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Julius Bledsoe created the role of Joe in the 1920's musical Show Boat. What song did he make famous?
What is "Ole Man River".
100
In August 1965, a six-day riot occurred after a conflict between Blacks and Whites in what section of Los Angeles?
What is Watts.
100
Who was known as the "Queen of the Blues?"
Who is Dinah Washington.
100
What Black actor received critical acclaim for his performance in the movie The Emperor Jones?
Who is Paul Robeson
100
In 1862, who piloted an armed Confederate boat out of Charleston Harbor and turned it over to the Union?
Who is Robert Smalls.
200
Who was the first African American to win an Olympic Gold Medal?
Who is Alice Coachman.
200
What professional baseball player finished his career with 755 home runs, the highest total in major league history until 2007?
Who is Henry Aaron.
200
Carol Moseley-Braun was the first African American woman elected to what political office?
What is United States Senator.
200
Who wrote the critically acclaimed play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf?
Who is Ntozake Shange.
200
Artist Aaron Douglass' mural Aspects of Negro Life is found in what city?
What is New York City.
300
How many children did Martin Luther King Jr and his wife Coretta have?
What is 4.
300
What crop first created a demand for slave labor in America?
What is Tobacco.
300
What is the name of the first all Black medical school?
What is Meharry Medical College.
300
In 1869, ex-slave Fannie Jackson Coppin established the Institute for Colored Youth in Pennsylvania. What is the school known as today?
What is Cheney University.
300
He was the second Black mayor of Washington, D.C. and co-founder of SNCC. Name him.
Who is Marion Barry
400
In what year did Jim Brown lead professional football in rushing?
What is 1957.
400
Who was known as the black Thomas Edison?
Who is Granville T. Woods.
400
What southern state was the last to abolish slave trade?
What is Georgia.
400
Who was elected the first African American mayor of Los Angeles?
Who is Thomas Bradley.
400
What was the first major building constructed by Blacks in Boston?
What is The African Meeting House.
500
Who was the first Black Congresswoman from the South?
Who is Barbara Jordan.
500
What was the name of the Society formed in 1817 to transport freeborn Black and emancipated slaves back to Africa?
What is The American Colonization Society.
500
Before his automobile accident, for what team did Roy Campanella play?
What is Brooklyn Dodgers.
500
In 1971, the "Free Angela" movement spread across the U.S. Who was Angela?
Who is Angela Davis.
500
Who was Edmonia Lewis?
Who is a sculptor
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