These Black soldiers were trained to become pilots in World War II. They were mostly assigned to Italy where they escorted bomber planes and destroyed enemy planes. Who were they?
Who is Tuskegee Airmen
100
The former chairman and CEO of the Symantec Corp., he became independent chairman of the Microsoft Corporation on Feb. 4, 2014. He received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Florida A&M, and a master’s degree in Management from MIT Sloan School of Management.
Who is John W. Thompson
100
What was the name of the all Black regiment in the US Army who were the original members of the US 10th Cavalry Regiment in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas?
Who is The Buffalo Soldiers
100
Respected minister and civil rights leader, this New York pastor founded the Progressive National Baptist Convention, when the National Baptist Convention failed to fully support Dr. Martian Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement. In August 2000, President Bill Clinton honored him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor. Name him.
Who is Gardner C. Taylor
100
Born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in San Pedro, California, she began her ballet studies at the late age of thirteen. In June 2015, she became the first African-American female Principal Dancer in the prestigious American Ballet Theatre’s 75-year history.
Who is Misty Copeland
200
In 1983, this Vietnam veteran became the first African-American astronaut launched into space.
Who is Dr. Guion S. Bluford, Jr.
200
He became one of the most famous African-American architects of the twentieth century. A native Californian, he designed numerous homes, public buildings and commercial properties.
Who is Paul R. Williams
200
According to the National Archives, approximately how many African Americans served as soldiers in the Civil War?
What is 198,000
200
She became the first African American woman to earn a law degree and the first woman to practice law in Washington, D.C.
What is Charlotte E. Ray
200
Known as one of the greatest jazz composer and pianist, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969. Name him.
What is Duke Ellington
300
This physicist was among the first three African Americans selected as astronauts by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He was killed in 1986 when the space shuttle Challenger exploded.
Who is Dr. Ronald McNair
300
This educational and human rights leader first emerged as a leading educator who started what is now Bethune-Cookman College in 1904 with $1.50 in cash. She went on to become the head of the National Association of Colored Women and later the National Council of Negro Women. She distinguished herself by serving in President Roosevelt’s Black Cabinet during the Great Depression and New Deal.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune
300
In 1874, Blanche K. Bruce became the first Black elected to a full term in the U.S. Senate. Who elected him?
What is The Mississippi Legislature
300
In 1925 this organization was formed to provide a voice and professional leadership for black lawyers who were excluded from other national associations.
What is The National Bar Association
300
What did George M. Horton plan to do with the profits from his 1839 poetry collection, The Hope of Liberty?
What is Buy his freedom and go to Liberia
400
This internationally renowned mathematician and astronomer was an eighteenth century inventor, writer and compiler of almanacs. He developed mathematical formulas to calculate the weather and astronomical events. He assisted with the survey and planning of Washington, D.C.
Who is Benjamin Banneker
400
This woman became the first African American woman bank president in 1903
Who is Maggie Lena Walker
400
Who was the first black to serve in U.S. Senate during Reconstruction?
Who is Hiram Revels
400
Only the second black woman to finish Columbia University Law School, she distinguished herself in many high-profile school desegregation cases, beginning in the 1940s. She also was the first African American woman elected to the New York state senate and the first African American woman to hold a federal judgeship.
What is Constance Baker Motley
400
This poet, songwriter, activist, educator and diplomat authored The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. Along with his brother, he wrote “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
What is James Weldon Johnson
500
He was one of the first physicians to perform open-heart surgery in the United States, and in 1891 founded Provident Hospital and Training Institution in Chicago, the first black hospital run exclusively by African- Americans. Name him.
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
500
This scholar is credited with creating Negro History Week, which later became Black History Month. He founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915 and went on to edit the Journal of Negro History (now the Journal of African American History).
Who is Carter G. Woodson
500
In 1862, who seized a Confederate warship in Charleston and delivered it to the Union fleet with several slave families aboard?
Who is Robert Smalls
500
She was the first and only executive secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Her participation in the Atlanta Student Sit-in Movement and the Freedom Rides was key to their success.
Who is Ruby Doris Smith Robinson
500
She is considered the most famous jazz vocalist of the twentieth century. Her most controversial song, “Strange Fruit,” was a protest against lynching.