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What music genre, characterized by its use of turntables and sampling, was founded in Black American communities in the Bronx, New York, in the 1970s?
Hip Hop
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🎤 This controversial chart-topping 20-year-old rapper quickly rose to fame and was tragically shot outside a Florida motorcycle shop while being robbed of $50,000 in cash in 2018
Who was XXXTentacion?
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Beyoncé used to sing with this hit group.
Who is Destiny's Child?
100
This black hair entrepreneur invented the hot comb.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
100
The first black woman to own a TV studio & her own talk show.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
100
This gymnast became the most decorated American gymnast in history, with 32 Olympic and World Championship medals. Who is she?
Simone Biles
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The first African American woman to headline Coachella?
Who is Beyoncé?
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This past American President signed a law in 1863 called the Emancipation Proclamation. This law made slavery illegal in the southern states.
Who is Abraham Lincoln.
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First Black President of the United States
Who is Barak Obama?
200
She is an American television personality and retired professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2007. She retired undefeated. Her father is Muhammed Ali.
Laila Ali
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This movie was written first by Alice Walker. In 1985, director Steven Spielberg made this book into a movie that launched the acting careers of Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg. Some parts were filmed in Lilesville.
What is The Color Purple.
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This "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" made history as the first person nominated for both acting and songwriting Oscars in the same year for Mudbound. She also played the ruthless Monet Tejada on Power Book II: Ghost.
Who is Mary J. Blige? 🎤👑
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Who was the first female rapper to win a grammy for best rap album?
Who is Lauryn Hill?
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He was the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
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The best selling solo artist of all time. He is known for his innovative dance moves, including the "moonwalk". He was the first artist to have a top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades
Who is Michael Jackson
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This court case ended legal segregation in public schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
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Who was the celebrated conductor of the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses and secret routes that helped enslaved people escape to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
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Who became the first Black American woman to serve as the United States Vice President in 2021?
Kamala Harris
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Who was the first rapper to become a billionaire?
Who is Jay Z?
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What is the Black Holiday celebrated December 26th - January 1st and created by Dr. Mualana Karenga which celebrates and honors traditions and values from Africa?
What is Kwanzaa?
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What is this a picture of?
When Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have A Dream Speech” on September 9, 1965
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What was the first Black-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
1. Telfar
2. BET Black Entertainment Television
3. Oprah Winfrey Network OWN
What is BET Black Entertainment Television?
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What were the laws imposed by the South to suppress black citizens?
Jim Crow Laws
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Who was the richest man that ever lived? His net worth was estimated to be around 440 BILLION
Mansa Musa
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This is what HBCU stand for.
What is "Historically Black College and University?"
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This inventor tried to find more uses for crops that grew well in the South so farmers could earn more money. His research boosted the dying farm industry. The inventor of peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver?
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The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
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This black rapper has made millions from several multi-platinum albums and has also stared on the famous television show Power.
Who is 50 Cent?
500
After the murder of George Floyd, this group led a worldwide protest of police brutality toward Black people.
Who is Black Lives Matter?
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This abolitionist and activist, who delivered his famous 1857 speech declaring, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress,” made Rochester, NY, his home for over 25 years and published The North Star newspaper there.
Frederick Douglass
