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Who was the first Black American woman chosen as Miss America?
Vanessa L. Williams
Released in 1989, Prince recorded the entire soundtrack for this superhero film, which was based on a DC comics character
Batman
What was the name of the network of hiding places which helped slaves to escape to freedom?
The Underground Railroad
Who was the first Black American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Lewis Latimer prepared the drawings for what invention patented by Alexander Graham Bell?
The telephone
What is the name of the Harlem club where many famous Black American entertainers began their careers?
The Cotton Club
What artist recorded the songs, “I Will Always Love You, ”The Greatest Love of All”, and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”?
Whitney Houston
What term is used to describe the second leg of the triangular slave trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas between 1520 and 1860?
The Middle Passage
Inaugurated as the 44th president on January 20, 2009, who became the first African American president of the United States?
Barack Hussein Obama
Who discovered over 300 uses for the peanut?
George Washington Carver
What Harlem theater is a showcase for Black talent?
The Apollo
Who was the first rap group ever featured on MTV?
Who is? RUN DMC
On January 1, 1863, what significant declaration did President Abraham Lincoln issue?
The Emancipation Proclamation.
It abolished slavery in the rebel states but not in the border states
Many blacks held political offices in the South during Reconstruction as members of what political party?
Republican
Sarah Boone, a dressmaker, invented this piece of equipment. With its approval in 1892, she became one of the first Black women to be awarded a patent.
Ironing board
Nominated for a National Book Award, what is Maya Angelou's first autobiography?
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
What is the stage name of female rapper and actress Dana Owens?
Queen Latifah
What anti-slavery newspaper was founded by Frederick Douglass?
The North Star
She served seven terms as the first Black woman elected to Congress. She also survived three assassination attempts during her campaign for the 1972 Democratic nomination to the US presidency.
Shirley Chisholm
*DOUBLE JEOPARDY*
In 1956, Gladys West invented an accurate model of the Earth, which was then used as the foundation for the creation of this current and widely used tracking system
Global Positioning System (GPS)
She became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre in its 75 year history
Misty Copeland
She made history during the 2021 Grammy awards by by winning her 28th Grammy and breaking the record for most wins ever by a female artist.
Beyonce
The 2016 movie, Birth of a Nation is based on the story of this enslaved man who led a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831.
Nat Turner
Name one of the three African Americans currently holding office in the United States Senate.
Tim Scott
Cory Booker
Raphael Warnock
In 1950, what doctor, a pioneer in blood transfusion, died following a car accident after he was turned away from a hospital because of his race
Dr. Charles Drew