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200

An adult person with an X and a Y chromosome that cannot be seen published in 1952 written by Ralph Ellison

What is Invisible Man?

200

This 1984 and 1988 Presidential candidate got his taxes done at this famous tax prep company headquartered in New Jersey. 

Who is Jessie Jackson Hewitt?

200

Despite what most believe, historians contend Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first person to integrate this professional sport in 1883, 64 years before the most commonly thought date.

What is baseball?

200

This 2014 Ava Duvarny film is named for a city critical to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

What is Selma?

200

This former SNL performer is the child of the singer of the 1970's hit “Loving You”.

Who is Maya Rudolph? 

200

As of 2018 this famous actress has the title of Duchess of Sussex.

Who is Meghan Markle?

400

Go announce it on an elevated plateau published in 1953 written by James Baldwin.

What is Go Tell it on a Mountain? 

400

This singer known for his Grammy Award winning album Songs of My Life has recently appeared in a series of DC related super hero films with the title character being portrayed by Gal Gadot.

Who is Stevie Wonder Woman?

400

In March 1955 Claudette Colvin participated in this act of civil disobediance nine months before the instance everyone knows about.

What is protesting segregation on city buses?

400

Despite its title Jim Parson's could still see Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monat in this 2016 film.  

What is Hidden Figures? 

400

This comedian has the distinction of being the first Black SNL cast member when the show premiered in 1975.

Who is Garrett Morris?

400

This state building is named after Michigan's longest tenured statewide Black elected official who served from 1970 through 1994.

Where is the Richard Austin building?

600

The type of hue that is associated with royalty and the artist formerly known as Prince that was published in 1982 by Alice Walker.

What is the Color Purple?

600

This famous singer who liked to go "Upside Down" had time to have a third party presidential run in 1992 and 1996.

Who is Diana Ross Perot?

600

Carol Mosley Braun became the first female African American Senator from this state 12 years before her seat was won by another famous African American.

What is Illinois?

600

Chadwick Bosman did not have to score six touchdowns to portray an American icon in this 2013 film.

What is 42?

600

This current cast member has the distinction of being the longest tenured cast member ever joining the gang in 2003.

Who is Kenan Thompson?

600

What Northern Manhattan neighborhood is know for the Renaissance of African American culture in the 1920s?

Where is Harlem?

800

The hymn of the second child of David and Bethsheba that was written by Toni Morrison in 1977.

What is the Song of Solomon?

800

This 1990's Fox variety show featuring Jim Carry and the Wayne's Brothers can also be viewed while participating in this high school activity using flags.

What is in "In Living Color" Guard?

800

Hattie MacDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award for this movie that was based on a Margaret Mitchell book.

What is Gone With The Wind?

800

Despite an amazing performance, Cynthia Erivo was unable to take home the Oscar for Best actress for portraying this famous Black heroine in a 2019 movie?

Who is Harriet Tubman? 

800

This actor got the chance to bring his character Leon Phillips to the big screen after he left the show in 2000.

Who is Tim Meadows?

800

"A Mind is a terrible thing to waste" is a catch phrase for this organization started in 1944.

What is the United Negro College fund?

1000

A dried grape under a natural heat lamp published in 1959 in a play written by Lorraine Hansberry. 

What is a Raisin in the Sun?

1000

This 1970s sitcom about a junkyard meets this 2000s FX show about a motorcycle gang.

What is Sanford and Son's of Anarchy? 

1000

This famous individual with a local performing arts theater named after him was the first African American to be president of a major College or University.  

Who is Cliff Wharton Jr.?

1000

This 1997 John Singleton film portrays the race riots that engulfed a 1923 Florida town.

What is Rosewood?

1000

This actress became the first full time African American female cast member to last more than one season, left the show in 1995 to launch her own sitcom on the WB that lasted for one season?

Who is Ellen Cleghorne?

1000

This Netflix film that was the last appearance by Chadwick Boseman is the first in a series of plays by August Wilson.

What is Ma Rainey's Black Bottom? 

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