He played for the Negro Leagues. He was one of the hardest hitters in baseball history. He also played catcher for the Homestead Grays. He broke Babe Ruth's record with over 800 home-runs.
What is Josh Gibson
100
This person became the first Black American to hold the rank of major during the Civil War.
What is Martin Delany
200
Who founded the magazine Ebony?
What is John H. Johnson
200
Started with $1.50 in cash, what college did Mary McLeod Bethune Found?
What is Bethune-Cookman College
200
How old was Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was assassinated?
What is 39
200
Who did Muhammad Ali defeat on February 25, 1964, to win the heavyweight title?
What is Sonny Liston
200
Who ruled the "Separate but equal" doctrine invalid in 1954?
What is US Supreme Court
300
In 1953, Ralph Ellison received the National Book Award for what book?
What is the Invisible Man
300
W.E.B Dubois was the first Black American to receive a Ph.D. from what prestigious university.
What is Harvard University
300
Prince Hall was the first Grand Master of what group?
What is Black Masons
300
In 1968, Arthur Ashe became the first Black American to win what major tennis tournament?
What is the U.S. Open
300
In 1997, she became the third woman to chair the Congressional Black Caucus. Who is this Congresswoman from California?
What is Maxine Waters
400
She is a dancer-choreographer who is also a director and producer. She was involved with the television show Fame.
What is Debbie Allen
400
In 1908, what was the first black sorority founded at Howard University?
What is Alpha Kappa Alpha
400
Who organized the Million Man March on October 16, 1995?
What is Louis Farrakhan
400
Who was the youngest boxer to win the heavyweight title?
What is Mike Tyson
400
Peter Salem was a freed slave who fought in many battles of the Revolutionary War. In June 1775 he shot Major John Pitcairn, a British leader, during what battle?
What is Battle of Bunker Hill
500
What African American took jazz vocals to a new level and was called "The Divine One"?
What is Sarah Vaughn
500
In what year did the first African indentured servants arrive in Jamestown, Virginia?
What is 1619
500
This civil rights leader from Mississippi was assassinated in 1963?
What is Medgar Evers
500
Bill Pickett was a rodeo star who chased down a steer on horseback, jumped off, and wrestled the animal to the ground. He invented this style of steer wrestling. By what name was it known?
What is Bulldogging
500
In 1793, Congress stipulated that slave owners of their agents could arrest and return escaped slaves from any territory or state, provided that proof is given to a magistrate. What is the name of this law?