Born a slave, George Washington Carver became famous as an inventor, environmentalist and advocate of the many benefits of this crop
What are Peanuts?
100
He was the first African American President of the United States
Who is Barack Obama?
200
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a march from this Alabama city which was immortalized in a 2014 film
What is Selma
200
This Reverend gave a speech entitled "I Have a Dream" to a quarter million people at the March on Washington in 1963
Who is the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King?
200
This rapper took a _ _ _ _ _ _ and allowed himself to appear in a Kit-Kat commercial
Who is Chance the Rapper?
200
She is the first African-American woman to travel into space
Who is Mae Jemison?
200
Harriet Tubman helped many slaves escape to freedom using this network of safehouses that extended all the way to Canada
What is the Underground Railroad?
300
This popular Southern city is home to two historically Black colleges, Spellman and Morehouse.
What is Atlanta
300
This Civil Rights Activist was one of the founders of the organization, the NAACP
Who is Ida Wells?
300
He is best known for playing the character Madea
Who is Tyler Perry?
300
This San Fransisco 49ers player refused to stand for the National Anthem as a protest against what he saw as unfair treatment of Black people in America
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
300
Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi created this well-known hashtag in response to racist violence against African Americans
What is #BlackLivesMatter?
400
This Brooklyn settlement was founded by Blacks after slavery ended in 1865
What is Weeksville
400
He was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister and was assassinated in 1965. Spike Lee made a movie about him featuring Denzel Washington
Who is Malcolm X?
400
Phife Dawg, who died last year, was a founding member of this recently reformed legendary hip-hop group
What is A Tribe Called Quest?
400
This spider appears in many African folk-tales
Who is Anansi?
400
This Brooklyn native was the first African American woman to hold a seat in the U.S. Congress
Who is Shirley Chisolm?
500
Italy had a Renaissance in the 1400s. This uptown Manhattan neighborhood had one in the 1920s.
What is Harlem?
500
A historic Supreme Court decision known as "Brown vs. Board of Education" should have ended this in America's schools
What is "segregation"?
500
This multi-talented musician, who also died in 2016, was associated with the color purple after his album and movie "Purple Rain" became a huge success in 1984
Who is Prince?
500
In 1973, a Jamaican man living in the Bronx who called himself Kool Herc is credited with helping to create what kind of music?
What is hip-hop?
500
Sarah Keys Evans, who lives in this neighborhood, committed this same act of protest which Rosa Parks is famous for - but Sarah did it 3 years earlier!