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100
He was the first Black president of the United States.
What is Barack Obama?
100
This NFL Quarterback made headlines in 2016 when he kneeled during the National Anthem before a regular season game.
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
100
This multi-platinum recording artist is known for hits like "Formation" and "Run the World (Girls)".
Who is Beyonce Knowles-Carter?
100
This poet was the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate and recited her work during the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
100
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
200
She is the first female Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
200
At 24 years old, this golfer became the youngest player to complete a career Grand Slam.
Who is Tiger Woods?
200
This actor played the iconic comic-book hero The Black Panther and tragically lost his battle to colon cancer in 2020.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
200
This American novelist and playwright was a contemporary of Martin Luther King Jr., and narrated I Am Not Your Negro.
Who is James Baldwin?
200
Policies and laws that systematically separate people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life is called this.
What is segregation?
300
He was the first Black man to serve as a Supreme Court justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
300
This tennis pro has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era.
Who is Serena Williams?
300
This Spiderman: Far From Home star began her career on The Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up.
Who is Zendaya?
300
This American poet who authored I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was the first Black writer to top the New York Times Fiction Best Seller list in 1970.
Who is Maya Angelou?
300
State and local statutes that legalized racial separation were called this.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
400
She is the first Black woman to serve as the United States' national security adviser, as well as the first Black woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State.
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
400
This Olympian is the most decorated American gymnast with a combined total of 30 Olympic and World Championship medals.
Who is Simone Byles?
400
This actor is known as the "Voice of God" because of his calm and authoritative narration.
Who is Morgan Freeman?
400
Her novel The Hate U Gave was inspired by Black Lives Matter activists and was made into a major motion picture in 2018.
Who is Angie Thomas?
400
In this year, the Supreme Court case of Loving v. Virginia made interracial marriage legal in the United States.
What is 1967?
500
She was the first black woman elected to the United States Congress in 1968.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
500
This NBA legend played 1,346 games, had an 83.7% free-throw percentage, and played for the Lakers for the entirety of his 20-year career.
Who is Kobe Bryant?
500
This American filmmaker's notable work includes Selma, 13th, A Wrinkle in Time, and When They See Us.
Who is Ava DuVernay?
500
This playwright was the first Black female author to have a play performed on Broadway - A Raisin in the Sun.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
500
The Voting Rights Act that prohibited racial discrimination in voting was passed in this year.
What is 1965?