America’s first self-made female millionaire. Died a famous millionaire and is today considered to be one of the founders of the African American hair-care and cosmetics industry.
Who is Madame C.J. Walker ?
100
This case , one of the first to go through, ended segregation in schools .
What is Brown Vs. Board Of Education Of Topeka ?
100
Hip Hop has it own styles of dancing , this one is commonly utilizes Adidas Track Suits and Cardboard boxes on the floor .
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BREAK DANCING
100
He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using the tactics of nonviolence and civil disobedience. He wrote his most famous speech and has a day dedicated to him on the third Monday of January.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr. ?
100
A network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States and used by African-American slaves to escape into free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies
What is the Underground Railroad ?
200
Inventor of a form of peanut butter: developed approximately 300 products made from peanuts. He experimented with medicines made from peanuts, which included antiseptics, and laxatives .
Who is George Washington Carver ?
200
This act made it illegal to require people to take test before voting, giving everyone the opportunity to vote .
What is Voting Rights Act ?
200
American black English regarded as a language in its own right rather than as a dialect of standard English.
blend of ebony and phonics
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EBONICS
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The United States Congress called her "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".
After she refused to obey bus driver's order to give up her seat in the "colored section" to a white passenger, after the whites-only section was filled.
Who is Rosa Parks ?
200
Early period of Egypt, during the Old Kingdom, Egypt was referred to as this, which means the Black land.
What is Kemet ?
300
American professional baseball second baseman who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
300
This case ruled that marriage between people of different races cannot be made illegal .
What is Loving Vs. Virginia ?
300
The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
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CIVIL RIGHTS
300
This leader dropped his last name, which his ancestors inherited from a slave owner and replaced it with this letter?
He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.
Who is Malcolm X ?
300
A New York City night club located first in the Harlem neighborhood and then for a brief period in the midtown Theater District. The club operated most notably during America's Prohibition Era. The club was a whites-only establishment even though it featured many of the most popular black entertainers of the era
What is the Cotton Club?
400
A quarterback for the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers from 2011 to 2016, became known for protesting injustice by refusing to stand for the national anthem.
Who is Colin Kaepernick ?
400
This act made it illegal for landlords to deny people housing based on their race, nationality, or religion.
What is Fair Housing Act ?
400
The unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice.
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DISCRIMINATION
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This Black Panther was placed on the FBI's Most Wanted List and indicted for three bank robberies, the kidnapping and murder of two drug dealers and the attempted murder of policemen on January 23, 1973. Her son is told to be the most influential artist of the 90's
Who is Assata Shakur?
400
A small settlement of mostly African American landowners in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, founded in 1825 by free black people – the first such community in the city.
It existed until 1857, when it was torn down for the construction of Central Park.
What is Seneca Village?
500
Creator of eyeliner and eyeshadow ; art of wearing makeup was invented approximately 12,000 years ago ; believed gave them the protection of the gods Horus and Ra.
Who Are The Ancient Egyptians ?
500
This part of The Civil Rights Act says it illegal to hire or fire people based on their races, gender, or religious beliefs.
What is Civil Rights Acts ?
500
Having the same conditions and opportunities as everyone else
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What is EQUALITY ?
500
Won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, embarrassing German dictator Adolf Hitler.
Who is Jesse Owens?
500
This large neighborhood within the northern section of the New York City borough of Manhattan was at first an exclusive suburb of white citizens but by the late 19th century started turning into an African American neighborhood.