Civil Rights Leaders
Innovators
Artists and Writers
Athletes
Political Figures
100

Who was the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott? 

Rosa Parks 

100

Who invented the Traffic Light? 

Garrett Morgan

100

Who wrote their eyes were watching God? 

Zora Neale Hurston 

100

Who was the first Black woman to win an olympic gold medal? 

Johnnie Mae Chappell 

100

Who was the first Black President of the USA? 

Barack Obama 

200

Who delivered I have a dream speech? 

Martin Luther King Jr. 

200

Who created the first successful blook bank? 

Charles Drew

200

Who was the first Black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize? 

Gwendolyn Brooks 

200

Who is known as the greatest in boxing? 

Muhammed Ali 

200

Who was the first Black woman to run for president? 

Shirley Chisholm 

300

Who co-founded the NAACP? 

W.E.B. Du Bois 

300

Who developed the three-signal traffic light? 

Garrett Morgan 

300

Who is kown for the Harlem Renaissance? 

Langston Hughs

300

Who was the first black NBA player? 

Chuck Cooper

300

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

Colin Powell 

400

Whos was the first Black Woman elected to Congress?

Shirley Chisholm 

400

Who invented the firts home security system? 

Marie Van Brittain Brown 

400

Who created the famous painting the Migration Series? 

Jacob Lawrence 

400

Who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball? 

Jackie Robinson 

400

Who was the first Black mayor of a major U.S. city? 

Carl Stokes

500

Who was a prominent figure in the Black Power Movement? 

Stokely Carmichael 

500

Who is known for the invention of the gas mask? 

Garrett Morgan 

500

Who was a prominent jazz musician known as Satchmo? 

Louis Armstrong 

500

Who was the first Black quarterback to win a Super Bowl? 

Doug Williams 

500

Who was a prominent civil rights activist known for her work in education? 

Marva Collins