The first African American to sing on stage at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1955.
Who is Marian Anderson?
100
This was the birthplace of the Harlem Renaissance, which was called a literary and intellectual flowering that fostered a new black cultural identity in the 1920s and 1930s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
100
Also known as Hitsville, USA, Berry Gordy, Jr founded this company in Detroit in 1959.
What is Motown?
100
Born in Maryland, she escaped to Philadelphia on foot, got a job, settled then returned to the South over 13 times to escort hundreds of people seeking freedom to the North. She boasted that "She never lost a passenger."
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100
What time is it? This famous inventor is credited with inventing the first clock.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
200
The first two states to legalize an abolish slavery.
What are Massachusetts and Pennsylvania?
200
Credited as one of the founding fathers of the Harlem Renaissance, this playwright/poet/novelist became famous for his first published poem, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers".
Who is Langston Hughes?
200
Also a social activist and philanthropist, he was the first boxer to win the world heavyweight championship three times and made the statement: "It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up."
Who is Muhammad Ali?
200
Slavery was officially established in this southern state in 1654.
What is Virginia?
200
Who did your hair?? She is a self made millionaire who invented original products to cleanse the scalp, and prevent dandruff. She also popularized the use of the hot comb by teaching black women how to use it.
Who is Madam CJ Walker?
300
The ivy league to have the first African-American female president (Dr. Ruth Simmons).
What is Brown University?
300
This theater rose to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance, during which time it was reputed to only hire black entertainers; of these were James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday.
What is the Apollo Theater?
300
Known for her role as "Mammy" in Gone With the Wind, she was the first African American to win an Oscar.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
300
"What runs but never goes anywhere?" Frederick McKinley Jones invented this device that is a common household appliance in today's age. His invention made it possible for this appliance to be used on trucks and trains.
What is the refrigerator?
400
In 1967, he became the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
400
This writer and sociologist was co-founder of the NAACP, and was one of the most famous social activists during the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
400
He was writer-director-actor of the move "Do the Right Thing." He has also directed Crooklyn, School Daze, and Jungle Fever.
Who is Spike Lee?
400
According to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, this number (in the millions) of Africans were transported from their homes to the United Sates during the slavery trade.
What is 12 million.
400
Lay's boasts that "You can't just eat one" of George Crum's invention. (An invention which he stumbled upon after slicing potatoes too thinly.)
What is the potato chip?
500
The first African American woman to serve as United States Secretary of State and the first African American AND woman to serve as the President's National Security Advisor.
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
500
The official publication of the National Urban League employed Harlem Renaissance writers and editors, published poems and short stories by African Americans, and promoted African American literature.
What is the Opportunity Magazine?
500
A graduate of Tennessee State University, she won 3 gold medals for Track in the 1960 Olympics, but she was most proud of successfully fighting for the desegregation of her town's homecoming parade in the same year.
Who Wilma Rudolph?
500
The average price of a healthy man at the start of the slave trade.
What is $60.00.
500
Referred to as "the Black Thomas Edison", he was a prolific inventor in the area of telegraphs, railway electrical systems and railway safety. He successfully sued Edison and was eventually offered a position with the Edison Company.