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AUTHORS AND LITERATURE
WHO SAID THAT?
CELEBRITIES
ATHLETES
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In 1993, she was the first black person to win a Nobel Prize for Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
100
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you"
Who is Maya Angelou
100
Ranked #1 on People's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" list in 2003 after making the top ten seven times before.
Who is Hallie Berry?
100
The African American athlete won four Olympic gold medals in the 1936 Olympic Games
Who is Jesse Owens?
100
The activist who led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
200
Written in the early, 19th century, this narrative is one of the most influential works of literature to advocate the abolition of slavery.
What is Narrative of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass
200
Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.
Who is Coretta Scott King
200
The actress who won best supporting actress for Gone With The Wind, making her the first African American actress to win an Oscar.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
200
The first African American tennis player selected to the United States Davis Cup team
Who is Arthur Ashe?
200
The activist who was known as “the first female self-made millionaire in America
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
300
He created a new literary art form called jazz poetry.
Who is Langston Hughes?
300
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed
Who is Booker T. Washington
300
A famous African American actor with a stutter so bad from childhood he remained mute for almost eight years.
Who is James Earl Jones?
300
This African American basketball player was nick-named "Hammer"
Who is Hank Aaron?
300
The activist who was known as “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement”
Who is Rosa Parks?
400
This 1969 female autobiography was used to explore subjects such as identity, rape, racism, and literary.
What is I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings- Maya Angelou
400
Never be limited by other people's imaginations.
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison (the first African-American female astronaut)
400
Actor, film director, author, and diplomat who received the Presidential Medal of of Freedom in 2009 by former President Barack Obama.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
400
The professional basketball player who was the youngest to score 30,000 points in NBA
Who is LeBron James?
400
The first African American to earn a Doctorate from Harvard University. This activist was also a cofounder of the NAACP.
Who is W.E.B. Dubois?
500
Known for his social and political views, he published, The Souls of Black Folks in 1903.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
500
You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
Who is Malcolm X?
500
Actor with a pilot's license, veteran from the U.S. Air Force, and a keeper of bees.
Who is Morgan Freeman?
500
The African American athlete who earned varsity letters for playing Football, Basketball, Baseball, and track and field for UCLA from 1939-1941
Who is Jackie Robinson?
500
He led the largest and most effective slave rebellion in U.S. history in Southampton County Virginia.
Who was Nat Turner?