This author published The Souls of Black Folk, a collection of 14 essays, in 1903
What is
W.E.B. Du Bois
100
Dubbed the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and is currently North America's only black billionaire. In 2013, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
What is Oprah Winfrey
100
Slavery is Abolished in the Union
What is 13th Amendment
100
He brought life back to the NBA Slam Dunk Competition, winning twice in the 1980s with spectacular high-flying jams, including one from the free-throw line. He was a flashy scorer who learned how to become a lock-down defender, claiming the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in 1988
What is Michael Jordan
200
This author was accused of plagiarizing his doctoral dissertation at Boston University, titled A Comparison of the Conception of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman
What is Martin Luther King Jr.
200
The Leader of the Free World.
What is President Barack Obama
200
Outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women
What is Civil Rights Act 1964
200
She became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track during a single Olympic Games
What is Wilma Rudolph
300
In 1892 she published a pamphlet titled Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases
What is
Ida B. Wells
300
Supreme Court Ruling: Segregated Schools is Unconstitutional
What is Brown v. Board of Education
300
Was threatened to strike this baseball player our rather than play against this person and gave him a seven-inch gash in his left leg.
What is Jackie Robinson
400
This author wrote The Future of the American Negro, Up from Slavery, and Character Building
What is
Booker T. Washington
400
The wealthiest multi-millionaire entertainers in the world and Parents of Blue Ivy.
What is Beyoncé and Jay-Z
400
Prohibits State Governments From Denying a Citizen the Right to Vote Based on That Citizen's Race, Color, or Previous Condition of Servitude
What is Fifteenth Amendment
400
When this athlete won the 100 m, Hitler only acknowledged the German medalists with a handshake and deliberately ignored him
What is Jesse Owens
500
He gave a speech called “Who wants a slave on July 4th” and wrote My Bondage, My Freedom.
What is Frederick Douglas
500
Physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first African American woman to travel in space.
What is Mae Jemison
500
Federal Troops Ordered to Maintain Peace at Integration of Little Rock High School
Clue: Brown v. Board of Education
What is Executive Order 10730: issued by President Eisenhower in 1957
500
The College Football Hall of Fame inducted this athlete in 1979, and Syracuse (No. 44) and the Browns (No. 45) retired his number.
What is Ernie Davis
500
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” These are the words of?