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Her arrest for refusing to give up her seat launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who was Rosa Parks
100
On February, 1943, Louis C. Etheridge, Jr. and an all African-American gun crew on board this Coast Guard Cutter (the name of which matches a soup company) played a key role in sinking the German submarine U-606. Etheridge was later awarded a Bronze Star and a Letter of Commendation from the Commandant for his heroic actions.
What is USCGC CAMPBELL
100
What was the informal system that helped slaves escape to the North during the mid-1800s?
What was the Underground Railroad?
100
George Washington Carver is famously known for discovering over 300 different uses for the peanut, but he also discovered over 100 different uses for this other plant. (Hint: It is a favorite dish during the Holidays)
What is a Sweet Potato
100
This player made history in 1947 when he broke baseball’s color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He won the National League Rookie of the Year award his first season and helped the Dodgers to the National League championship.
Who was Jackie Robinson
200
The location of the first “sit-in” at a segregated lunch counter
Where is Greensboro, NC
200
Bobby C. Wilks became the first African American Coast Guard aviator in 1957 (Coast Guard Aviator No. 735). He later became the first African American to reach this officer rank and the first to command a Coast Guard air station.
What is a Captain (O-6)
200
Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award when she won Best Supporting Actress in this 1939 film with Clark Gable as Rhett Butler and Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara.
What is “Gone With the Wind”
200
Later changing her name to “Madam” C.J. Walker, she founded her own business and began selling Madam Walker’s Wonderful Hair Grower, a scalp conditioning and healing formula but she was born with this name.
Who is Sarah Breedlove
200
Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton signed a professional contract in the summer of 1950, becoming the first African American signee to this NBA team. (Hint: Think Orange and Blue)
Who are the Knicks
300
The Supreme Court decision in 1954 that decreed that public schools should be integrated
What is Brown v. Board of Education (of Topeka)
300
He was the only African American to have a command or commission in any of the Coast Guard’s predecessor services, commanded the cutter Bear from 1887 to 1895, and retired as the third highest-ranking officer from the Revenue Cutter Service. He served as deputy U.S. Marshal and represented federal law in Alaska for many years.
Who was Captain Michael A. Healy
300
The first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State
Who is Colin Powell
300
This noted African American inventor was issued more than 57 patents for his inventions during his lifetime. His best known invention was a cup that fed lubricating oil to machine bearings through a small bore tube that many other manufacturers tried to mimickbut did so with less reliability. Railroad engineers looking to avoid the knock-offs would ask for “The Real McCoy.”
Who was Elijah McCoy
300
Left homeless as a teenager, this football player was a first round pick for the Baltimore Ravens in the 2009 NFL Draft and is now heading to this year’s Superbowl with the Carolina Panthers.
Who is Michael Oher
400
Between 1938 and 1961, he presented more than 30 civil rights cases before the Supreme Court and won 29 of them. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1967.
Who was Thurgood Marshall
400
He was appointed Keeper of Pea Island Life-Saving Station on January 24, 1880, and became the first African American keeper in the Service and the first African-American to command a major U.S. Government installation. The second Fast Response Cutter is named in his honor.
Who was Captain Richard Etheridge
400
The first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp
Who is Booker T. Washington
400
This was the year that famous African-American inventor Marie Van Brittan Brown and her partner applied for an invention patent for a closed-circuit television security system, the same year that Ronald Regan became Governor of California, the Gemini 10 space mission launched successfully, and the U. S. has nearly 500,000 troops in Vietnam.
When was 1966
400
An American tennis player and professional golfer, Althea Gibson was the first person of color to win a Grand Slam title (French Open) in this year, the same year that the NASA is formed, Elvis is inducted into the U. S. Army, and the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that the threat of mob violence is not enough to delay school integration.
When was 1958
500
This group of students is famous for challenging school segregation in the deep south
Who are the Little Rock Nine
500
The year the Treasury Department ruled that the Coast Guard (or one of the predecessor services) may employ free persons of color on board cutters as part of the crew.
1831
500
What was Black History Month originally called?
What is Negro History Week
500
In 1853 George Crum invented this salty snack favorite, arguably one of the greatest snacks of all time, after a restaurant guest complained that the French fries were too thick.
What is the potato chip
500
Known for his famous quote “Float like a butterfly, Swing like a bee” this African American boxer became a Golden Gloves Champion in 1959 and earned the Amateur Athletic Union’s national title in the light-heavyweight division.
Who is Muhammad Ali