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This man broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson
100
She traveled the country giving speeches, including a famous one entitled Ain’t I a Woman? that emphasized the strength and power of women and the need for equality between the sexes.
Who is Sojourner Truth
100
1st African American President of the United States
Who is Barack Obama
100
She's known as the Queen of Soul and sings the song, RESPECT
Who is Aretha Franklin
100
He became the first African American Peace Prize winner and made one of the most famous speeches in history
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
200
One of or if not the greatest boxer of all time, later in life he developed Parkinson's syndrome
Who is Muhammed Ali
200
She was able to free her family and numerous other slaves throughout the years, taking them as far as Canada and helping them find safe jobs. Later, she worked as a nurse during the Civil War and was a proponent of both women’s suffrage and the abolitionist movement.
Who is Harriet Tubman
200
The first African American female Secretary of State
Who is Condoleezza Rice
200
singer-songwriter, musician and composer, he was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s and he was also blind
Who is Ray Charles
200
Human rights activist, one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history
Who is Malcolm X
300
Most would say he is the greatest basketball player or all time even though he got cut form his high school basketball team
Who is Michael Jordan
300
She is one of the richest and most powerful people in America. Her vast influence on the women in this country is remarkable and a testament to the strength and kindness of her character.
Who is Oprah Winfrey
300
He was the Secretary of State from 2001-2004
Who is Colin Powell
300
She is one the most famous African American women in the music business right now and just recently released her new album
Who is Beyonce
300
With an all-black starting lineup, knocks off favored Kentucky, with an all-white starting lineup, in the 1966 NCAA championship basketball game.
What is Texas Western
400
He went to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and won four track-and-field gold medals (100-meter dash, long jump, 200-meter and 4x100 meter relay), a feat that was unequaled until Carl Lewis did it in the same events in the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.
Who is Jesse Owens
400
She became the first black Congresswoman and in 1972, she became the first black woman to contend for the presidential office
Who is Shirley Chisholm
400
He was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall
400
He was crowned with his first GRAMMY in 1970 for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male for "The Thrill Is Gone," which hit No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100
Who is BB King
400
First African American women with a pilot's license
Who is Bessie Coleman
500
She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1957. Gibson broke through the lily-white racial walls of tennis and completed her journey by winning Wimbledon, thus becoming the first black person to win a tennis major.
Who is Althea Gibson
500
Born prematurely and later beset by crippling illness that forced her to wear a metal leg brace for years, she somehow overcame the obstacles of her childhood to become a world-class athlete. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100-meter relay in the 1956 Olympics
Who is Wilma Rudolph
500
He became a Congressman from South Carolina in 1870 and was reelected four more times
Who is Joseph Rainey
500
A child prodigy, he has become one of the most creative and loved musical performers of the late 20th century. He has been blind since shortly after birth.
Who is Stevie Wonder
500
Jazz musician and bandleader, famous for playing the trumpet
Who is Louis Armstrong