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An American politician from California who is the 45th and current mayor of the City and County of San Francisco. She formerly served as supervisor for District 5, and was president of the Board of Supervisors from 2015 to 2018.
Who is London Breed?
100
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999
Who is Nelson Mandela?
100
Raised in Oakland and Richmond and graduated from California State University Hayward, burst onto the scene in 2013 with his film "Fruitvale Station," which chronicled the final day in the life of Oakland resident Oscar Grant, who was shot to death by BART policeman Johannes Mehserle
Who is Ryan Coogler?
100
an American rapper, record producer based in Oakland, CA. He was instrumental in the emergence of Hyphy, a cultural movement in the Bay Area hip-hop scene that emerged in the early 00s.
Who is Mac Dre?
100
An American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. He broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15, 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
She became the first African-American congresswoman in 1968. Four years later, she became the first major-party black candidate to make a bid for the U.S. presidency.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
200
A Jamaican-born political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator. He was President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
200
Walked-on spot and eventually a scholarship on the University of San Francisco's basketball team, where he led the team to back-to-back national championships
11 NBA championships with the Boston Celtics and earning five MVP titles
Who is Bill Russell?
200
an American singer, songwriter and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and one of the greatest entertainers of all time. His contributions to music, dance, and fashion, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades.
Who is Michael Jackson?
200
an American football running back for the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft after playing college football at the University of California at Berkeley, where he became the school's second all-time career rusher.
Community Activist in Oakland
Who is Marshawn Lynch?
300
After 104 years, the Harvard Law Review, generally considered the most prestigious in the country, elected the first black president
The job is considered the highest student position at Harvard Law School
Who is Barack Obama?
300
The tenth Mansa, which translates to "sultan", "conqueror", or "emperor", of the wealthy West African Islamic Mali Empire
Richest man in the world - 400 billion dollars
Who is Mansa Musa?
300
She became implicated in the Marin County courthouse hostage situation in 1970, which resulted in the murder of a Marin County judge
She was charged and arrested for aggravated kidnapping and first degree murder in the incident
In the early 1980s, she was a professor women's and ethnic studies at San Francisco State University and is now a professor emerita at University of California Santa Cruz
Who is Angela Davis?
300
An American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre, one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. On June 30, 2015, Copeland became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in ABT's 75-year history.
Who is Misty Copeland?
300
An American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist. In March 1966, He refused to be inducted into the armed forces. He was systematically denied a boxing license in every state and stripped of his passport. He did not fight from March 1967 to October 1970—from ages 25 to almost 29.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
400
Co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966
He continued to pursue graduate studies, eventually earning a Ph.D. in social philosophy
The Black Panther Party's beliefs were greatly influenced by Malcolm X: "Therefore, the words on this page cannot convey the effect that Malcolm has had on the Black Panther Party, although, as far as I am concerned, the testament to his life work."
Who is Dr. Huey R. Newton?
400
Haitian Born
A Black pioneer, trader, and founder of the settlement that later became the city of Chicago in 1773.
Who is Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable?
400
Oakland Native
40-year political career started when he was elected and served on the Berkeley City Council from 1967-70
He served as Oakland's mayor until 2011
Who is Ron Dellums?
400
An American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983.
Has Acted in 10 of his own films.
Who is Spike Lee?
400
an American sprinter from Clarksville, Tennessee, who became a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.
She suffered from polio as a child and was told she would never walk. Wore Leg braces until she was 12.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
500
an American lawyer, serving as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
500
an American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. Used social commentary in his paintings as a "springboard to deeper truths about the individual", as well as attacks on power structures and systems of racism, while his poetics were acutely political and direct in their criticism of colonialism and support for class struggle. He died of a heroin overdose at his art studio at the age of 27
Who is Jean-Michel Basquiat?
500
-Over 32 years of workforce development and juvenile justice experience
-During her limited tenure with the organization she has tripled its capacity taking it from a $450K to $2.1M organization doubling the staff, bringing new donors in addition to the acquisition of a new community location in the Western Addition.
Who is Liz Jackson-Simpson?
500
She was an American-born French entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted France. During her early career she was renowned as a dancer, and was among the most celebrated performers to headline the revues of the Folies Bergère in Paris.
Who is Josephine Baker?
500
Had a contract with two different NBA teams in the late 1990s. The Charlotte Hornets in 1998, and the Toronto Raptors in 1999. He was also a rapper, actor, businessman, record executive, philanthropist.
Who is Master P?