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These two genres of music were very popular during the Harlem Renaissance
What is Jazz and Blues?
100
Oprah Winfrey plays the character Sofia in the film adaptation of this Alice Walker novel
What is The Color Purple?
100
Toni Morrison's first novel
What is The Bluest Eye?
100
This rapper is constantly claimed as Dominican, although he is not.
Who is Drake?
100
This was the first Black Republic in the Americas in 1804
What is Haiti?
200
The original singer of the song "Strange Fruit", which is a song about lynching in the South
Who is Billie Holiday?
200
The movie "City of God" was filmed in this city
What is Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)?
200
Author of Giovanni's Room
Who is James Baldwin?
200
This popular Afro-Cuban singer was known for her colorful hair, dresses and the yelling of "Azucar!" in her songs
Who is Celia Cruz?
200
This was the last country to abolish slavery in the Americas
What is Brazil (1888)
300
Female dancer and performer who was popular in 1920s Paris, France
Who is Josephine Baker?
300
The popular "Bye Felicia!" is a line from this movie
What is "Friday"?
300
Complete the line: "Hey_ _ _ _! A Negro!" (An important part in Franz Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks)
What is "Look"
300
The Center for Research on Black Culture in Harlem is named after this bibliophile
Who is Arturo Alfonso Schomburg?
300
Martinique is a colony of this country
What is France?
400
Salsa is a Latin genre of music that originated in the 1970s in this country
What is the United States (New York City)?
400
DMX visits this country in the movie "Belly"
What is Jamaica?
400
Author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Who is Junot Díaz?
400
This group of Afro-indigenous people's can be found on the Caribbean coast of Central America
Who are Garifuna?
400
This famous astrophysicist is African American and Puerto Rican
Who is Neil Degrasse Tyson
500
This Nigerian musician made Afro-Beat popular
Who is Fela Kuti?
500
The name of the Afro-Chilean/Afro-Latino "restauranteur" in Alburqueque's "Breaking Bad"
Who is Gustavo "Gus" Fring (Giancarlo Esposito)?
500
Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian-American and author of this book
What is Farming of Bones, Breath, Eyes, Memory, Claire of the Sealight, or Brother I'm Dying
500
This country recently added racial categories to be able to account for their African Diaspora presence
What is Mexico?
500
This African American activist and member of the Black Panther Party was accused of killing a New Jersey State Trooper in 1973. She is hiding out in Cuba.
Who is Assata Shakur?
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