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2008-2012
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Inventor, Surveyor, Mathematician who helped design the city of Washington, D.C.
Who was Benjamin Banneker
100
He was the first Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church.
Who was Richard Allen
100
This person served as Secretary of State during President Bush's first term of office in 2000.
Who was Colin Powell?
100
He was elected as the first African American President of the U.S.
Who is Barak Obama
200
Developed 325 different products to include coffee, powder, and others from the peanut.
Who was George Washington Carver
200
This African American was the first to die in the Boston Massacre.
Who was Crispus Attucks
200
This singer had multiplatinum success as a solo artist but got her start with the Grammy winning group Destiny's Child.
Who is Beyonce?
200
This new movie is based on a group of African American pilots who fought in World War II.
What is "Red Tails"?
300
She invented various hair products for blacks
Who was Madame C.J. Walker
300
She was the first African American woman in space aboard the Endeavor shuttle.
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison?
300
This magazine was published by NAACP founder W.E. B. DuBois and recently celebrated 100 years in publication.
What is "The Crisis"?
400
He invented the gas mask
Who was Garrett Morgan
400
This Air Force General was the first African American four-star general in the U.S. military and he commanded Space Command in the 1980s.
Who was Chappie James
400
He was known as the "King of Pop"
Who was Michael Jackson?
500
He invented electrical products such as safety cutoffs for electrical circuts. He was called the "Black Edison".
Who was Granville T. Woods
500
America's first poet of African descent
Who is Lucy Prince?
500
Eric Holder, Jr. currently holds this important position in the Federal Government as the first African American to do so.
What is the Attorney General?