He became the first African American to break the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15, 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
100
From the mid-1950's to the late-70's, this movements encompassed social movement in the United States who's goals were to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
100
Ruled by the Supreme Court, this court case unanimously agreed that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
100
In 1887, Alexander Miles was awarded a patent for an automatically opening and closing door designed to move from floor to floor.
What is the first elevator?
100
After her refusal to give her seat to a White man, Rosa Parks arrest received national attention and started a bus boycott that help spark the Civil Rights Movement.
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
200
Known for his high success rate in arguing before the Supreme Court and for the victory in Brown v. Board of Education, he became the first African American within the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
200
In August of 1831, this slave rebellion was responsible for killing from 55 to 65 people making it the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the South.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
200
This amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
200
As an agricultural chemist, and prior to becoming the founder of Tuskegee University, he went on to find more than 300 uses for peanuts.
Who is George Washington Carver?
200
This city became a tragedy after the bombing during a church Sunday school that resulted in the death of 4 young African American girls.
What is Birmingham, Alabama?
300
As a political and urban activist, he along with Bobby Seale went on and co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966.
Who is Huey P. Newton?
300
Known as the "New Negro Movement", this movement spanned throughout the 1920's and fostered a new Black cultural identity.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
300
The laws were racial segregation local and state laws enacted after the Reconstruction Period in the South that mandated that African Americans were separate but equal.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
300
He is credited with inventing the original traffic light in 1868.
Who is John P. Knight?
300
As a cultural movement that allowed Blacks to express themselves through discrimination, oppression and hard-times, this is where the origins of Hip Hop were birthed.
What is Bronx, New York?
400
Known for his works, "The Souls of Black Folk" & "Black Reconstruction in America", he became one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.
Who is W. E. B. Du Bois?
400
Exodusters was a name given to African American who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in the late 19th century.
What is the Black Exodus?
400
In 1896, this court case sanctioned "separate but equal" segregation of the races.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
400
She stressed that her products were simply an attempt to help black women take proper care of their hair and promote its growth.
Who is Madam C. J. Walker?
400
Also known as home of the "A&T 4", this city was instrumental in sparking protests around the nation following a sit-in at a "whites-only" restaurant.
What is Greensboro, North Carolina?
500
He was known as an American religious leader who founded the Five-Percent Nation, a group that split from the Nation of Islam.
Who is Clarence 13X (or Clarence Edward Smith)?
500
Founded by W. E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, this movement was a call for opposition to racial segregation and the right to vote.
What is the Niagara Movement?
500
Signed by President Bush in 1991, this act strengthened existing civil rights laws and providing for damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1991?
500
After receiving his Masters in engineering from the University of Cal, he went on to create the first cellular phone.
Who is Henry T. Sampson?
500
Before its destruction and popularly known as America's "Black Wall Street", this city was home to over 600 businesses, 21 churches, 21 restaurants and 30 grocery stores.