This Republican was the first black person elected to the U.S. Senate.
Who is Hiram Revels?
100
What event sparked the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
What is a race riot in Springfield, Massachusetts.
100
This woman was the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award?
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
100
Who was the first man to understand how to grow peanuts in the South?
Who is George Washington Carver?
100
How did Jackie Robinson do in his first major league game?
What is no hits in three at bats.
200
Who was the first President to invite an African American man to the White House?
Theodore Roosevelt
200
What did the Freedom Riders do?
What is they rode different public buses in the South to go to sit-ins.
200
Who was the first African-American woman to WIN an Academy Award?
Who is Halle Berry?
200
This woman created her own line of hair products for African-American women.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
200
When and where did Martin Luther King, Jr. have his "I have a dream" speech.
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What is Washington DC, August 28, 1963.
300
Who was the first black woman Senator?
Carol Moseley Braun
300
Where did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. get his doctorate?
What is Boston University
300
Who was the first African-American male to win an Academy Award?
Who is Denzel Washington?
300
This man made the first potato chip in 1853.
Who is George Crum?
300
Who was the first black astronaut to walk in space?
Who is Bernard Harris, Jr.
400
Which Justice did Thurgood Marshal replace on the Supreme Court?
Thomas C. Clark
400
Why did Rosa Parks refuse to move from her seat in the white section of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama?
What is fatigue and principle.
400
This was the first African American woman to win a Grammy award in 1958.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
400
This woman established the first African Methodist Episcopalian Church in Los Angeles, California.
Who is Bridgette "Bitty" Mason?
400
Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?
Where is Greensboro, North Carolina
500
How many times did Jesse Jackson run for president?
What is two times.
500
For what crime did Malcom X go to prison?
What is burglary.
500
This African-American performer has the most number one singles on record.
Who is Michael Jackson?
500
This engineer inventor patented an oiling device which allowed machines to remain in motion while being lubricated. His device revolutionized the machine industry.