This U.S. Supreme Court decision declared school segregation unconstitutional.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
100
She invented specialized hair products for African-American hair and became the first American woman to become a millionaire.
Who is Madame C.J. Walker
100
Name the rapper whose first album was titled All Hail the Queen.
Who is Queen Latifah
100
The letters "UNCF" stands for this.
What is United Negro College Fund
100
In 2001 he became the first African-American U.S. Secretary of State, he also was the first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Who is Colin L. Powell
200
This constitutional amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States in 1865.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment
200
He was the first African-American heavyweight champion and also patented the first wrench in 1922.
Who is Jack Johnson
200
This Michael Jackson album won eight Grammy Awards in 1983.
What is Thiller
200
He was the first African-American to be honored on a U.S. stamp, in 1940.
Who is Booker T. Washington
200
In 2008 he became the first black President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama
300
These men were the first African-American pilots in the U.S. armed forces. Beginning in 1941, select groups of extensively tested and rigorously trained African-Americans were trained at a flight institute in Alabama.
Who are The Tuskegee Airmen
300
Lewis Howard Latimer drafted drawings for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, while working at a patent law firm. He also patented an improved way to produce carbon filaments for these.
What are light bulbs
300
This female singer recorded more number one hits than anyone else in the 1990s.
Who is Mariah Carey
300
Debuting in 1965, this was Bill Cosby's first hit TV show.
What is I Spy
400
In the 1960s, this form of civil rights protest began with a long bus ride through the South. The riders challenged segregation in interstate bus travel.
What is The Freedom Rides.
400
This African-American musical form born out of the Blues, Ragtime, and marching bands originated in Louisiana during the turn of the 19th century.
What is Jazz
400
For his performance as Homer Smith in Lilies of the Field, this man was the first black actor ever to win an Academy Award for best actor.
Who is Sidney Poitier
500
Considered the greatest boxer of all time, he held the World Welterweight Title from 1946 to 1951 and was middleweight champion five times between 1951 and 1960. He's also the first boxer to win a divisional world championship five times.
Who is Walker Smith Jr.
500
These slave songs combined African rhythms with biblical scripture. Among the most popular are "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "Go Down River", and "Deep River".
What are Spirituals
500
This man is responsible for the creation of Black History Month which began as Negro History Week. The month of February was chosen in honor of Fredrick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, who were both born in that month.
Who is Carter Godwin Woodson
500
A politician and a U.N. diplomat, he was the first African-American to win the Nobel Peace prize in 1950 for mediating the Arab-Israeli truce.