Historical Figures
African Americans in Music
Famous African-American Quotes
Civil Rights Movement
African-American Firsts/Inventions
100

Who is known for developing peanut products?

Who is George Washington Carver?

100

She scored a No. 1 hit with her remake of Otis Redding’s Respect, a song with a bit of a double entendre that helped soundtrack the civil rights movement. This hot karaoke tune also served as a sororal call for women, who also were looking for respect and to be taken seriously alongside their male counterparts

Who is Aretha Franklin?

100

He once said, “The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.

Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?

100

Who, in 1963, gave the famous “I have a dream” speech?

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.

100

Who was the first to help astronauts reach space?

Who is Katherine Johnson

200

Who worked as a spy and military leader on the Underground Railroad?

Who is Harriet Tubman?

200

He was a pianist and bandleader who wrote more than 1,000 tunes, many of which are considered part of the Great American Songbook. His romantic songs with their world-weary blues melodies helped him earn 11 Grammy Awards, 13 Grammy Hall of Fame nods, and a Grammy Trustees Award.

Who is Duke Ellington?

200

Who said, "The time is always to do what's right?"

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

200

Who led the first march in Selma?

Who is John Lewis

200

Who was the first African-American president in the United States?

Who is Barack Obama

300

This person was the first African-American to be appointed to the Supreme Court.

Who is Thurgood Marshall?

300

In 1933, she was the first African American woman to have her symphonic compositions played by a major American orchestra, namely the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Who is Florence Price?

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

Who are the co-founders of the Black Panther Party?

Who is Huey Newton and Bobby Seale

300

Who was the first African-American Major League Baseball player?

Who is Jackie Robinson?

400

Who is known as an abolitionist leader and for being a public speaker?

Who is Frederick Douglass?

400

He was hailed by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as “the most gifted instrumentalist of all time.” His virtuosity looms so large that many guitarists still vainly attempt to emulate him.

Who is Jimi Hendrix?

400

Which famous athlete said, “hating people because of their colors is wrong. And it doesn’t matter which color does the hating. “It's just plain wrong?

Who is Mohamed Ali?

400

Who were the first African-American students that were integrated in Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957?

Who is Little Rock Nine

400

Who was the first female self-made millionaire in the United States?

Who is Madam C.J. Walker?

500

Who is an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist and is best known for his time spent as a vocal spokesman for the Nation of Islam?

Who is Malcom X?

500

His 1979 coming-of-age solo album, Off The Wall — featuring the self-penned hit “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough” — raised the bar for dance music production. The singer’s 1982 follow-up LP, Thriller, was so successful in assimilating world music styles that it rocketed to No. 1 in most countries, and was the first LP to place seven top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, while nabbing a record-breaking eight Grammys.

Who is Michael Jackson?

500

Who said, “I don’t want a Black History Month”. Black History is American History.”

Who is Morgan Freeman?

500

Who was the group of civil rights workers who took bus trips through southern states in 1961 to protest illegal bus segregration?

Who is Freedom Riders

500

Who was the first African-American to star in a TV drama?

Who is Cicely Tyson?