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A film based on actual events that took place in 1971, a white southern high school is integrated with black students from a nearby school. Both schools are recognized for their football programs which are now unified. The black coach is chosen to be the head coach of the integrated team, leaving the previous white head coach with feelings of animosity at having to be an assistant under a black man.
What is "Remember the Titans"?
100
This person won the Noble Peace Prize in 2009 "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"
Who is Barack H. Obama
100
An American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist.
Who is Oprah Winfrey
100
An American former professional basketball player of the Lakers, Bigby franchise owner, Lansing Everett graduate, and majority owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Who is Earvin Johnson?
100
"I don't want a Black History Month." "Black History is American History."
Who is Morgan Freeman
200
The story of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in American Major League Baseball, focusing on the two years of his life after he entered the game in 1947.
What is "42"
200
The first African American golf champion to tour on the PGA.
Who is Tiger Woods
200
Served as Secretary of State under George W. Bush, and is a huge fan of Stanford athletics
Who is C. Rice
200
This amazing man is the self proclaimed, "greatest boxer of all time"; was originally named after his father Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
200
Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Who is Muhammad Ali
300
Academy Award for best actress in 2001, for her role in Monster's Ball
Who is Halle Berry
300
The first African-American actor and comedian to have his own Network Television show.
Who is Bill Cosby?
300
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, she refused to obey the bus driver's orders that she give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled.
Who is Rosa Parks?
300
Two All-American professional tennis players, who have both been ranked as No. 1 in the country.
Who are the Williams Sisters (Venus and Serena Williams)?
300
"Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave." "I rise, I rise, and I rise."
Who is Maya Angelou
400
Was the First Black Actor to win an Oscar?
Who is Denzel Washington
400
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
400
She was the first African American woman to win an Olympic medal in individual gymnastics.
Who is Dominique Dawes?
400
An American former professional boxer from Michigan, generally considered among the greatest heavyweights in the sport's history.
Who is Joe Louis?
400
"If the Negro doesn't succeed in today's America, it is because he has chosen to fail."
Who is Jesse Owens
500
What instrument did the jazz artist, Louis Armstrong mostly play?
What is the trumpet
500
In November of 1923, Garrett Morgan created this to stop automobile confusion at intersections
What is the traffic signal
500
First African American woman to win Miss America in 1984, representing New York, and is now an award winning actress.
Who is Vanessa Williams
500
Totally irritating Adolf Hitler, he was a track & field gold medalist in the 1936 Summer Olympic
Who is Jesse Owens?
500
"I never ran my train off the track and never lost a passenger."
Who is Harriet Tubman