African American Music
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Sports
100
What is the name of the record label started by Berry Gordy Jr.?
Motown
100
What did many associate with the term "Jim Crow"?
Racial Segregation
100
What is name of schools that are created predominately for African Americans?
Historically Black College/University (HBCU)
100
Who is the first African American First-Lady?
Michelle Obama
100
Who was the first African American elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Jackie Robinson
200
Who is the author of The Color Purple?
Alice Walker
200
Who was the principal at the Tuskegee Institute who recruited and hired George Washington Carver?
Booker T. Washington
200
Who received her pilot's license in 1922, making her the first African American woman aviator?
Bessie Coleman
200
Who was the first African American chosen as "Miss America"?
Vanessa Williams
200
What professional boxer was stripped of his title by the World Boxing Association after he was convicted of draft evasion?
Muhammad Ali
300
Muddy Waters is responsible for what type of music>
Blues
300
What did the Freedom Riders seek to accomplish?
To integrate interstate travel and bus stations
300
What is the name of the first black fraternity for college students?
Alpha Phi Alpha
300
What did Madam C.J Walker invent in 1905 that was sold door-to-door?
Hair care preparations of African American women (perm)
300
Earvin "Magic" Johnson played for what college basketball team?
Michigan State
400
Who was the first African American to win an Oscar for Best Actor?
Sidney Poitier
400
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Judge?
Thurgood Marshall
400
Who is the first African American to own their own television network?
Oprah Winfrey
400
Before the term "Black History Month" what was it known for?
Negro History Week
400
On May 25,1935, who set world records in 3 different track events?
Jesse Owens
500
Who is known as the Queen of Soul?
Aretha Franklin
500
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in what year and it attempted to do what?
1863, and free the slaves
500
Kunta Kinte was one of the characters in what Alex Haley Book?
Roots
500
The Death of who sparked the movement of "Black Lives Matter"?
Trayvon Martin
500
Who was known as Dr. J?
Julius Erving
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