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African Americans in Government
Civil Rights Movement
Famous African Americans
100

What was the name of B.B. King's guitar?

Who is Lucille

100

What song did Aretha Franklin sing at President Obama's Inauguration.

"My Country 'Tis of Thee"

100

What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?

What is Brown v. Board of Education

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

What blues singer sold his/her soul to the devil at the crossroads.

Who is Robert Johnson

200

Who said "No person has the right to rain on your dreams"?

Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.

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 sang "Tonight Is The Night"

Who is Betty Wright

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

Texas-born vocalist was a latter-day Southern soul man, best known for his tales of late-night partying. (Got My Whiskey)

Who is Mel Waiters

400

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

Who is Muhammad Ali

400

Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?

Who is Shirley Chisholm

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
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmet Till
500

The Philosopher of Soul, he possessed one of the finest voices in R&B, one that made him a soul-blues and ladies man. (last two dollars)

Who is Johnnie Taylor

500

What U.S. Rep. said "I have the gavel and I'm gonna use it".

Who is Maxine Waters

500
Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who is BARACK OBAMA!!!!!
500
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing
500
Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carver