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100
What year did the Montgomery bus boycotts begin?
1955
100
This Dodger was the first African American baseball player
Who is Jackie Robinson
100
These parents of Blue Ivy have 34 Grammy's between them
Beyonce and Jay-Z
100
What is the middle name of the first Black President?
Hussein
100
What year did the Supreme Court rule on Brown v. Board of Education?
1954
200
These laws prohibited Black and White people from sitting next to each other on busses, drinking the same water fountains, attending the same schools, etc
Jim Crow Laws
200
Who currently holds the record for the most points scored in an NBA game?
Wilt Chamberlain-100
200
When and where did rap music "begin"
Harlem, 1970's & 1980's
200
Condoleezza Rice served as this White House official
Secretary of State
200
There is a total of this many Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the United States
105
300
Besides campaigning for equality and an end to segregation, what was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s day job?
Preacher
300
Kobe ditched his original number, 8, for 24 in what year?
2006
300
Who was the first Black Woman to win a Grammy?
Ella Fitzgerald
300
Who is the only African-American currently serving as a Supreme Court Justice?
Clarence Thomas
300
This television network founded by Robert L. Johnson was launched in what year?
1980
400
Greensboro, NC is the home to what first Civil Rights event
What is the first segregated lunch counter sit-in
400
This African-American businessman was the first majority owner of an NBA team
Robert L. Johnson (Charlotte Bobcats)
400
This dynamic gospel duo may be able to sing like Mary, but that's not what it says on their birth certificates. What are the first names of the singers in the group Mary, Mary?
Erica and Trecina
400
How many African-Americans have served on the Supreme Court?
2
400
How many African-Americans currently serve in Congress
36
500
On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was killed at
What is Audubon Ballroom, Manhattan
500
Who was the first Black Olympic Gold Medalist
John Taylor
500
Louis Armstrong was famous for playing this instrument
Trumpet
500
How many shots did Stephen Curry make from three-point range, last night?
11 Shots from behind the arc (54 points total)
500
Who was the first Black Nobel Peace Prize Winner?
Ralph Bunche