Nicknamed the Black Napoleon, this man led Haiti to its independence.
Who is Toussaint L'ourverture?
100
This pioneering woman once stated 'I never run my train off the track and [I've] never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100
President of the Harvard Law Review, Nobel Peace Prize Laurette, POTUS, and #44 are some of the titles of this legend in Black History
Who Barrack "Barry" Obama?
100
Her refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, Alabama buses from 1955-1956
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
This amazing man is the self-proclaimed "greatest [boxer] of all time" was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
200
This country was African's first and only republic found for freed slaves in West Africa
What is Liberia?
200
"My daddy Alabama, momma Louisiana, you mix that negro with that Creole, make a Texas bama"
Who is Queen Beyonce Knowles?
200
In 1954, this Supreme Court decision decreed "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal"
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
200
Formed in 1909, this organization's mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination."
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
200
Considered by many to be one of the greatest poets of all time, this rap superstar also went by Makaveli
Who is 2Pac Shakur?
300
This Black Nation has the most appearances in the FIFA World cup?
What is Cameroon?
300
"You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave."
Who is Maya Angelou?
300
In 1896, this Supreme Court case upheld that racial segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal".
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
300
In 2015, several youth led protests against police brutality across the country, and were heard chanting the chorus to this song by this artist.
It has been touted by many in today's student activist cadre as their "We Shall Overcome"
What is "Alright"- Kendrick Lamar?
300
This woman is often eulogized as the first female self-made millionaire in America by developing a line of beauty and hair products for Black women
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
400
This Egyptian Queen, whose name means "the beautiful one has come" was known for her radicalism
Who is Queen Nefertiti?
400
"Wha Gwan Jamaica"
Who is Barrack Obama?
400
This pioneering woman was the first Black woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President of the US.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
400
This Civil Rights leader was instrumental in organizing Mississippi's Freedom Summer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
It was said that by the age of 13, she could pic 200-300 pounds of cotton daily
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
400
In 2016, this businessperson, investor, and former chemical engineer became the second wealthiest African-American after Oprah Winfrey
Who is Robert Smith?
500
This freed black man was pivotal in the design of Washington, DC as he reproduced from memory a complete layout of the streets, parks, and major buildings after the original designer abandoned the project.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
500
"Black Lives Matter"
Name two of the three founders of this statement, movement, and call to action
Who are Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi?
500
This case, decided in 1857, held that a negro whose ancestors were imported into [the U.S.], and sold as slaves, weather enslaved or free, could not be an American citizen?
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
500
This piece of federal legislation signed by this person prohibits racial discrimination in voting
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
500
These African-American women mathematicians were instrumnetal developing the NASA space program.
There feats are no longer hidden.
Who are Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson?