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100

This black female R&B/Hip-Hop singer died in a plane crash in April 2001.

Aaliyah

100

What does HBCU stand for?

Historically Black Colleges & Universities

100

Which of the following is not an appropriate way to refer to African Americans?

a) black people

b) colored people

c) people of color

d) all of the above

b) colored people

This term was used to enforce segregation. Though it was heavily used in the 1940s, it is not an appropriate or acceptable term as it carries connotations of racism and colorism.

100

What percent of African art is actually in Africa? 

a) 10%

b) 20%

c) 30%

d) 40%

10%

The majority of African art, although originally created in Africa, is currently owned and displayed by  museums in Europe and the U.S.

100

Originally established to educate freed slaves to read and write, the first of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities was this university established in 1837 in Pennslyvania.

What is Cheyney University?

200

Tupac Shakur defines THUGLIFE as an acronym standing for and acknowledging...?

The Hate Give Little Infants F***s Everybody

references the cyclical nature of violence and the lifelong effects of circumstance and upbringing

200

Which artist's work was influenced by African masks?

a) Picasso

b) Warhol

c) Van Gogh

d) Matisse


a) Picasso

200

The N-Word can be said by white people...

a) only when singing along to songs

b) only when there aren't any black people around to hear them

c) only when reading from/referencing a text or quoting a written source

d) if a black person gives them permission

e) Never

NEVER!!!


200

According to the last U.S. census, nearly 13% of Americans identify as Black/African-American. Our nation has 50 governors. How many identify as Black/African-American?

a) 0

b) 2

c) 5

d) 7

ZERO

200

One in four of these were Black, despite the stories told in popular books and movies.

What are cowboys?

300

In 2019, she became the first female rapper inducted to the songwriters hall of fame.

Missy Elliot


300

What is afrofuturism?

"Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic, philosophy of science, and philosophy of history that explores the developing intersection of African Diaspora culture with technology"

300

"Black" is all of the above except...

a) an ethnicity

b) a color

c) a nationality

d) a culture

c) a nationality

You can't point to where "black" is on a map because "black" is simply a social construct used for a system of racial and ethnic classification. Black people come from a variety of countries and have different unique nationalities.

300

When was lynching made a federal hate crime? 

a) 1968

b) 1993

c) 2018


December 19th, 2018

300

The iconic cartoon character of Betty Boop was insipired by this Black jazz singer in 1930's Harlem.


Who is "Baby" Esther Jones?

400

The Black Arts Movement helped lay the foundation for spoken-word and hip-hop. It was formally established in 1965 in this place.

Harlem in New York

"The Black Arts Movement grew out of a changing political and cultural climate in which Black artists attempted to create politically engaged work that explored the African American cultural and historical experience."

400

African-American inventors invented all of the following except the...

a) automatic clothes dryer

b) random access memory (RAM) disks

c) automatic gear shift

d) early closed-circuit television system

e) automatic three-way traffic signal system

b) RAM disks

Garrett Morgan invented the first automatic three-way traffic signal system in 1923, which he eventually sold to General Electric.

Marie Van Brittan Brown created an early closed-circuit television system to be used for home monitoring. That security system was the forerunner of all advanced home security technology in use today.

George T. Sampson was best known for his early patent of the automatic clothes dryer in 1892

Richard Spikes created the automatic gear shift in 1932.

400

This place is often seen as a stong social and religious force for unity and cultural change. Don't forget about the picnics and building fund. 

What is the Black Church?

400

Before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat at the fron of the bus, there was this woman. She did it 9 months before Rosa.

Who is Claudette Colvin?

400

This Supreme Court case in 1967 overturned the law prohibiting interracial marriage on state and local levels and declared it to be unconstitutional. It only took 300 years.

What is Loving v. Virginia?

500

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 7, 1958. When this Jehovah's Witness was not busy going door-to-door, he was recording several hits for himself and producing them for other artists. 

Who is "Prince" Rogers Nelson

500

This actress became the first woman to receive the NAACP Chairman's Civil Rights Leadership Award for helping raise the image of Blacks. "Ain't we lucky we got'em.....Dum, dum,dum...dum,dum, dum dum, dum...GOOD TIMES!

Who is Esther Rolle?

500

This actor's courageous battle with colon cancer helped raise awareness of this second most common cause of cancer deaths. Hail the King.....WAKANDA FOREVER!!!

Who is Chadwick Boseman?

500

By extracting the material from an infected person and scratching it into the skin of an uninfected person, this African born in the late seventeenth century, is the father of the modern inoculation against diseases.

Who is Onesimus?

500

Can black people be racist?

a) Yes, they can be racist

b) No, they cannot be racist

c) Yes, they can be reverse racist

No. Racism is the oppression of a marginalized group.

Although black people can be prejudiced, they cannot be racist. Our society is based on white supremacy and white people naturally benefit from the system of white privilege. Black people cannot systematically disadvantage white people politically, socially, and/or economically and thus cannot be racist.

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