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100
In what year did Black History Week expand to the entire month
1976
100
The Civil Rights organization N.A.A.C.P was formally known by what name
The Niagra Movement
100
He accompanied Robert Percy on the first successful U.S expedition to the North Pole
Matthew Henson
100
At a time when universities typically didn't offer financial aid to African American athletes, he was offered more than 50
Ernie Davis
100
By age 26 Condoleeza Rice was an assistant professor at which university
Stanford
200
What state lends its name to banning slavery above its southern border in 1820
Missouri
200
This Civil Rights leader was stabbed in 1955 at a book signing
Marting Luther King Jr.
200
The superhero The Black Panther made his debut in Fantastic Four no.52 in what year
1966
200
This heavyweight boxing champion also patented a wrench design in 1922
Jack Johnson
200
This is the only California community to be founded and governed by African Americans
Allensworth
300
President Lincoln announced confederate slaves free with what declaration
The Emancipation Proclamation
300
John Carlos and Tommie Smith made headlines by doing what at the 1968 Olympic award ceremony
Raised black gloved fists in the air in protest
300
In 2008 this Jamacian sprinter became the first man in history to set 3 world records in a single olympics
Usain Bolt
300
This heavyweight boxing champion also served in the Army during WWII
Joe Louis
300
Thurgood Marshall was appointed to what high position
U.S Supreme Court Justice
400
In 1881 Sophia Packard and Harriet Giles founded what for black woman
Spellman College
400
What Supreme Court Case found that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
Brown v. Board of Education
400
Singer Nat King Cole was the first African American to host a national television show, it was aptly named this
The Nat King Cole Show
400
This distinctive building in Los Angeles became known as "The House That Nat Built"
Captial Records Building
400
Helping more than 300 slaves escape via the "Underground Railroad," she became known as the "Moses of her people"
Harriet Tubman
500
This bureau is created after the Civil War to aid slaves in their transition to freedom
The Bureau of Refugees
500
This contemporary of Martin Luther King Jr. and fellow Civil Rights activist was assassinated in 1963
Medgar Evers
500
This man became the first African American to be appointed Chairman of the Joint Cheifs of Staff, the highest military post in the U.S
Colin Powel
500
This author wrote Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley
500
She posed as a man and enlisted as Williams Cathay in the 38th Infantry in 1866
Cathay Williams