffic Light

Garrett Morgan in 1923

300

The first African American to be played on MTV

Michael Jackson

400

What did William L. Still organize in 1880 for Black youth?

YMCA

400

Who directed an award-winning documentary about the government's response to Hurricane Katrina and ways in which the storm's aftermath affected African-Americans?

Spike Lee

400

Julius Erving played in the NBA for the 76ers in 1976 until he retired. For what ABA team did he play?

Virginia Squires

400

American inventor and engineer who holds more than 120 patents. He is the inventor of the Super Soaker water gun,

Lonnie Johnson

400

What term refers generally to the artistic and socio-cultural awakening among black people in the 1920s and early 1930s?


Harlem Renaissance 

500

Who was the first black born in colonial America at Jamestown, Virginia?

William Tucker

500

He started the "Back to Africa Movement",and was later deported back to his homeland in Jamaica .

Marcus Garvey

500

The first African American to win a Super Bowl

Doug Williams

500

American inventor and patent draftsman for the lightbulb and telephone.

Lewis Howard Latimer

500

What producer/songwriter originated the New Jack Swing?

Teddy Riley