Name the hip-hop group that created the theme song “Fight the Power” to Spike Lee‟s film Do The Right Thing.
What is Public Enemy
100
What form of music did Duke Ellington elevate into a serious art form?
What is Jazz
100
In 1913 Delta Sigma Theta sorority was formed at what university?
What is Howard University
100
In the late nineteenth century there was a system of laws that enforced racial discrimination in the United States. What was it called?
What is Jim Crow Laws
100
Bill Russell was the first Black American player in what professional sports league?
What is NBA
200
Who was the first Black American woman to win an Academy Award?
What is Hattie McDaniel
200
George Washington commended what Black American woman for her literary achievements?
What is Phillis Wheatley
200
What state has the most black institutions of higher learning?
What is Georgia
200
The Black Panther Party was founded in what California city?
What is Oakland
200
What football star became the first to rush for over 2,000 yards in a single season?
What is O.J. Simpson
300
What was the name of the first hip-hop group to break into the mainstream American culture in the early 1980s?
What is Run-DMC
300
What Alex Haley novel was made into a television mini-series in 1977 and 1979?
What is Roots
300
In 1991, what became the first black-controlled company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange?
What is BET
300
Who was the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association?
What is Marcus Garvey
300
The men‟s basketball team won a Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The team was known as what?
What is The Dream Team
400
In 1984, what Black American singer won eight Grammy Awards?
What is Michael Jackson
400
What term refers generally to the artistic and socio-cultural awakening among black people in the 1920s and early 1930s?
What is Harlem Renaissance
400
Name at least two black 1980s television show producers.
What is Bill Cosby, Tim Reid, Debbie Allen, Quincy Jones, and Keenan Ivory Wayans.
400
Who is the Co-Founder of the Black Panther party and is also a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity Inc.
What is Huey P Newton
400
Known for his lyrical boasts, athletic grace, and post-boxing philanthropy, what heavyweight champion lit the torch for the Atlanta Olympic Games?
What is Muhammd Ali
500
The film Glory was based on America‟s first unit of black soldiers in the Civil War. Who won the award for Best Supporting Actor of this 1989 historical film?
What is Denzel Washington
500
Known for his social and political views, who published The Souls of Black Folks in 1903?
What is W.E.B. Du Bois
500
How many historically black colleges and universities are there today in the United Sates?
What is 105.
500
In 1841 Frederick Douglass began his career as an abolitionist orator in what town?
What is Nantucket
500
Which baseball player began his career at the age of 19 and played in the majors at the same time as his father who shares his name?