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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 20 th 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