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Broke Babe Ruth's home run record when he hit his 715th home run in 1974
Who is Henry "Hank" Aaron
100
Before lawyer Johnnie Cochran achieved nationwide fame for his role in the O.J. Simpson trial, this actor interviewed Cochran as part of his research for the award-winning film Philadelphia
Who is Denzel Washington
100
An African–American musical form born out of the Blues, Ragtime, and marching bands originated in Louisiana during the turn of the 19th century
What is Jazz
100
The first African-American fraternity
What is Alpha Phi Alpha
100
Inventor of the traffic signal, also became the first African-American to own a car in Cleveland, Ohio
Who is Garrett Morgan
200
The first African-American to win the U.S. Open (1968);
Who is Arthur Ashe
200
In 2006, this celebrated singer, songwriter and actress, was named the most awarded female artist of all time by the Guinness World Records
Who is Whitney Houston
200
The first African-American controlled company to sell shares on the New York Stock Exchange
What is BET
200
For a time during his youth, this future politician referred to himself as "Barry"
Who is President Barack Obama
200
She invented a method for straightening African-Americans' hair
Who is Madame C.J. Walker
300
The first African-American heavyweight champion
Who is Jack Johnson
300
The name given to the all-black regiments of the U.S. Army started in 1866
What is Buffalo Soldiers
300
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This secretary of state entered college at the age of 15, and was an assistant professor at Stanford by age 26.
Who is Condoleezza Rice
300
African American physician and surgeon who developed efficient ways to process and store large quantities of blood plasma in “blood banks”
Who is Charles Drew
400
The first African-American to win an Olympic Gold Medal
Who is John Baxter Taylor
400
This Supreme Court Justice was a classmate of Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes during their studies at Lincoln University
Who is Thurgood Marshall
400
Since 1997, this actor has been deeply involved in politics as the Bahamian ambassador to Japan
Who is Sidney Poitier
400
In 1938, this First Lady challenged the segregation rules at the Southern Conference on Human Welfare in Birmingham, Alabama, so she could sit next to African-American educator Mary McLeod Bethune, whom she referred to as "her closest friend in her age group"
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt
400
John Love invented this device in 1897. This invention is located in most classrooms
What is the pencil sharpener
500
Was the first American woman to win three gold medals at the Olympics (1960)
Who is Wilma Rudolph
500
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on this friend's birthday (April 4th, 1968). This famous poet and author stopped celebrating her birthday for many years afterward, and sent flowers to King's widow every year until Mrs. King's death in 2006
Who is Maya Angelou
500
This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist in the history of the awards with 76 nominations and 26 awards
Who is Quincy Jones
500
This politician and educator survived three assassination attempts during her campaign for the 1972 U.S. presidential election
Who is Shirley Chisholm
500
Jan Ernst Matzeliger invented this device, which connected the upper part of the shoe to the sole, a painstaking process that was usually done by hand. This invention revolutionized the shoe making industry
What is the Shoe Lasting machine