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Who is the first African American woman to be named principal dancer at the prestigious American Ballet Theatre? 

Who is Misty Copeland

100
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
100

Who is an American pastor and politician currently serving as a United States Senator?

Who is Raphael Warnock.

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

Who is an Afro-Latina known as the Queen of Salsa?

Who is Celia Cruz.

200

Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?

Who is Colin Powell

200
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
200

Which constitutional amendment stated that voting rights could not be “denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” While it barred voting rights discrimination on the basis of race, it left the door open for states to determine the specific qualifications for suffrage. 

What is the 15th Amendment

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

Who is the revolutionary leader of the first Black Republic?

Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture

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
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison
400

Who said "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

Who is Barack Obama

400
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
400
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
400

Who was the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field - in the 1960 Olympics for the 100 and 200 meters and the 400 meter relay?

Wilma Glodean Rudolph

500

Who is the first African-American woman to become a pilot for a major American passenger airline.

Who is Jill E. Brown

500

Who said, "You are not judged by the height you have risen but from the depth, you have climbed."

Who is Frederick Douglass

500

Who was the first female African-American Secretary of State.

Who is Condoleeza Rice.

500

What was the nickname given to young students Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain, and Joseph McNeil?

What is the Greensboro Four

500

What is the name of the Dominican Afro-Latino who served as a Tuskegee Airman?

Who is Esteban Hotesse.