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A Democrat from Georgia, she becomes the first woman to serve in the Senate.
Who is Rebecca Latimer
100
This person was the first African American to hold office as the President of the United States
Who is Barack Obama
100
On June 2, 2010, this person became a centenarian.
Who is Annie Lee Cooper
100
This person was Jamaican-American writer and poet
Who is Claude McKay
100
This person attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) for their Masters in Fine Art (MFA), in 1994.
Who is Kara Walker
200
After serving in the Senate, this person was appointed as the first president of Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Alcorn State University).
Who is Hiram Revels
200
She became the first African American woman elected to Congress in 1969
Who is Shirley Chisholm
200
This person was the third Chairmen of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (1963-1966)
Who is John Lewis
200
This author is best known for their 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston
200
This an American writer and cartoonist best known for writing and drawing The Boondocks, a Universal Press Syndicate comic strip about two young African American brothers
Who is Aaron McGruder
300
This person was Victoria Woodhull running mate, when she became the first woman presidential candidate in 1872.
Who is Frederick Douglass
300
Standing at 5’11,’’ 160-pound, this person was the first African American to represent the United States in an international sports competition.
Who is John Baxter Taylor
300
As an African-American Civil Rights Activist in the 1965 Selma Voting Rights Movement, this person is best known for punching Selma’s Sheriff, Jim Clark.
Who is Annie Lee Cooper
300
This person was as a personal assistant to the historian Carter G. Woodson at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.
Who is Langston Hughes
300
This person was given the name Lesane Parish Crooks at birth
Who is Tupac Shakur
400
Who filled a seat left vacant when Mississippi seceded from the United States?
Who is Hiram Revels
400
This person became the first major party African American candidate for President of the United States.
Who is Shirley Chisholm
400
This person was the initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride, which eventually led to the desegregation of inter-state transportation in the United States.
Who is James Farmer
400
Who said: "Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can anyone deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me."
Who is Zora Neale Hurston
400
This person is best known for their room-size tableaux of black cut-paper silhouettes and is currently on the faculty of the MFA program at Columbia University.
Who is Kara Walker
500
This person was appointed to fill a vacant seat and served for only 24 hours, the shortest term served in the Senate.
Who is Rebecca Latimer
500
After being cheated in a controversial 400-meter relay, in the London Olympics in 1908, this person went on to win the 1600-meter medley relay, later that day. With the win, this person became the first African American to win a gold medal at the Olympic games.
Who is John Baxter Taylor
500
This person is the only living "Big Six" leader of the American Civil Rights Movement
Who is John Lewis
500
Who said: “The night is beautiful, so the faces of my people. The stars are beautiful, so the eyes of my people. Beautiful, also, is the sun. Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people.”
Who is Langston Hughes
500
This person studied drama, ballet and dance at Baltimore School For The Arts. That's where this person met Jada Pinkett Smith.
Who is Tupac Shakur