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100

This woman's brave actions on a bus led the Montgomery Bus Boycott during segregation.

Rosa Parks

100

The 44th President of the United States, the first Black president in the history of the US.

Barack Obama

100

Broke baseball's color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Jackie Robinson

100

American singer, songwriter, dancer, who is also known as the "King of Pop." Hits include “Beat It” and “Thriller.”

Michael Jackson

100

Which black hairstyle did slaves use to find their way to freedom

Cornrows 

200

After escaping slavery, this woman made 13 missions that was called The Underground Railroad to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends.

Harriet Tubman

200

An agricultural scientist and inventor who developed over 300 products using peanuts

George Washington Carver

200

Super star basketball player who has one of the world’s most recognizable shoes brands.

Michael Jordan

200

First Black Woman to top Billboard Country Music Chart but has a long list of massive hits like “Crazy in Love."

Beyonce

200

Black hair entrepreneur who invented the hot comb. Also the first female self-made millionaire

Madam C.J. Walker

300

She was the first African American first lady.

Michelle Obama

300

A formerly enslaved man who became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which helped end slavery.

Frederick Douglass

300

Competed in 10 NBA Finals (with eight consecutive appearances from 2011 to 2018), winning four NBA championships.

LeBron James

300

Rapper from Bed-Stuy with albums like The Blueprint, The Black Album, and 4:44. 

Jay-Z

300

This man won 4 gold medals in the Olympics in 1936. He did so in Berlin Germany while Hitler watched.

Jesse Owens

400

1960s civil rights advocate for African-American equality who was married to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Coretta Scott King

400

Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at this march in 1963

March on Washington

400

Held the MLB home run record (714) for 33 years, before Barry Bonds passed it in 2007.

Hank Aaron

400

Known in part for her massive collaborations, including “Empire State of Mind.”

Alicia Keys

400

The NAACP was founded in 1909 and won a lot of the freedoms Black people enjoy today. What does NAACP stand for?

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

500

The first African American child to attend a whites-only school in Louisiana.

Ruby Bridges

500

The winning lawyer of the famous case Brown v. Board of Education, in which segregated schools were declared unconstitutional.

Thurgood Marshall

500

One of the greatest tennis players of all time, she played alongside her sister Venus for many years.

Serena Williams

500

Jamaican reggae singer, guitarist, and songwriter, who is considered a global symbol of Jamaican music and culture.

Bob Marley

500

What is the name of the first Black Greek fraternity for college students?

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

600
She founded a university called Bethune-Cookman University in 1904. She was also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Mary McLeod Bethune

600

His original name was Malcolm Little. When he died, he had changed his name to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. Most of the world knows him as....

Malcolm X

600

She is the only African-American woman in the US to be a figure skating champion

Debi Thomas

600

Referred to as the "Queen of Soul", has hits including "R-E-S-P-E-C-T."

Aretha Franklin

600

This is what HBCU stands for


Historically Black Colleges and Universities

700

Born into slavery in New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case.

Sojourner Trouth

700

This man is the founder of Negro History Week which became Black History Month

Carter G Woodson

700

Boxer whose real name at birth was Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., but he he changed his name.

Muhammad Ali

700

Seen as one of the biggest pop singers in history, the New Jersey-born star had hits including “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” and "I Will Always Love You."

Whitney Houston

700

The term for when people had separate schools, seats on the bus, and entrances to buildings based on color of their skin.


Segregation

800

 In 1968, she became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress.

Shirley Chisholm

800

This man was the founder of the Black college, Tuskegee Unviersity

Booker T Washington

800

The first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games.

Wilma Rudolph

800

Opened in 1934, in Harlem, it is a place where many Black American musicians and singers perform

Apollo Theatre

800

Popular actress known for a massive list of movies like “The Help,” “The Woman King.”

Viola Davis