He got his big break on American Bandstand in the 1960s for recording, dancing, and popularizing the Twist.

He was elected the first African American Sheriff in Florida after more than 100 years and is President of what institution?

He was the Senior Pastor and a State Senator when he was killed at Mother Emanuel AME Church.

Miles Davis played the trumpet for this long before be became a professional.

Cities have this many streets named for Dr. King.

He played with the Negro League team, Black Barons, when he was 17-year-old. Shortly after, in 1950, he signed with the New York Giants. He ranks third in total career home runs.

He was elected 44th President of the United States in 2008.

His 1912 memoir, A Negro explorer at the North Pole, chronicled his explorations with Robert Peary.

This many Black Americans received the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Civil War.

This many civil rights workers lost their lives during the Freedom Summer of 1964.

He was a Baptist minister and civil rights advocate of the 1950s and 1960s and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

He was the first Black quarterback to win a Super Bowl.

Nat Love got the nickname "Deadwood Dick" for doing this.

In 1987, this many Black artists were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Carl Lewis won this many Gold Medals in track and field in his lifetime.

He was born a slave in Philadelphia and purchased his freedom. He became the founder and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1816.

He was the first Black person to serve as chairman of the Democratic National Committee in 1989. He was also the first Black U.S. Secretary of Commerce.

Robert Purvis, a wealthy Black abolitionist, persuaded the Pennsylvania Legislature to rescind its law excluding Black children form public schools by doing this.

During the Reconstruction Era, this many Blacks served in the U.S. Congress.

In 1875, of the 15 jockeys participating in the first Kentucky Derby, this many were Black.

He was born Elijah Poole and became a Muslim leader.

He was the second Black mayor of Washington, D.C. and co-founder of SNCC.

The Montgomery, Alabama Bus boycott lasted for this long.

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King had this many children.

Of the original five Harlem Globetrotters, this many were from Harlem.