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1-100 q
The inventor of the traffic light and
the gas mask.
1-100 a
Garrett Morgan
2-100 q
He developed over one hundred
forty uses for the peanut
2-100 a
Dr. George W. Carver
3-100 q
She started a college for girls in
Florida with only $1.50.
3-100 a
Mary McLeod Bethune
4-100 q
The first African American to get
her poetry published.
4-100 a
Phillis Wheatley
5-100 q
The Greatest Defensive Center in
the history of basketball. He
played for the Boston Celtics.
5-100 a
Bill Russell
6-100 q
The First African American Male to
win an Academy Award.
6-100 a
Sidney Poitier
1-200 q
Invented a method to smooth and
soften African American hair. The
first black female millionaire.
1-200 a
Madame C. J. Walker
2-200 q
First to develop a blood bank.
2-200 a
Dr. Charles Drew
3-200 q
Has a Doctorate degree in
Education and appeared on the
TV show his name was Dr.
Huxtable.
3-200 a
Dr. William Cosby
4-200 q
She read poetry at the inauguration
of President Bill Clinton.
4-200 a
Maya Angelou
5-200 q
The First African American NFL
coach to win the Super Bowl.
5-200 a
Tony Dungy
6-200 q
Called the “poet laureate of soul
music”. A singer , songwriter,
producer.
6-200 a
Smokey Robinson
1-300 q
Invented the ironing board.
1-300 a
Sarah Boone
2-300 q
She was the first black woman in
space.
2-300 a
Mae Jemison
3-300 q
The first black president of a
college in the United States.
3-300 a
Daniel Payne
4-300 q
The first female African American
to receive the Nobel Prize in
Literature.
4-300 a
Toni Morrison
5-300 q
The first woman to repeat as
Olympic heptathlon champion.
5-300 a
Jackie Joyner Kersee
6-300 q
The first African American female
to win an Academy Award
6-300 a
Hattie McDaniel
1-400 q
Invented a lubricant for steam
engines, known as the “Real”
1-400 a
McCoy
Elijah McCoy
2-400 q
The first black woman U. S.
Surgeon General.
2-400 a
Jocelyn Elders
3-400 q
First African American to appear on
a postage stamp.
3-400 a
Booker T. Washington
4-400 q
One of America’s most original
writers, was a central figure in the
Harlem Renaissance of the
1920’s and 1930’s.
4-400 a
Zora Neale Hurston
5-400 q
Hits 715 home run, breaking Babe
Ruth’s record.
5-400 a
Hank Aaron
6-400 q
Known as “Satchmo”. The greatest
jazz trumpeter of the 20th century.
6-400 a
Louis Armstrong
1-500 q
The inventor of first Farmer’s
Almanac
1-500 a
Benjamin Banneker
2-500 q
Heart Surgery Pioneer
2-500 a
Daniel Hale Williams
3-500 q
Supporter,Spiritual and Emotional
mentor to Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.
3-500 a
Benjamin Mayes
4-500 q
He published his first poem, “The
Negro Speak of Rivers” at the age
of 19 years old
4-500 a
Langston Hughes
5-500 q
The First black person to win at
Wimbledon.
5-500 a
Althea Gibson
6-500 q
The first black woman television
host.
6-500 a
Oprah Winfrey