African-American painter, well known for his unique style of elongation and movement. He was also a professional football player, actor and author.
Who is Ernie Barnes
100
"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. "
Who is Alice Walker
100
The device known as the cellular phone was invented by which black inventor?
Who is Henry T. Sampson
100
The Great Migration increased the black population from under 6,000 to 120,000 in this famous motor city.
What is Detroit
100
In 1960, she became the first American woman to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
Who is Wilma Rudolph
200
African-American artist who rose to fame for her use of large paper silhouettes to explore social issues surrounding gender, race and black history.
Who is Kara Walker
200
"I was late once and it cost me $50,000. I figure it was cheaper to wear two watches."
Who is Chris Gardner
200
Hair lotion, perm, straightening comb
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
200
This city is a major port that was home to a light-skinned group of blacks called Creoles and Hurricane Katrina
What is New Orleans
200
Heisman Trophy, Walter Camp Award, Manning Award, AP Player of the Year, Sporting News Player of the Year all in the year of 2013
Who is Jameis Winston
300
Known for producing narrative collections like the Migration Series and War Series, he brought the African-American experience to life using blacks and browns juxtaposed with vivid colors. He also taught, and spent 15 years as a professor at the University of Washington.
Who is Jacob Lawrence
300
Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.
Who is Arthur Ashe
300
In October of 1914 and November of 1923, Garrett Morgan created these two things - one to keep out fumes and the other to stop accidents.
What are the traffic signal and gas mask
300
This place was a major stop for runaway slaves, attracted a large number of blacks after the Civil War
What is Washington D.C.
300
Courageously broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 - a time when segregation was the social norm in America
Who is Jackie Robinson
400
most famous African-American artist of all time. became friends with pop artist Andy Warhol and the two made a number of collaborative works.
Who is Jean-Basquait
400
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly."
Who is Langston Hughes
400
(1949–) invented the world-famous water-gun, the Supersoaker.
Who is Lonnie G. Johnson
400
In the late 1800's, half of this city's population were made up of blacks and became a major presence after the Civil War
What is Atlanta
400
He was the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy in 1985 and MVP of baseball in the All-Star Game in 1989
Who is Bo Jackson
500
A group of 26 African American landscape artists in Florida. Self-taught and self-mentoring, they created a body of work of over 200,000 paintings, despite facing many racial and cultural barriers.
Who are The Highwaymen
500
"Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated."
Who is Coretta Scott King
500
Peanut butter
Who is George W. Carver
500
In 1963 this city became a tragic chapter in the civil rights movement when four young black girls attending Sunday school were killed in a bomb explosion at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
What is Birmingham, AL
500
She won gold medals in both the individual all-around and team competitions