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100
Billboard magazine changed the name of its Black pop-music chart from “race” records to “rhythm and blues” in what year?
What is 1919?
100
She is the Chairperson of Radio One and co-founder of TV One
Who is Cathy Hughes?
100
An American abolitionist and author. Her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) depicted life for African-Americans under slaver
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
100
Which Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, which was enacted in 1791, provides, among other things, that, “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right . . . to have the assistance of counsel for his defence” and, when was said Amendment enacted?
What is The 6th Amendment?
100
This was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which allowed state-sponsored segregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,U.S. 483 (1954)?
200
One tiny minute/just sixty seconds in it/I dare not abuse it/It’s up to me to use it.” Was phrase attributed to which 20th century theologian?
Who is Benjamin E. May?
200
The first African-American owned and operated newspaper in the United States
What is Freedom's Journal?
200
Born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928, she is an American autobiographer and poet who has been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer". She is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences.Her first and most highly acclaimed, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was written in 1969.
Who is Maya Angelou?
200
Which Amendment to the Constitution, of the United States of America enacted in 1868, provides, among other things, that “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States . . .”
What is the 14th Amendment?
200
An American educator and civil rights leader best known for starting a school for African-American students in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
300
African American coal miners in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia were instrumental in forming which multiracial union in the late nineteenth century?
What is United Mine Workers of America?
300
Who founded the first African American owned and operated film production studio and what was the name of the company?
Who are George and Noble Johnson and the Lincoln Motion Picture company?
300
This resident of Eatonville, FL, the first African American incorporated town, wrote the novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God".
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
300
Which U.S. Supreme Court case declared that the long-standing practice of excluding African Americans from jury service was unconstitutional?
What is Norris v. Alabama, 294 U.S. 587 (1936)?
300
These institutions of higher education in the United States were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the black community. There currently are 105 of these institutions in the United States today.
What are Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
400
This Pittsburgh-born painter became renowned after spending five years at the Julian Academy in Paris and producing famous works like The Banjo Lesson and Christ on the Road to Bethany. Who was this African-American artist?
Who is Henry Ossawa Tanner?
400
This popular radio show became the first Black television show and sparked major controversy.
What is Amos n Andy?
400
These four female African American writers Frances E. W. Harper, Nikki Giovannie, Rita Dove, and Toni Morrison may all be claimed by this U.S. state.
What is Ohio?
400
This constitutional amendment extended voting rights to African Americans.
What is the 15th Amendment?
400
An African-American historian, author, journalist and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. He was one of the first scholars to value and study Black History. He is the author of the "MisEducation of the Negro", and is known as the Father of Black History.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
500
In what year did Toni Morrison receive the Nobel Prize for Literature and Rita Dove became the poet laureate of the United States?
What is 1993?
500
Julie Dash's groundbreaking film that aired nationally on PBS in the 1990s, and depicted the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia.
What is "Daughter's of the Dust"?
500
This an African American author and poet. She has written at length on issues of race and gender, and is most famous for the critically acclaimed novel "The Color Purple" for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Who is Alice Walker?
500
In this year, the first Civil Rights Act was passed by Congress over the veto over President Andrew.
What is 1866?
500
In addition to his contributions in education, he wrote 14 books; his autobiography, "Up From Slavery", was first published in 1901, & is still widely read today. He was also named as the first leader of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
Who is Booker T. Washington.
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