Arts
Who wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God" ?
Zora Neale Hurston
From 1913 to 1915 price reductions of what crop hurt the Southern farmers and brought on an economic depression?
A. Peanuts
B. Cotton
C. Corn
D. Sugar
B. Cotton
In what TV series was a character named “Buckwheat” one of the stars?
A. The Little Rascals
B. Rugrats
C. Good Times
D. The Jeffersons
A. The Little Rascals
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
A. Toni Morrison
B. Tony Braxton
C. Michelle Obama
D. Gail King
A. Toni Morrison
What war led Colin Powell to conclude that an army should not enter into combat unless it had a clear objective?
A. Vietnam
B. War of 1812
C. World War I
D. World War II
A. Vietnam
Known for his social and political views, who published The Souls of Black Folks in 1903?
W.E.B. Du Bois
What magazine is called “The Magazine of Today‟s Black Woman”?
A. Jet
B. Vogue
C. Essence
D. African Queens
C. Essence
What artist recorded the songs, “I Will Always Love You, ”The Greatest Love of All”, and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”?
Whitney Houston
True or False: The North Star an anti-slavery newspaper was founded by Frederick Douglass?
True
Who was the first Black American admiral in the US Navy?
A. Samuel L Gravely, Jr.
B. Jackie Robinson
D. Marcus Duffin
C. Jessie Jackson
A. Samuel L Gravely, Jr.
Who was the first Black American woman chosen as Miss America?
Vanessa Williams
Who became the first African American female billionaire in 2004?
Oprah Winfrey
Who is the Queen of Soul?
Aretha Franklin
What was the name of the network of hiding places which helped slaves to escape to freedom?
Underground Railroad
What was the first war in which blacks served in every branch of the U.S. armed forces?
World War II
Of what profession were Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Countee Cullen, major contributors to the Harlem Renaissance?
Writers
Whose sales of innovative beauty products sold throughout the United States and the Caribbean led her to become the first African American female millionaire?
Madam C.J. Walker
Who played the role of Celie in the movie version of AliceWalker‟s best-selling book, The Color Purple ?
Whoopi Goldberg
In what state did Nat Turner lead a slave revolt that killed 55 white people?
A. Virginia
B. New York
C. South Dakota
D. Alabama
A. Virginia
In what city did the National Guard try to prevent nine black students from attending a segregated school in 1957?
A. Oxford, Miss.
B. Columbia, S.C.
C. Little Rock, Ark.
D. Tuscaloosa, Ala.
C. Little Rock, Ark.
What is the name of the newsletter which was originally edited by W.E.B. Du Bois and published by the NAACP in 1910?
A. The Crisis
B. Black Power
C. Black News
D. Freedom Journal
A. The Crisis
The North Star was a weekly newspaper founded by which abolitionist in 1847?
Frederick Douglass
In 2001, for what film did Denzel Washington become the second African American man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?
A. Man on Fire
B. American Gangster
C. Training Day
D. The Book of Eli
C. Training Day
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell
True or False: Many civil rights leaders were opposed to the war in Vietnam because they were distressed over the high rate of casualties among the black troops.
True