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What is the name of the Harlem club where many Black American entertainers began their career?
The Cotton Club
Who became the first African American female billionaire in 2004?
Oprah Winfrey
What music is regarded by many as a form of street poetry?
Rap
Along the Gulf coast of Louisiana, what type of music is played with the accordion?
Zydeco
what type of folk art was seen on the New York subway cars in the 1970 that was a phenomenon among the urban youth?
Graffiti
where was Ralph Ellison, the famous Black American novelist, born?
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
After over forty years, who became the second black actor win an academy award for best actor?
Denzel Washington
Music historians refer to what type of music as the first black American music?
spiritual
what medium did Gordon Parks use to describe Black Americans deprivation and racial discrimination
Photography
what magazine si called "The Magazine of today's black woman?
Essence
What section of New York City became the capital of urban Black American culture?
Harlem
Who wrote "The Biography of Malcom x"?
Alex Haley
what type of music with an emphasis on improvisation began in New Orleans around the 1900's
Jazz
what popular magazine did John H Johnson begin in 1945
Ebony
Director, producer, writer, and actor Spike Lee has released over 35 films since 1983 through his production company. name is
40 Acres & A mule Fimworks
What country secured a monopoly over the slave trade to the New World in 1713
England
What famous Black American was a reporter on the CBS television program 60 minutes?
Ed Bradley
"Go down Moses" and "nobody knows the Trouble I've seen" are known as what type of songs?
Spirituals
Of what profession were Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Countee Cullen, major contributors to the Harlem Renaissance?
Writers
in 1910 about fifty percent of black labor force was employed in what industry?
Agriculture
What was the name of Marcus Garvey's shipping company that was owned and operated entirely by blacks
Black Star Line
Name 3 national renowned 20th century tap dancers
Bill Bailey, Charles Coles, Sammy Davis Jr. Savion glover, Gregory Hines, Maurice Hines, Harold Nicholas, Bill "bojangles" Robinson
* (new question-) What was the name of Eddie Murphy first movie which grossed over 100 million dollars and propelled him into movie stardom? (answer deals with 2 days of time)
48 Hours
In 1991 what became the first black-controlled company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange?
BET
The North Star was a weekly newspaper founded by which abolitionist in 1847?
Frederick Douglass