The Fugees took her 1973 hit, Killing Me Softly, to #2 on the music charts in 1995.
Who is Roberta Flack?
100
This venue in Harlem is the longest lasting legacy of the Harlem Renaissance. It is the former home Sandman Sims.
What is the Apollo Theater?
100
This baseball player broke the "color barrier" in baseball.
Who was Jackie Robinson?
100
President Obama is also known as this number.
What is 44?
100
I was the first Black man to run for President.
Who is Jesse Jackson?
200
This song was a hit for Marvin Gaye AND Gladys Knight and the Pips.
What is I Heard it Through the Grapevine?
200
This Jamaican-born black nationalist proposed the "Back to Africa" Movement.
Who was Marcus Garvey?
200
This basketball player's name was Lew Alcindor while he played at UCLA but this name while he played in the NBA.
Who is Kareem Abdul Jabbar?
200
President Obama's official ride is called this.
What is The Beast?
200
I was the first Black to serve on the Supreme Court.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
300
Lately, a hit made by Jodeci in 1993, was originally this artist's hit in 1981.
Who is Stevie Wonder?
300
This magazine of the NAACP was established during the Harlem Renaissance.
What is the Crises?
300
This basketball great was cut from his Wilmington, North Carolina high school basketball team.
Who is Michael Jordan?
300
What is President Obama's home state?
What is Hawaii?
300
I was the first Black woman elected to the US Congress.
Who was Shirley Chisholm?
400
Got to Be There was recorded by Chaka Khan but it was also recorded in a debut solo album by this artist.
Who was Michael Jackson?
400
Their Eyes Were Watching God was this author's most commercial book.
Who was Zora Neale Hurston?
400
This football great's nickname reminded you of a breakfast drink.
Who is O.J. Simpson?
400
The middle name President Obama shares with President Bushs' nemesis.
What is Hussein?
400
I was the first Black Wimbledon champion.
Who was Althea Gibson?
500
In 1956, Elvis Presley recorded Hound Dog which is number 19 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time but she recorded it first in 1952.
Who was Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton?
500
He is considered one of the architects of the Harlem Renaissance. He is famous for the phrase the "talented tenth."
Who was W.E.B. DuBois?
500
This golfing great became the first African American to play in the Masters in 1975. He was a senior of sorts.
Who was Lee Elder?
500
President Obama's main goal of his presidency has been accomplished although not everyone is happy about it.
What is The Affordable Care Act or Obamacare?
500
I was the first doctor to successfully perform open heart surgery.