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2. 1-100 q The inventor of the traffic light and the gas mask.

3. 1-100 a Garrett Morgan

4. 2-100 q He developed over one hundred forty uses for the peanut

5. 2-100 a Dr. George W. Carver

6. 3-100 q She started a college for girls in Florida with only $1.50.

7. 3-100 a Mary McLeod Bethune

8. 4-100 q The first African American to get her poetry published.

9. 4-100 a Phillis Wheatley

10. 5-100 q The Greatest Defensive Center in the history of basketball. He played for the Boston Celtics.

11. 5-100 a Bill Russell

12. 6-100 q The First African American Male to win an Academy Award.

13. 6-100 a Sidney Poitier

14. 1-200 q Invented a method to smooth and soften African American hair. The first black female millionaire.

15. 1-200 a Madame C. J. Walker

16. 2-200 q First to develop a blood bank.

17. 2-200 a Dr. Charles Drew

18. 3-200 q Has a Doctorate degree in Education and appeared on the TV show his name was Dr. Huxtable.

19. 3-200 a Dr. William Cosby

20. 4-200 q She read poetry at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton.

21. 4-200 a Maya Angelou

22. 5-200 q The First African American NFL coach to win the Super Bowl.

23. 5-200 a Tony Dungy

24. 6-200 q Called the “poet laureate of soul music”. A singer, songwriter, producer.

25. 6-200 a Smokey Robinson

26. 1-300 q Invented the ironing board.

27. 1-300 a Sarah Boone

28. 2-300 q She was the first black woman in space.

29. 2-300 a Mae Jemison

30. 3-300 q The first black president of a college in the United States.

31. 3-300 a Daniel Payne

32. 4-300 q The first female African American to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

33. 4-300 a Toni Morrison

34. 5-300 q The first woman to repeat as Olympic heptathlon champion.

35. 5-300 a Jackie Joyner Kersee

36. 6-300 q The first African American female to win an Academy Award

37. 6-300 a Hattie McDaniel

38. 1-400 q Invented a lubricant for steam engines, known as the “Real”

39. 1-400 a McCoy Elijah McCoy

40. 2-400 q The first black woman U. S. Surgeon General.

41. 2-400 a Jocelyn Elders

42. 3-400 q First African American to appear on a postage stamp.

43. 3-400 a Booker T. Washington

44. 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.

45. 4-400 a Zora Neale Hurston

46. 5-400 q Hits 715 home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s record.

47. 5-400 a Hank Aaron

48. 6-400 q Known as “Satchmo”. The greatest jazz trumpeter of the 20 th century.

49. 6-400 a Louis Armstrong

50. 1-500 q The inventor of first Farmer’s Almanac

51. 1-500 a Benjamin Banneker

52. 2-500 q Heart Surgery Pioneer

53. 2-500 a Daniel Hale Williams

54. 3-500 q Supporter,Spiritual and Emotional mentor to Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.

55. 3-500 a Benjamin Mayes

56. 4-500 q He published his first poem, “The Negro Speak of Rivers” at the age of 19 years old

57. 4-500 a Langston Hughes

58. 5-500 q The First black person to win at Wimbledon.

59. 5-500 a Althea Gibson

60. 6-500 q The first black woman television host.

61. 6-500 a Oprah Winfrey