She is considered one of the greatest abolitionist activist, speakers and thinkers of all time
Who is Sojourner Truth
100
He invented over 400 uses for peanuts, including peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver
100
He became the first African American actor to be a leading man in movies. He was also the first black man to win an Academy Award for the movie Lillies of the Field.
Who is Sidney Poitier
100
"The past is a ghost, the future a dream. All we ever have is now."
Who is Bill Cosby
100
He was the youngest person, at the time, to win this award.
What is The Nobel Peace Prize
200
she guided over 300 slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman
200
She became the first female African American millionaire by inventing a hair-growing lotion.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
200
He became the first black man to play Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson
200
"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
200
He was arrested for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Who is James Earl Ray
300
She was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man, on the bus
Who is Rosa Parks
300
He invented the gas mask and the first traffic signal.
Who is Garrett Morgan
300
He was known as the Father of Civil Rights.
Who is Frederick Douglass
300
"The cost of libertyis less than the price of repression."
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois
300
During the March on Washington, King delivered this speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
What is the "I Have a Dream" speech
400
She was the first African Amereican to win the Pulitzer Prize
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks
400
He invented the electronic control device for guided missiles, IBM computers, and the pacemaker.
Who is Otis Boykin
400
He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, for his work to end racial segregation.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
400
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
400
He led this boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott
500
She became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993
Who is Toni Morrison
500
He invented the fun toy, the supersoaker watergun that many kids play with today.
Who is Lonnie G. Johnson
500
The first black man to hold the presidency in the United States of America
Who is Barack Obama
500
"Hate is too great a burden to bear, it injures the hater more than it injures the hated."