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100

Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?

Who is Tiger Woods?

100

Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?

Who is Harriet Tubman

100

What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?

What is Brown v. Board of Education

100

Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?

Who is Rosa Parks?

100

This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.

Who is Muhammad Ali?

200

Who was the first African American president of the United States?

Who is Barrack Obama?

200

Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?

Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?

200

Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?

What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?

200

What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?

200

Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?

Who is Beyonce Knowles?

300

Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?

Who is Booker T. Washington

300

Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."

Who is Maya Angelou?

300

Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?

300

Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?

Who is Malcolm X?

300

Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?

Who is Madame CJ Walker?

400

Who was the first African American to have her name placed in nomination for President at the Democratic National Convention?

Who is Shirley Chisholm?

400

Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?

Who is Muhammad Ali?

400

This Congresswoman currently serves as the U.S. representative for the state of California She is known for her poise and prowess. She has also been very forward about her opinion of the Trump impeachment investigation. She is also known for her famous quote "reclaiming my time."

Who is Maxine Waters?

400

In an attempt to press for voter registration rights, hundreds of protesters marched from Selma to Montgomery on March 7th, 1965. Unfortunately, they were violently confronted by local authorities along the way. This day is commonly known as "Bloody Sunday." What is the name of the bridge that this event occurred on?

What is the Edmund Pettis Bridge?

400

Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?

Who is Emmet Till?

500

In what year were the first Africans brought to American to work as slaves?

What is 1619?

500

Who said "I don't want a Black History Month.  Black history is American history."?

Who is Morgan Freeman

500

Who was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice?

Thurgood Marshall

500

Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?

What is the Alabama Church Bombing

500

Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?

Who is George Washington Carver?