Film and TV
Music
Sports
Civil Rights
All Black
100

What film had the first black person nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director?

Boyz n the Hood

100

What is the name of the project that inspired Harry Belafonte’s idea and Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie’s writing skills?

We are the World

100

What is the name of the heavyweight champion who vowed and honored to never deny an autograph?

Muhammad Ali

100

What is the name of the first college for Black women?

Spelman

100

What is the name of one of the first black quarterbacks to play against each other in the Super Bowl?

Jalen Hurts


or


Patrick Mahomes

200

Who was the first black person to win an Academy Award for Animated Short Film?

Kobe Bryant

200

What brass musician had the nickname Satchmo, which was a shortened version of satchel mouth?

Louis Armstrong

200

Born as Walker Smith, Jr., what was this boxer’s professional name?

Sugar Ray Robinson

200

Who was the ship captain that transported free African Americans to Sierra Leone?

Paul Cuffee

200

Before the NBA was integrated, what was the name of the African American basketball league?

Black Fives

300

For what film did Steve McQueen win an Academy Award?

12 Years a Slave

300

Who was the rapper that popularized the clothing line For Us, By Us?

LL Cool J

300

For what NFL team is Raheem Morris a head coach?

Atlanta Falcons

300

What is the name of the African American surgeon who performed the first neurological procedure on a fetus inside the womb?

Ben Carson

300

How many teams were in the initial Negro National League?

8

400

What is the total number of Academy Awards won by African Americans Best Picture and Best Director?

1
400

Thomas Andrew Dorsey is considered the Father of what Music?

Gospel

400

In what year was the NBA integrated?

1950

400

Even though most HBCUs are located in the South, Wilberforce University, one of the first, is located in this non-southern state?

OHIO

400

What was the name given to the all-Black U.S. Army regiment?

Buffalo Soldiers

500

For what film did Geoffrey Fletcher win an Academy Award for writing?

Precious 

500

What is the name of one of the records for which Roberta Flack won back-to-back Record of the Year Grammy’s?

Killing Me Softly (with His Song)


or


(The) First Time I Ever Saw Your Face

500

Who was the first black NFL head coach to win the Super Bowl? 

Tony Dungy

500

How did African American performer Josephine Baker assist the Allied Powers (U.S., UK, France, etc.) during World War II?

Hid secrets/ smuggled military intelligence (pinning to her dress and in sheet music)

500

What year was Juneteenth made a federal holiday?

2021

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