This "King of Pop" has the best selling album of all time?
Who is Michael Jackson
100
In 1968, what Civil Rights
leader was assassinated
while demonstrating for the rights of sanitation workers in Memphis?
Who is Dr. MLK Jr.
100
The inventor of
hair softeners, grower, and
straightening comb, that
changed the cosmetics
industry, becoming one of the first black millionaires.
Who is Madame C. J. Walker
100
He's the first Black
player to win Major
League Baseball’s Rookie
of the Year Award
Who is Jackie Robinson
100
Dr. King was elected president of this civil rights organization in 1957
What is the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC)
200
My autobiography is
entitled; I know why the
Caged Bird Sings?
Who is Maya Angelou
200
He was the first
African-American
appointed to the
Supreme Court by
President Johnson in
1976?
Who is Thurgood Marshall
200
This woman made a strategic decision to keep her seat and helped launch the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who is Rosa Parks
200
In 1974, this Milwaukee Brave broke Babe
Ruth’s homerun record of
714?
Who is Hank Aaron
200
This is the oldest Civil Rights
organization still in
operation today?
What is the NAACP
300
The God Father
of Soul who proudly
sang, “Say It Loud, I’m
Black and I’m Proud?”
Who is James Brown
300
This 14 year-old that was brutally
murdered in Money, MS.,
in 1955 for speaking to a
white woman. His case was emblematic of the disparity of justice for blacks in the South
Who is Emmett Till
300
This African-American journalist and civil rights leader led the campaign to end lynchings
Who is Ida B Wells
300
The first
African-American to
win the U.S. Tennis Open?
Who is Arthur Ashe
300
This cultural boom
between WWI and WWII
has been described as
the Mecca for Black artists
and scholars?
What is the Harlem Renaissance
400
In 1986, who won her
first Grammy for Best
Pop Vocal Perform –
Female for “Saving All
My Love For You?”
Who is Whitney Houston?
400
This African American Muslim minister and human rights activist was assassinated in 1965
Who is Malcolm X
400
This journalist and member of the Little Rock Nine wrote the novel "Warriors Don't Cry"
Who is Melba Pattillo Beals
400
The week of February 25,
2002, she became the first
African-American woman
to reach the #1 ranking on
the Women Tennis
Association tour
Who is Venus Williams?
400
Founded in Oakland, California by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale on October 15, 1966, this organization was formed for the protection of African American neighborhoods from police brutality
What is the Black Panther Party
500
The first African-
American to win the Nobel
Prize in Literature?
Who is Toni Morrison?
500
His book “Up from
Slavery,” published in 1900
was the most successful
autobiography written by a
post-reconstruction Black
writer
Who is Booker T Washington
500
This American political activist, scholar, and author emerged as a nationally prominent activist in the 1960s, when she was associated with the Communist Party USA, the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Panther Party. She went on to become a professor at the University of Santa Cruz
Who is Angela Davis
500
He won four gold medals
in the Berlin, Germany
games in 1936?
Who is Jesse Owens
500
In 1929, he was president of
this first successful Black
labor union?
(Brotherhood of Sleeping
Car Porters (BSCP))