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?
100
She is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars. She as of late has made news over her "political" Superbowl performance.
Who is Beyonce Knowles?
100
He is the First African American President?
Who is Barack Obama?
100
Also a social activist and philanthropist, he was the first boxer to win the world heavyweight championship three times
Who is Muhammad Ali?
100
She is a poet and award-winning author known for her acclaimed memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and her numerous poetry and essay collections.
Who is Maya Angelou?
200
These practices, laws, or institutions that served to separate black people from white people. The most common types forbid intermarriage and separated black and white citizens in public places, especially in restaurants and theaters. States and cities were allowed to punish people who broke these laws.
What is Jim Crow?
200
The award ceremony was first presented in 1967 and was first nationally televised in 1994 on the Fox Network. This award is to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music, and literature.
What is the NAACP Image Awards?
200
In 1940, She was the first African American to receive an Academy Award for her performance in Gone With The Wind.
Who Hattie McDaniel?
200
He broke the color barrier in baseball and became the first African American to play in the major leagues.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
A type of literary work that is made up of the written accounts of enslaved Africans in Great Britain and its colonies, including the later United States, Canada, and Caribbean nations.
What is a Slave Narrative?
300
It is one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history and called for civil and economic rights for African Americans.
What is the March on Washington?
300
He is one of the most influential stand-up comedians of his generation, and starred in a number of hit films (Harlem Nights, Car Wash) and comedy recordings (Live on Sunset) . He created a new type of humor, one that blended self-effacing statements about being African American with sharp political insights.
Who is Richard Pryor?
300
The first intercollegiate greek letter organization established by African Americans.
What is Alpha Phi Alpha?
300
She became the first American woman to win three gold medals at a single Olympics in 1960, at the Summer Games in Rome, and later worked as a teacher and track coach.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
300
She is a Nobel Prize- and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist. Among her best known novels are The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon and Beloved.
Who is Toni Morrison?
400
The lynching of this 14-year-old year boy on August 28, 1955, excited the emerging Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Emmett Till?
400
Also known as the Fresh Prince, this actor known for his 90's sitcom about a West Philadelphia kid who moves to Beverly Hills with his Uncle Phil and Aunt Vivian.
Who is Will Smith?
400
Madame CJ Walker became the First African Women Millionaire by making and selling what products.
What is shampoo, a pomade that made hair grow, and the pressing comb?
400
In this year Nat Clifton, Earl Lloyd, and Chuck Cooper were the first signed African Americans to the NBA.
When is 1950?
400
A 1937 novel and the best known work by African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston. The novel narrates main character Janie Crawford's "ripening from a vibrant, but voiceless, teenage girl into a woman with her finger on the trigger of her own destiny.
What is Their Eyes Were Watching God?
500
In this year the first Africans were brought to the United States.
When was 1619?
500
Producer, director, writer and actor creates controversial films that explore race relations, political issues and urban crime and violence.
Who is Spike Lee?
500
This foreign policy advisor became the first African American woman to serve as an ambassador to the United Nations.
Who is Susan Rice?
500
at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City. As they turned to face their flags and hear the American national anthem ("The Star-Spangled Banner"), these two athletes each raised a black-gloved fist and kept them raised until the anthem had finished.
Who is Tommie Smith and John Carlos?
500
His Appeal is an uncompromising African-centered discourse that attacks white injustices and advocates Black self-reliance. Its publication in 1830 intensified the debate and struggle against slavery.