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Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit as well as the first African American to win the Masters golf tournament: in 1997.
Who is Tiger Woods
100
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
A traumatic experience for the slaves, this voyage to the Americas, was one in which they were taken from their homes, branded, confined, and shackled. They faced not only the dangers of poor hygiene, dysentery, disease, and bad treatment, but also the fear of being eaten or worse by the Europeans.
What is the Middle Passage.
100
Double Jeopardy !!!!
An African American woman from Alabama. In 1955, at the age of 15, she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white person, in violation of local law. Her arrest preceded civil rights activist Rosa Parks' (on December 1, 1955) by nine months.
100
As an ESSENCE Magazine’s Black Women in Hollywood honoree, she is the first African-American woman to create and executive-produce a top 10 primetime television series.
Who is Shonda Rhimes
200
Who was the first African American ever appointed to the United States Supreme Court. He was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, and served on the Supreme Court from 1967 to 1991.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
200
Who became the first African American woman to go into space aboard the space shuttle Endeavor? Hint: During her 8-day mission she worked with U.S. and Japanese researchers, and was a co-investigator on a bone cell experiment.
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison
200
Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
200
Founded Feb. 12. 1909, it is the nation’s oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization.
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
200
With a total of 22 awards and 62 nominations from the Grammy Awards for her music (as a solo artist and with group), she is the most nominated woman and the second most-awarded woman in Grammy history.
Who is Beyoncé Knowles
300
An American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was the first African American to serve as president, as well as the first born outside the contiguous United States.
Who is Barack Obama
300
An American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist, she published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. Hint: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Who is Maya Angelou
300
What Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal" AND what was the Supreme Court Case that later proved separate is not equal?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson & Brown v. Board of Education
300
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X
300
A television host & media mogul – in television, radio, film, and print – and philanthropist. Forbes magazine included her in its 2003 list of America’s billionaires, the first African American woman to become one.
Who is Oprah Winfey
400
Double Jeopardy !!!
Who is the first African-American male to be named secretary of state in 2001 and the who is the first African-American female to be named secretary of state in 2005? *Must Guess Both
400
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
400
In 2004, he borrowed from Jesse Jackson’s playbook of 1984 and 1988, when he ran unsuccessfully as a Democratic for president. Has been outspoken on the issue of police brutality, and in 2008 led a series of protests in New York City in response to the acquittal of officers in the police shooting death of Sean Bell.
Who is Rev. Al Sharpton
400
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
400
She holds the most major titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles combined amongst active tennis players. Her record of 39 major titles puts her third on the all-time list and second in the open era: 23 in singles, 14 in women's doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles. She is the most recent female player to have held all four major singles titles simultaneously (2002–03 and 2014–15) and the third player to achieve this record twice.
Who is Serena Williams
500
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison?
500
She built the Daytona Literacy and Industrial School for Training Negro Girls in Florida and after merging with an all-boys school, it became a HBCU in her name. Later, she went on to found the National Council of Negro Women and worked with FDR on minority issues and youth policies.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune ?
500
Roughly how many slaves were freed with the Emancipation proclamation? Hint: According to 1860 Census *All teams will provide a guess, closest answer will get the W
Total Slave Population in 1860 = 3,953,760
500
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing
500
She made history when she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in role as "Patsey" in the film 12 Years A Slave. The star was the first Kenyan and Mexican actress to ever win the award.
Who is Lupita Nyong’o