Education
Important Events and Figures
Civil Rights Movement
Inventors
Famous African Americans
100
The first college for black women in the U.S
What is Spelman College
100
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing
100
An African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909.
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
100
His invention enabled trains to run faster and more efficiently.
Who is Elijah McCoy
100
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
200
The country's first black law school
What is Howard University
200
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
200
Freed all Slaves
What is the 13th admendment
200
His machine brought shoes to the masses.
Who is Jan Ernst Matzeliger
200
She is the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for best actress.
Who is Dorothy Dandridge
300
The first African American child to integrate an all-white elementary school.
Who is Rudy Bridges
300
44th President
Who is Barack Obama
300
President Abraham Lincoln signs this which ended slavery in the rebelling states
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
300
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
300
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
400
Minnijean Brown, Terrance Roberts, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas, and Carlotta Walls they attempted to integrate Central High School
What is the Little Rock Nine?
400
When did slavery begin in America
What is 1619
400
"The Mother of the Modern-day Civil Rights Movement"
Who is Rosa Parks
400
She is one of America's first self-made female millionaires.
Who is Madame CJ Walker
400
A world famous poet, author, historian singer and civil rights activist
Who is Maya Angelou
500
One of the greatest Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century, unanimously held that the racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
500
Founder of Black History Month
Who is Carter G. Woodson
500
This act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson , prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal
What is Civil Rights Act (1964)
500
He pioneered America's first large-scale blood bank during World War II.
Who is Charles Drew
500
In 1972, she made history again by becoming the first black woman of a major party to run for a presidential nomination.
Who is Shirley Chisholm