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Louis Armstrong's nickname?
What is Satchmo
100
Hank Aaron became senior vice president and assistant to the president of what professional baseball team
What is Atlanta Braves
100
Maynard Jackson became the first African American mayor in what city
What is Atlanta
100
Who was the first man to discover the North Pole and to plant the American flag there
What is Matthew Henson
100
In 1945, Richard Wright published his autobiography entitled
What is Black Boy
200
The first African American to win an Oscar for Best Actor
What is Sidney Poitier
200
Who was the first African American to play in the National Basketball Association
What is Chuck Cooper
200
What were the black soldiers who primarily fought Native Americans in the West after the Civil War called
What is Buffalo Soldiers
200
What African American scientist is known for his work with insects
What is Charles Turner
200
Who is Mary Ann Shadd Cary
What is Black newspaperwoman
300
Won a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway musical Jelly's Last Jam
What is Gregory Hines
300
Whose professional baseball career was cut short by a paralyzing automobile accident
What is Roy Campanella
300
Who was elected to Congress in 1944 and became the first congressperson to represent the district of Harlem
What is Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
300
Where is Meharry Medical College located
What is Tennessee
300
"Black Nationalism" was revived in the movement of
What is Marcus Garvey
400
What famous narrative was written by Solomon Northup, a fugitive slave
What is My Bondage & My Freedom
400
Who was the National League's first African American Cy Young Award winner
What is Don Newcombe
400
Who was the first African American minister ordained in America
What is Absalom Jones
400
Who predicted the eclipse of the sun in 1789
What is Benjamin Banneker
400
What is the name of the first black Greek fraternity
What is Alpha Phi Alpha
500
Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker were innovators of what type of music in early 1940s
What is Bebop
500
For what professional football team did Mercury Morris Play
What is Miami Dolphins
500
What did security guard Frank Wills discover in 1972
What is Watergate break-in, Washington, D.C.
500
Who became the first African American executive of a major airline company (Eastern)
What is James O. Plinton, Jr.
500
Who was the famous African American newspaper writer in early 1900s
What is Ida B. Wells-Barnett
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