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100
This African American comedian is known for using comedy to speak openly about race, inequality, and everyday life experiences.
Richard Pryor
100
Who developed various uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes? (peanut butter, roasted peanuts)
George Washington Carver
100
Who was the first black women from the south to be elected into congress?
Barbara Jordan ( was an civil rights actvist in Texas)
100
Who was the first African American to win the U.S. Nationals in 1957 breaking both race and gender barriers in tennis ?
Althea Gibson
200
He is one of "The Original Kings of Comedy" alongside Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and D. L. Hughley. He was also the star of his own show
Bernie Mac
200
She created hair care products and became the first self made black female millionaire
Madam C.J. Walker
200
Who is the young lady that refused to give up her seat and was arrested in 1955?
Claudette Colvin is an American woman who was arrested as a teenager in 1955 for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white woman. Her protest was one of several by Black women challenging segregation on buses in the months before Rosa Park’s more famous act.
200
One of the first black women to set an Olympic record in track
Florence Joyner's aka (FloJo) set records for the 100 and 200 meter in 1988.
300
He has won national attention as one the members on Saturday Night Live. Also playing in the Nutty Professor and the voice of Donkey in Shrek
Eddie Murphy
300
Who invented the traffic light?
Garrett Morgan
300
The first black woman to be Vice President
Kamala Harris
300
These two sisters are some of the greatest tennis players of all time ?
Serena and Venus Williams
400
Who was the first black artist to win the grammy for album of year in 1974?
Stevie Wonder
400
Who invented the spark plug ?
Edmond Berger
400
She founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935?
Mary McLeod Bethune
400
The first black male to ever play in the PGA Tour in 1961? *Golf Tournament*
Charles Sifford he played n 422 tournaments with 51 top ten finishes.
500
He was the most successful pay-per-view event ever for the WWE, shifted to acting in 2004 and became one of the highest-grossing actors of all time ?
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
500
Who invented the clothes dryer?
George T. Sampson
500
This women organized sit-ins in Nashville, Tennessee and Rock Hill, South Calorina in 1960
Diane Nash
500
This athlete was the first black male to play in the Major League Baseball in 1884
Moses Fleetwood Walker (fun fact he played 60 years before Jackie Robinson)