Black History

Activist/Leaders/Heroes

100

Female journalist from Mississippi

Ida B. Wells

200

First Black Lawyer

Thurgood Marshall

300

First woman to be elected to the US Congress

Shirley Chisholm

400

First woman to fly

Bessie Coleman

500

First prinicipal and teacher to teach at school

Booker T. Washington

Inventors

100

Created peanuts

George Washington Carver

200

Invented traffic light

Garrett Morgan

300

Hot comb

Madam C.J. Walker

400

Made light bulbs BETTER

Lewis Latimer

500

Invented the Super Soaker water gun

Lonnie Johnson

Music

100

Godfather of Soul

James Brown

200

Father of Rock & Roll

Chuck Berry

300

Nicknamed "Satchmo"

instrument: trumpeter 

Louis Armstrong

400

First hip hop group

Sugarhill Gang

500

First female to win Best Rap Album with a group

Lauryn Hill

Sports

100

First African American player in the modern era of the MLB

Jackie Robinson

200

In 1988, who became the first black quarterback to win a Super Bowl?

Doug Williams

300

Career leader in most categories for wide receivers, including receptions, touchdown receptions, and receiving yards

Jerry Rice

400

Hall of Fame Baseball player nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid"

Willie Mays

500

Honored as "World Athlete of the Century" for 9 Olympic gold medals and 8 World Championship golds in track & field

Carl Lewis

HBCU

100

what does HBCU stands for

Historical Black Colleges and University

200

HBCU in Memphis, TN

Le Moyne Owen College

300

First HBCU in Tennessee

Fisk University

400

Name the black sororities

Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA)

Delta Sigma Theta (Delta)

Zeta Phi Beta (Zeta)

Sigma Gamma Rho (SGRho)

500

Name the black fraternities

Alpha Phi Alpha (Alpha)

Kappa Alpha Psi (Kappa)

Phi Beta Sigma (Sigma)

Omega Psi Phi (Q Dawgs)

Iota Phi Theta