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Name the artist that helped design the clothing line called FUBU.
LL Cool J
100
Name of the first all-black Californian township.
Allensworth
100
African-American genre of musical style of music born out of the blues, ragtime and marching bands.
Which is known as Jazz
100
As a child, this boxer was refused an autobiography by his boxing idol.
Muhammad Ali
100
Famous black activist assassinated on April 5, 1968
Martin Luther King, Jr.
200
Called the queen of funk soul.
who is Chaka Khan
200
City where Martin Luther King was assassinated.
What is Memphis
200
Louis Armstrong played this instrument while living at the Colored Waif's Home for Boy.
The hornet
200
What African-American football star was offered more than 50 scholarships.
Ernie Davis
200
Scientist and mathematician was credited with helping to design the blueprints for Washington, D.C.
Benjamin Banneker
300
Nancy Green promoted a well known pancake mix.
What is known as Aunt Jemima
300
City where Dr. King delivered his, "I have a dream speech."
Washington, D.C.
300
Name one person who provided support for African American artists with the help of painter Charles Alston.
Langston Hughes
300
Who was originally named after his father after the 19th-century abolitionist and politician
Cassius Marcellus Clay
300
First lady challenged the segregation rules at the South Conference on Human Welfare in Birmingham, Alabama.
Eleanor Roosevelt
400
Name the artist who is known as the "King of Pop"
That would be Michael Jackson
400
Song "We are the World" raised money for which foreign country.
Africa
400
What was Louis Armstrong nickname.
Satchmo "satchel mouth"
400
Name the local tennis champion whose skills were eventually noticed by musician Buddy Walker.
Althea Gibson
400
Female science fiction author had a disorder called dyslexic and went on to win Hugo and Nebula awards for her writing.
Octavia Butler
500
Famous for the song "Strange Fruit," which is about black lynching in the south.
Who is Billie Holiday
500
Two African American males made the first successful U.S expedition to where.
The North Pole
500
Who served as master of ceremonies for the Los Angeles Playboy Jazz Festival for many years.
Bill Cosby
500
NBA legend was cut from his high school basketball team.
Michael Jordan
500
Successfully negotiated the release of Lieutenant Robert O. Goodman Jr.
Jesse Jackson
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