Who said "A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."
Who is Malcolm X
100
In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
1863
100
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
100
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
200
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell
200
Who said "What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?"
Who is Langston Hughes
200
Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
200
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
200
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles
300
Who was the African American athlete who gained worldwide stardom during the 1960 Olympics in Rome when she became the first American woman to win three gold medals at the Games, winning the 100- and 200-meter dashes and the 400-meter relay?
Who is Wilma Rudolph
300
Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Who is Maya Angelou
300
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
300
Who was 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
300
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
400
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison
400
Who said "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."?
Who is Martin Luther King
400
What cultural movement took place in Harlem and lasted from the end of WWI to the 1930s?
What is the Harlem Renaissance
400
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
400
This singer holds the title of Most Top 10 Singles from an album released in (1982) and the Most Number One Singles from an Album released in (1987)
Who is Michael Jackson
500
In what year were the first Africans brought to American to work as slaves?
What is 1619
500
Who said "The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression."?
Who is W. E. B. Du Bois
500
Who was the first published black poet
Who is Phillis Wheatley
500
In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?
What is Loving v. Virginia (1967)
500
He served three terms in the 13th District of the Illinois Senate from 1997 until 2004. He ran for the United States House of Representatives in 2000, but was defeated. who is this person?