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Who sings Pretty Young Thing?
Who is Michael Jackson
100
Turned into a lifeline for black America. He embraced Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad’s teachings of black empowerment and self-sufficiency. Hint: 1965 assassination
Who is Malcom X
100
He was the first African American baseball player?
Who is Jackie Robinson
100
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown vs. Board of Education
100
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
200
He was an actor and rapper before he was shot and killed in 1996. With songs like "All Eyez on Me", "California Love" and movies such as "Juice and Poetic Justice" he became well know in both careers?
Who is Tupac
200
After refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white person, she was arrested.
Who is Rosa Parks
200
She is a champion women's tennis player and four-time Olympic gold medalist and won seven Grand Slam titles, including five Wimbledon championships.
Who is Venus Williams
200
Daily Double: On July 2, 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson signed this Act into Law
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
200
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
first captured the public's eye as lead vocalist of the R&B group Destiny's Child. She later established a solo career with her debut album Dangerously In Love, becoming one of music's top-selling artists with sold-out tours and a slew of awards...
Who is Beyonce
300
Perhaps the nation’s most well-known black intellectual. Early work such as his doctoral thesis The Suppression of the African Slave Trade in America and the Philadelphia Negro. His legacy as a professor, political activist, prolific scholar & utmost public intellectual remains unparalleled.
Who is W.E.B Du Bois
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He was the first member of the Cavalier franchise and the youngest player to receive the Rookie of the Year Award at age 20, and the youngest player to score 20,000 points at age 28. He led the Miami Heat to NBA championship victories in both 2012 and 2013.
Who is Lebron James
300
Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall
300
Which famous athlete said "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
Who is Muhammad Ali
400
Scott Joplin was known as the "King of...." this musical era between 1895-1905...
what is Ragtime
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He gave on have his famous speeches during the March on Washington: he said "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
Dr. (Rev.)Martin Luther King Jr.
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He was unarguably a terrific athlete, & his impact to sports was felt well beyond the basketball court. Apart from his records, perhaps his most legendary impact was as one of the fiercest competitors the sports world has ever seen. He is known as one the greatest Basketball Players to ever play.
Who is Michael Jordan
400
She was the first African-American woman to be appointed national security adviser and U.S. Secretary of State.
Who is Condoleezza Rice
400
Ivy League pedigree (Columbia, Harvard Law), community activism on Chicago’s tough South Side as well as stints as an Illinois & U.S. senator. His famous line is Yes We Can!
Who is President Obama
500
He is known as "The Godfather of Soul", which sang like "Poppa Got a Brand New Bag" "Get Up Off That Thing"
Who is James Brown
500
She escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman
500
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit
Who is Tiger Woods
500
He was the first African American appointed as the U.S. Secretary of State, and the first, and so far the only, to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Who is Colin Powell
500
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Nelson Mandela