What music is regarded by many as a form of street poetry?
Rap
100
What is the capitol of South Africa?
Cape Town
100
Who was the first black actor ever to win an Academy Award for best actor?
Sidney Poitier
100
On February 11, 1990, what South African revolutionary was freed from prison after 27 years?
Nelson Mandela
100
Kunta Kinte was one the characters in what Alex Haley book?
Roots
200
What paper was founded in 1892 by a former slave and today services the DC and Baltimore areas?
The Afro-American
200
This Central American country is famous for its man-made canal which links the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
Panama
200
Who was the first Hispanic American to run for the Democratic party for President?
Bill Richardson
200
Which famous Bolivian educator is depicted in the 1988 film "Stand and Deliver"?
Jaime Escalante
200
Who is the author and one of the composers of the Black National Anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing”?
James Weldon Johnson
300
Frederick Douglas published what newspaper covering news of the antislavery movement?
The North Star
300
Where was the nation of Islam founded?
Detroit
300
What is the name of the first African American licensed pilot?
Bessie Coleman
300
Who is the New Orleans born gospel singer known as the “Queen of Gospel Music?”
Mahalia Jackson
300
Who was a Spanish surrealist painter that completed his best-know piece The Persistence of Memory in 1931?
Salvador Dali
400
What is the name of the oldest Spanish-language weekly newspaper in the nation’s capitol?
El Pregonero
400
Which California community was founded, financed, and governed by African Americans?
Allensworth
400
Who was the first Hispanic medal of honor recipient?
Philip Bazaar
400
Who led the Zapatistas in the Mexican Civil War?
Emiliano Zapata
400
Who is the African American poet and activist that recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration?
Maya Angelou
500
What is the name of the advocacy organization that works to defend the best interests of American Latinos in television, radio, and film?
The National Hispanic Media Coalition
500
Where is the location of the highest commercially navigable lake in the world and the largest lake in South America called Lake Titicaca?
On the border of Peru and Bolivia.
500
Who was the first African-American to address a joint session of a state legislature in the 20th century when he talked to the Alabama legislature in 1983?
Rev. Jesse Jackson
500
What famous Colombian doctor is researching the mysteries of human brain for NASA?
Doctor Rodolfo Llinás
500
A Puerto Rican historian, writer and activist who researched and raised awareness of the great contributions that Afro-Latin Americans have made to society?