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Famous for her work as part of the underground railroad, this abolotionist has a memorial garden in Cambridge Maryland
Who is Harriet Tubman?
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This Lakers player won six NBA Most Valuable Player awards.
Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
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This basketball player lead the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships.
Who is Michael Jordan?
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Known as the King of Pop, this artist had 13 number one hits
Who is Michael Jackson?
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The first African American to play in the MLB.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
100
This gymnast became the most decorated American gymnast in history, with 32 Olympic and World Championship medals. Who is she?
Who is Simone Biles?
200
Famous for his foul mouth, this actor has been in over 150 films
Who is Samuel L. Jackson?
200
She revolutionized jazz with her three-octave vocal range and mastery of scat singing
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
200
This trumpet player pioneered movements in jazz such as cool jazz and modal jazz
Who is Miles Davis?
200
This Black director made the 2018 superhero film Black Panther.
Who is Ryan Coogler?
200
This boxer refused the Vietnam War draft and later regained his heavyweight title.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
200
This "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" made history as the first person nominated for both acting and songwriting Oscars in the same year for Mudbound. She also played the ruthless Monet Tejada on Power Book II: Ghost.
Who is Mary J. Blige? 🎤👑
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This scat singer was known as the human horn
Who is Shooby Taylor?
300
The Black American mathematician and NASA scientist portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures” for her pivotal role in the early days of the U.S. space program
Who is Katherine Johnson?
300
He won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany.
Who is Jesse Owens?
300
This Nobel Prize winning author wrote Beloved and The Bluest Eye
Who is Toni Morrison?
300
The Father of Black History
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
300
This man, named for a founding father, was the inventory of peanut butter
Who is George Washington Carver?
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His autobiography was titled "By Any Means Necessary"
Who is Malcolm X?
400
First African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
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This director is known for films like Get Out, Us, and Nope.
Who is Jordan Peele?
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This Black woman became the youngest person to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Who is Lauryn Hill?
400
First Black photographer on the staff of Life magazine
Who is Gordon Parks?
400
✈️ This group of Black pilots became legendary for their success in World War II, escorting bombers with remarkable skill. Known as the "Red Tails" because of the distinctive markings on their aircraft, they proved instrumental in breaking racial barriers in the U.S. military.
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
500
The first Black woman elected to Congress
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
500
This cultural movement influenced art, music, and literature during the 1920s in New York City.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
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The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
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Elected in Mississippi 1870, this man was the first Black member of the senate
Hiram Revels
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This actor, director, and producer is also a Pentecostal minister
Who is Denzel Washington?
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This abolitionist and activist, who delivered his famous 1857 speech declaring, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress,” made Rochester, NY, his home for over 25 years and published The North Star newspaper there.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
