1600s-1800s
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100
Who were responsible for the invention of vaccinations?
Who are enslaved Africans?
100
Who was the first Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
100
What is the name of the award ceremony established to celebrate Black people in entertainment, music, sports, and philanthropy?
What is the BET Awards?
100
Who is the “Black Mamba”?
Who is Kobe Bryant?
100
Soul music derives from what two genres?
What are blues and gospel music?
200
When were the first enslaved Africans taken to the New World?
When is 1619?
200
Who was the first Black woman to be elected to the House of Representatives?
Who is Shirley Chrisholm?
200
Hattie McDaniel was the first Black person to win an Academy Award. What film did she win the award for?
What is Gone With The Wind?
200
Tiger Woods was the first Black person to win the Masters in what sport?
What is golf?
200
Kehinde Wiley is well known for his portrait of who?
Who is Barak Obama?
300
In 1662, Virginia established a law that determines if a child is free or enslaved based on the status of who, the mother or father?
Who is the mother?
300
Who developed the blood bank?
Who is Dr. Charles Drew?
300
What is the name of the Black art and culture museum in Charlotte?
What is the Harvey B. Gantt Center of African-American Arts & Culture?
300
Who won four gold medals in track and field at the 1936 Olympic Games?
Who is Jesse Owens?
300
Who was the first Black American professional football player?
Who is Fritz Polland?
400
In 1708, what colony had a majority Black population?
Where is South Carolina?
400
Who was the first Black Miss America?
Who is Vanessa Williams?
400
What is the hairstyle that was used in African cultures to represent a person’s community, age, marital status, wealth, power, social position, and religion?
What are cornrows?
400
Who was the first Black NASCAR driver?
Who is Wendell Scott?
400
Who was the first Black tennis player at the U.S. Open?
Who is Althea Gibson?
500
What was the name of the formerly enslaved African that seized a Confederate ship and freed all of the Africans on board?
Who is Robert Smalls?
500
First Black person to be born in the 13 colonies.
Who was William Tucker?
500
Who was a painter that owned an underground gay bar that acted as a safe place for gay Caribbeans?
Pearl Alcock
500
What year did Jackie Robinson join the Brooklyn Dodgers?
When is 1947?
500
What is the name of the law established in Spanish-controlled Louisiana that required Black women to wrap their hair in a tignon headscarf?
What is the Tignon Law?