Origins of the African Diaspora
Contemporary Figures
Artists
Quotes
Inventors
100
What American port city received the largest number of slaves?
What is Charleston, SC
100
His major-label debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, was released in October 2012 to universal acclaim.
Who is Kendrick Lamar
100
He was 23 years old when he gained national recognition with his 60-panel Migration Series, painted on cardboard. The series depicted the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North.
Who is Jacob Lawrence
100
"I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American Black man’s problem just to avoid violence."
Who is Malcolm X
100
George Washington Carver who wanted poor farmers to grow alternative crops both as a source of their own food and as a source of other products to improve their quality of life, was born into slavery in this state.
What is Missouri.
200
Of the roughly 11,128,000 African slaves that were delivered live to the New World, how many of them were brought to the U.S.?
What is 500,000
200
The only living "Big Six" leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement, having been the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), playing a key role in the struggle to end legalized racial discrimination and segregation.
Who is John Lewis
200
Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901 in this city known as the birthplace of jazz.
What is New Orleans, LA.
200
"If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society."
Who is Bayard Rustin
200
Lonnie Johnson, most known for inventing the Super Soaker, earned his master's degree in nuclear engineering from this HBCU in Alabama.
What is Tuskegee University
300
The name of the gulf in west Africa where the Gold Coast was located.
What is the the Gulf of Guinea
300
Toni Morrison won the Pulitzer prize for this book in 1988.
What is Beloved.
300
Halle Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress (the only Black actress to win the award to date) in 2002 for her performance in this romantic drama.
What is Monster's Ball.
300
"In order to understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and women.”
Who is Angela Davis
300
Marie Van Brittan Brown, who is credited with inventing the first home security system received an award from this group for her invention.
What is the National Science Committee.
400
How many countries are in Africa?
What is 54.
400
Her recent single, Formation, has been lauded as being “unapologetically Black” and has been met with both love and controversy.
Who is Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter
400
Sidney Poitier was awarded this on August 12, 2009, the United States' highest civilian honor.
What is the Presidential Medal of Freedom
400
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."
Who is Harriet Tubman
400
Madam C.J. Walker, who was the first Black self-made millionaire in America, developed and marketed a line of beauty and hair products for black women, was born with this birth name.
Who is Sarah Breedlove.
500
Seven of the European colonizing nations that took part in dividing up Africa during the Berlin Conference.
What are Germany, France, Portugal, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, the UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden-Norway, and the Ottoman Empire
500
Michael Jackson had this number of #1 singles in the US in his solo career.
What is 13.
500
Maya Angelou, one of the most popular (Black) American authors/poets wrote her most well known autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings in what year.
What is 1969.
500
Fannie Lou Hamer, instrumental in organizing Mississippi's Freedom Summer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNNC) is known well for saying this.
What is "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired."
500
Charles Drew, an American physician, surgeon, and medical researcher, developed significant improvements for blood storage and applied his knowledge to develop blood banks early for this war.
What is World War II.
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