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First Black Female Artist to Headline Coachella?

Beyonce Knowles

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In what year was the Institute of Black Culture officially opened?

2019

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Who was the first black President?





Barack Obama

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"It's close to midnight
Something evil's lurking from the dark"

Thriller Michael Jackson 

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He was an African-American Muslim and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement

Malcolm X

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One of the most decorated Olympians of all time?

Simon Biles
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On April 15, 1971, 50 Black students marched from the Plaza of the Americas to Tigert Hall and entered UF President Stephen O'Connell's office to present a list of demands. What was this day called?



Black Thursday

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Who the first black woman in space?

Mae C Jemison

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'Cause you make me feel
You make me feel
You make me feel like a natural woman (woman)

A Natural Woman Aretha Franklin

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Was a conductor of the Underground Railroad 

Harriet Tubman

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This famous rapper won the BET Awards for Best Female Hip Hop Artist from 2010 to 2016?

Nicki Minaj 

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What year was the National Pan-Hellenic (NPHC) garden opened?

2020

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The first black supreme court justice?

Justice Thurgood Marshall

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If I should stay
I would only be in your way
So I'll go, but I know

I will always love you Whitney Houston 

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Adopted the name Kwame Ture, and began campaigning internationally for revolutionary socialist Pan-Africanism

Stokely Carmichael

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What year was the film featuring Disney's first ever African American princess released?

2009

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In 1958, this man sued the University of Florida to end segregation in the University?

Virgil Hawkins



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The first black led republic?

Haiti 

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When I had you to myself, I didn't want you around
Those pretty faces always made you stand out in a crowd

I want you back The Jackson 5

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Fought apartheid in South Africa

Nelson Mandela

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Who was the first African American to win an oscar? Bonus point 100 if you can name the movie

Hattie McDaniel won for Gone with the Wind

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Who was the first African American to attend UF?

George H. Starke

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The nations first HBCU? 

Cheyney University of Pennsylvani

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I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
When it's cold outside
I've got the month of May

My Girl The Temptations 

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Before Rosa Parks, she was originally supposed to play the same role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Claudette Colvin

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