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The first Black writer to win a Nobel Prize in Literature
Who is Toni Morrison?
100
The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
100
Before Barack Obama became President (2009-2017), he served as what?
What is U.S. Senator
100
Who didn't give up their seat to a white man on a Montgomery Bus in 1955?
Who is Rosa Parks
100
Work by nine, then off pass five
And they work my nerves, that's why i cannot sleep at night
Motivation, I'm looking for a new foundation, Yeah
And I'm on that new vibration, I'm building my own foundation yeah
Hold up, oh baby baby, You won't break my soul
200
This is what HBCU stand for.
What is "Historically Black College and University?"
200
This show debuted in 1975 and was the first all-Black sitcom. (Hint: one of the characters owned a dry cleaners)
Who is The Jeffersons?
200
Invented the gas mask and the 1st traffic signal
Who is Garrett Morgan ?
200
This 1963 march brought over 250,000 people together in support of human civil rights and is where Martin Luther King Jr gave his now iconic "I Have a Dream" speech
What is the March on Washington
200
Now that its raining more that ever
Know that we still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella, You can stand under my umbrella
300
In America, slaves used this hairstyle as a map on their journey to freedom.
What are cornrows?
300
The first black woman to own a TV studio.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
300
First African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
300
What organization formed Feb. 12, 1909?
What is "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
300
I do my hair toss, check my nails
Baby how you feeling, Feeling good as hell
400
First Black woman to enter space
Who is Mae Jemison?
400
In this 1988 film, Eddie Murphy plays the son of a King who relocated to Queens, NY.
What is Coming to America
400
This black hair entrepreneur invented the hot comb.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
400
He won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany.
Who is Jesse Owens?
400
It might seem crazy what I'm bout to say,
Sunshine she's here, you can take a break,
Hot air balloon that could go to space,
With the air, like I don't care, baby, by the way
Because I'm happy, Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
500
What was the first Black-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
What is BET Black Entertainment Television?
500
This artist has the most Grammy's.
Who is Beyonce?
500
This Constitutional Amendment gave Blacks equal protection under the law....
What is the 14th amendment
500
The first group of students integrated a high school located in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
500
Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you, ooh
Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you
Cause Uptown Funk gon' give it to you
Saturday night, and we in the spot
Don't belive me, just watch
600
Which person was born in Massachusetts, was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D from Harvard and wrote 'Souls of Black Folk'?
Who is W.E.B. DuBois
600
In 1959 he founded the Motown Record corporation, the first recording home of The Temptations, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Smoky Robinson, and Stevie Wonder...
Who is Berry Gordy Jr.?
600
She was the first southern African-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who is Barbara Jordan?
600
When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?
What is 1926
600
What you want, baby, I got it
What you need, do you know I got it?
All I'm askin' is for a
respect when you get home
700
He started a Muslim newspaper with the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Muhammad Speaks. Also, well known for the slogan "By Any Means Necessary"...
Who is Malcom X
700
Who wrote the bestselling memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?
Who is Maya Angelou
700
This U.S. House of Representative Congresswoman is currently the Chief Deputy Whip and has serviced the 18th district of Houston, TX since 1995.
Who is Shelia Jackson Lee?
700
In 1857, this thriving community of predominantly African-American homeowners were forced to move after the city of New York acquired the land through eminent domain to build what we now know as Central Park.
What is Seneca Village or Seneca Falls Village?
700
Sitting in the morning sun
I'll be sitting when the evening comes
Watching the ships roll in
And I watch 'em roll away again
Sitting on the dock of the bay Watching the tide roll away
800
The recognition of Black history began as
A. A week
B. A day
C. It was always a month
What is a week
800
Hip Hop was birthed in this city in New York
What is the Bronx?
800
The first woman and first Black American to run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
800
What year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
What is 1863?
800
The love that we share, makes life so sweet
Together we'll always be
This pledge of love feels so right
And ooh I need you, yeah
Here and now, I promise to love faithfully
900
The name that makes up all of the Black Greek Letter Organizations.
*Hint* There are 9
What is the Divine 9?
900
Who wrote Lift Every Voice and Sing, The Negro National Anthem?
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
900
He invented the cellular car phone.
Who is Henry Sampson?
900
NAACP was found in this year.
What is 1909?
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Don't try to fight the feeling
'Cause the thought alone is killin' me right now (uh)
Thank God for mom and dad
For sticking two together
'Cause we don't know how (c'mon)
Hey ya!, Hey ya!, Hey ya!, Hey ya!
1000
NAACP stands for this
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
1000
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Who is Jackie Robinson
1000
The first African-American to be honored with the naming of a national park. He also invented of peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver?'
1000
In this year, Mildred and Richard Loving were one of the first interracial couples legally married in the United States.
What is 1958?
1000
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky and strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right
Just beat it (beat it), Just beat it (beat it)