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Legally Black
100
What's a PB&J without peanut butter?!? This man created over 300 ways to use peanuts.
Who is Dr. George Washington Carver?
100
He was the first Black player to be inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame
Who is Jackie Robinson?
100
What year was the first African-American president elected?
What is 2008?
100
Who is Blue Ivy Carter?
100
Finish this chorus, 'I'm out of time, she's at the door, I gotta go for mine, I think I'll say...'
What is: Yo, I don't know ya name but excuse me miss, I saw you from across the room. And I gotta admit that you got my attention. You're making me wanna say yo.
100
The first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
200
This African American constructed the wooden clock.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
200
This athlete made his mark on the world by winning a gold medal in the 1960 Olympics, winning the heavyweight title, and converting to Islam and changing his name.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
200
He was the first African American to receive a PhD from Harvard University.
Who is Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois?
200
Fictitious African country set in the Marvel movie, Black Panther.
What is Wakanda?
200
This is the name of 50 cent's debut album.
What is Get Rich or Die Tryin?
200
This local judge was a part of the first class of African Americans to be admitted and enrolled at UA's Law School.
Who is Judge John England Jr.?
300
If you have guests spending the night at your place you may want to thank this man for creating then folding bed.
Who is Leonard Bailey?
300
This professional baseball player finished his career with 755 homeruns, the highest total in Major League history.
Who is Hank Aaron?
300
The first African American licensed to practice law and to hold a judicial position in the United States.
Who is Macon Bolling Allen?
300
This black comedian holds the record for the longest run on Saturday Night Live.
Who is Kenan Thompson?
300
This West Coast rapper was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame in 2017
Who is Tupac?
300
Professor James Forman Jr. recently came to UA to speak with the students and was gracious enough to host an intimate breakfast and conversation with BLSA. His book _______ won him the Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction.
What "Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America"?
400
This African-American was the first black physician to receive a patent for a medical invention. This medical invention is the Laserphaco probe used for cataract surgery
Who is Patricia Bath?
400
NBA superstar Shaquille O'neal began his career with this team
What is the Orlando Magic?
400
This organization was spurred by violence in the early 20th century. Some of their famous events include the Niagara movement, the Anti-lynching campaign, and Brown vs. Board of education.
What is the NAACP?
400
U.S. Representative Maxine Waters coined this catchphrase in 2017 that went viral on black twitter.
What is "reclaiming my time?"
400
This rapper's government name is Symere Woods
Who is Lil Uzi Vert?
400
Bryan Stevenson is most known for his work in founding the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, AL. Recently his book "Just Mercy" was adapted into film starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx. _____ was the name of the recently exonerated client that Stevenson helped get off death row and prove his innocence.
Who is Walter McMillian?
500
Green means go! This man created the traffic light.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
500
Move over Jackie. This African-American was actually the first to play a professional sport.
Who is Fleetwood Walker? (6 decades prior to Jackie Robinson)
500
Dr. Maulana Karenga created this cultural observance designed to celebrate African-American heritage.
What is Kwanza?
500
Rapper from Compton, CA who started his career under the stage name, K-Dot.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
500
The real name of the artist formerly known as Prince.
Who Prince Rogers Nelson?
500
On May 24, 2016, as Attorney General, this woman announced that the Justice Department would seek the death penalty for Dylan Roof for the Charleston bombing.
Who is Loretta Lynch?
600
Hold your ear! This African American female became one of the first black millionaires after she invented what is known as the hot comb.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
600
The first African-American football player to win the Heisman Trophy, nicknamed "Elmira Express."
Who is Ernie Davis?
600
This doctor was the first to separate twins that were originally attached at the head
Who is Ben Carson?
600
Jerome's in the house! Although he resides in Detroit, Michigan this character from Martin claims to be from this mountain range.
What is the Himalayas?
600
Before she was Mrs. Carter and even before she was part of Destiny's Child, Beyonce was a part of this all female group.
What is Girls Tyme?
600
This former clerk for Justice Thurgood Marshall became the first African-American woman elected to the New York State Senate in 1964. In 1966 she became the first African American woman to be named as a Federal Court Judge.
Who is Constance Baker Motley?
700
This African American invented refrigerated trucks.
Who is Fredrick McKinley Jones?
700
This NBA player scored 81 points against the Toronto Rapters in 2006
Who is Kobe Bryant?
700
This female was the first African-American presidential candidate for a major party's nomination (Democrats). During her run for presidency she received dozens of death threats and multiple assassination attempts.
Who is Shirley Chisholm (1972)?
700
Actress Gabrielle Union starred in this 2003 film with rapper/actor LL Cool J.
What is Deliver Us from Eva?
700
This legendary Memphis rap group won an academy award for best original song in 2006.
Who is Three 6 Mafia?
700
This UA Law alum is currently Judge for the State of Alabama Tenth Judicial Circuit- Criminal Division. In March 2016 she ruled that Alabama's capital sentencing scheme violated the United States Constitution.
Who is Judge Tracey Todd?
800
This African-American created the carbon light bulb filament
Who is Lewis Latimer?
800
This athlete was the first African-American to play in the NHL
Who is Willie O'Ree?
800
A museum that seeks to understand American history through the lens of the African American experience. This is the newest Smithsonian museum that opened in 2016.
What is the National Museum of African American History and Culture?
800
This African American hairstyle is one that has been around for years but the culture vulture Kardashian family really tried it when they rename them as "boxer braids" in an attempt to start a new trend.
What is cornrows?
800
This song is the official African American national anthem.
What is Lift Every Voice and Sing?
800
In 1976 this woman became the first African-American woman to deliver a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. In 1994, Clinton awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom and The NAACP presented her with the Spingarn Medal.
Who is Barbara Jordan?