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"Unbossed and Unbought", this Congresswoman was the first African-American to seek POTUS nomination in 1972.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
What is the month, day, and year of Black Independence Day?
What is June 19, 1865?
The Black Lives Matter movement was founded in what year?
What is 2013?
What MLB legend owns the title for most home runs?
The National Pan-Hellenic Council, a regulatory organization of Greek-lettered fraternities and sororities, is often referred to as this.
What is "The Divine Nine"?
Who is the first Black woman to direct an Oscar Nominated film?
Who is Ava DuVernay (Selma, 2014)
On September 24, 2016, the 19th Smithsonian Institution opened this museum "for the culture".
What is the National Museum of African American History & Culture (Washington D.C.)?
Which was the first state to abolish slavery?
What is Vermont?
What New York neo-expressionist painter is credited with bringing the African American and Latino experience into the elite art world in the 1980s?
Who is Jean-Michel Basquiat?
Which University became the United States' first HBCU in February 25, 1837?
What is Cheyney University of Pennsylvania (Institute of Colored Youth)
While not included in the Netflix musical drama Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Ma Rainey, would go on to discover which up and coming "Empress of the Blues"?
Who is Bessie Smith?
According to IMBd, what is the top rated sitcom "for the culture"?
What is The Fresh Prince of Bel Air?
Making up 13% of the US population, Black Americans are 50%, 100%, or 150% more likely to be killed by the police?
What is 150%?
What year was the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) formed?
What is 1912?
Which college's students started the sit-in movement in 1960?
What is North Carolina Agriculture and Technical College (NC A&T)
What was the first college to admit both Blacks and women?
What is Oberlin College?
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This iconic brand turned 75 years old last year and is set to relaunch it's digital magazine "for the culture" on March 1.
What is Ebony?
CEO Michele Ghee of Ebony and Jet coming for Fireside Chat 2/26
The New Jim Crow gives scholastic insight to how _____ _____ is the new form of systematic segregating practices oppressing the life outcomes of black people and their families
What is mass incarceration?
This athlete showed solitude for victims of racism and police violence with her mask during the 2020 US OPEN.
Who is Naomi Osaka?
Madam Vice President Kamala Harris graduated from an HBCU named after this Union general in the American Civil War.
Who is General Oliver Otis Howard?
Who was the first African-American woman to become a doctor of medicine in the U.S.?
Who is Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
DAILY DOUBLE
In the 1992 rom-com Boomerang, Eddie Murphy plays this hotshot advertising executive.
Who is Marcus Graham?
CEOs Lincoln and Larry of Marcus Graham Project coming for Fireside Chat 2/12
What Norwegian member of parliament nominated the Black Lives Matter movement for the Nobel Peace Prize this year?
Who is Petter Eide?
Who is the 213 time bestselling author with 34 bestselling books, more than any African-American author in history?
Who is Zane? (Kristina Laferne Roberts)
Which one of the 3 HBCUs that are a part of the University System of Maryland was founded in 1886?
What is the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES)