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Who delivered the “I Have A Dream Speech”?

Martin Luther King

100

Slavery started in what part of America?

The South

100

What was the document that “freed the slaves” in the United States?

The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863

100

Where did Soul Food originate?

Southern United States

100

Who refused to give up their seat in the famous December 1st, 1955 bus incident in Montgomery, Alabama

Rosa Parks

200

Who is the richest person to ever live?

Mansa Musa 

200

What part of Africa has the biggest influence on Soul Food

West Africa

200

What was the Great Migration?

Southern African Americans migrating from the South to the North and West

200

Where did FuFu originate?

Ghana

200

Where did Hip Hop/Rap originate?

Bronx, New York

300

Who are the founders of the Black Panther Party?

Huey P. Newton, Elbert Howard, Bobby Seale

300

Where did the first Sit-Ins for Civil Rights take place in America?

Greensboro, North Carolina

300

What was the Triangular trade?

Europeans brought copper, beads, guns, ammunition and textiles to West Africa in exchange for slaves

300

What is the traditional Gambian dessert that consist of millet or couscous, yogurt, sour cream, and often dried fruit and spices called? 

Chakiri

300

Who wrote and delivered the the Atlanta Compromise  

Booker T. Washington

400

Who is the founder of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

W. E. B. Du Bois

400

The Ashanti/Asante Empire is located in what modern day country in Africa?

Ghana

400

What amendment gave African American men to vote?

The 15th amendment, 1870

400

Where did Jollof rice originate?

Senegal

400

What is Blaxploitation?

Stereotype roles rooted in American slavery in movies

500

Who was the first king of the kingdom of Kush?

Kashta

500

Which state did the Igbo drowning take place?

The Igbo drowning was captured Africans drowned themselves to prevent enslavement

Georgia, United States

500

What trade network led to the decline of the Mali Empire?

Collapse of the Trans-Saharan trade network

500

The famous Southern African street food that is a hollowed out loaf of bread filled with curry is called?

Bunny Chow

500

What West African kingdom had 6/9 kings overthrown

The Songhay Kingdom

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