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This person is the African American who was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who is Barack Obama
100
Jackie Robinson played this sport
What is Baseball
100
Generally this person is considered the mother of the civil rights movement as she refused to move from her bus seat.
Who is Rosa Parks
100
This person invented the gas mask and the traffic stop light
Who is Garrett Morgan
100
Who is this?
Who is Oprah Winfrey
200
This person was the first African American woman astronaut who served as Mission Specialist aboard the NASA space shuttle "Endeavor" in 1992
Who is Mae Jemison
200
Michael Jordan played this sport
What is Basketball
200
What does "HBCU" stand for?
What is Historically Black College & Universities
200
This first African American female millionaire created beauty products
Who is Madame C.J. Walker
200
Who is this?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
300
This person 1st African American to have a postage stamp
Who is Booker T. Washington
300
The sport that Venus and Serena Williams play
What is Tennis
300
This person escaped slavery in Maryland in 1849 to become the conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman
300
This person discovered 400 uses for peanuts including inventing peanut butter
Who is George Washington Carver
300
Who is this?
Who is Elmo and his puppeteer Kevin Clash. The first black puppeteer on Sesame Street.
400
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
400
This female was the first female gymnast to win gold medal.
Who is Dominque Dawes
400
This former slave and noted abolitionist edited and published The North Star, an abolitionist newspaper?
Who is Frederick Douglas
400
This agricultural machine, invented in 1794, increased the need for slave labor in the South.
What is the cotton gin?
400
This country shocked the world when they entered the Olympics as the first all black bob sledding team.
What is Jamaica
500
1st African American to win a Nobel prize for literature. She is the author of Sula, Bluest Eye, and Their Eyes Were Watching God
Who is Toni Morrison
500
This boxer is a 3 times heavyweight champion and Olympic Gold medalist known for this quote "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
Who is Muhammad Ali
500
This is the Black National anthem song. (play clip)
What is Lift Every Voice & Sing
500
This is the first Black owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange
What is BET Black Entertainment Television
500
***Daily Double*** The Super Soaker water gun was invented by this NASA aerospace engineer.
Who is Lonnie Johnson