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
100
She was the first African American woman to serve as United States Secretary of State, and the first African American and the first woman to serve as the President’s National Security Advisor.
Who is Condoleezza Rice
100
He broke the color barrier in baseball and became the first African American to play in the major leagues.
Who is Jackie Robinson
100
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing
100
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
200
He invented the “SuperSoaker” in 1989.
Who is Lonnie Johnson
200
In 1967, he became the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
200
Also a social activist and philanthropist, he was the first boxer to win the world heavyweight championship three times.
Who is Muhammad Ali
200
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
200
"Have a vision. Be demanding."
Who is Colin Powell
300
After completing the STS-8 mission aboard the Challenger, this engineer and astronaut became the first black man in space.
Who is Guion Bluford
300
In 1993, this Illinois native became (and still is, to date) the first African American woman elected to the United States Senate.
Who is Carol Braun
300
This Olympic track star won three gold medals and two silver medals, and still holds world records in 100-meter and 200-meter races, which were set in 1988.
Who is Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith-Joyner
300
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is N.A.A.C.P.
300
"Where there is no vision, there is no hope."
Who is George Washington Carver
400
He invented electronic control devices for guided missiles, IBM computers, and the control unit for pacemakers.
Who is Otis Boykin
400
First African American to serve as Commander in Chief
Who is President Barack Obama
400
Following her careers in college and professional basketball, she became the first female member of the Harlem Globetrotters in 1985.
Who is Lynette Woodard
400
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X
400
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."
Who is Booker T. Washington
500
He is credited with performing the first open heart surgery on July 9, 1853.
Who is Daniel Williams
500
This foreign policy advisor became the first African American woman to serve as an ambassador to the United Nations.
Who is Susan Rice
500
In 1961, he broke the color barrier in golf when he became the first African American to play in the PGA tour.
Who is Charlie Sifford
500
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King
500
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."