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100
Who wrote the Autobiography of Malcolm X
Alex Haley
100
Who sparked the Montgomery boycott of 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on the buss?
Who is Rosa Parks
100
Who was the first African American chosen as "Miss America"
Vanessa Williams
100
Who performed the first open heart surgery?
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
100
Who became the first African American to win baseball's Most Valuable Player Award
Jackie Robinson
200
Who is known as the "Queen of Soul"
Aretha Franklin
200
What did many associate with the term "Jim Crow"
What is Racial Segregation
200
What did Madam C.J. Walker invent in 1905 that was sold door-to-door?
Hair care preparations for African Americans
200
What African American astronaut died in the 1986 space shuttle disaster?
Ronald McNair
200
What famous boxer was born with the name Cassius Clay
Muhammad Ali
300
Who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award
What is Hattie McDaniel
300
Benjamin Banneker convinced what U.S. president that African Americans were intelligent and deserved to be free?
Thomas Jefferson
300
What is the name of the first black Greek fraternity for college students?
Alpha Phi Alpha
300
Apollo 16 used an ultraviolet camera designed by what African American?
George E Carruthers
300
What female track star set world records in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash
Florence Griffith-Joyner
400
Who wrote the famous song "Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud"?
Who is James Brown
400
Approximately how many different products did George Washington Carver develop from peanuts?
325
400
Dorothy Height was the president of what organization
National Council of Negro Women
400
What African American scientist recently discovered new information on how genes are linked together?
Percy Julian
400
What NFL player, elected to the Hall of Fame, was the first African American to serve on the Minnesota Supreme Court
Alan Page
500
B.B. King is noted for what type of music
What is Blues
500
CORE, SCLC, and NAACP share what common goal
Equal Rights for African Americans
500
Who was the first African American to attend the U.S. Naval Academy
James Henry Conyers
500
Who was the first man to discover the North Pole and to plant the American flag there?
Matthew Henson
500
For what baseball team did Ernie Banks play?
Chicago Cubs