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What is the nickname of a group of nine historically Black Greek-letter organizations called the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)?

The Divine Nine

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Who was the first African-American chosen as Miss America?
Vanessa Williams
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Who was the first black woman to own a TV studio?
Oprah Winfrey
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Who sparked the Montgomery boycott of 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on the bus?
Rosa Parks
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Who was the first African-American president?
Barack Obama
200
Who invented the 3-way traffic light?
Garrett A. Morgan
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Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
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Who became the first African-American to win baseball's Most Valuable Player award?
Jackie Robinson
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Booker T. Washington was the founder and president of what educational institution?
Tuskegee Institute
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What was the name of the African-American Woman who helped hundreds of slave escape to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
300
What Harlem theatre is a showcase for African- American talent
The Apollo
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What amendment to the constitution banned slavery?
13th amendment
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What leading crusader against lynching founded the first black women's suffrage organization? 
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
300
Starting with $1.50 cash, what college did Mary McCleod Bethune found?
Bethune-Cookman College
300
Jackie Robison was the first African-American to play major league baseball for what team?
Brooklyn Dodgers
400
Which of the following African-Americans as once ranked as the number one tennis player in the world?
Arthur Ashe
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What was the name of Marcus Garvey's Shipping Company that was owned and operated entirely by blacks?
Black Star Line
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Who was responsible for starting Black History week?
Carter G. Woodson
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What notable scientist, astronomer, and inventor was commissioned to help layout Washington, D.C.?
Benjamin Banneker
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Who invented the Ice Cream Scoop?

Alfred L. Cralle

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What were the black soldiers who primarily fought Native Americans in the West after the Civil War?
Who were Buffalo Soilders
500
What case resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that no black-free or slave could be a US citizen?
What is the Dred Scott case
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Who was the first African-American to travel in space?
Who is Guion Stewart Bluford
500
Who performed the world's first open heart surgery?
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
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Who became the first woman candidate for president?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
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