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100
What 2014 film chronicled a 1965 voting rights march in Alabama?
Selma
100
What 90’s sitcom featured characters such as Jerome, Bruh Man and Sheneneh Jenkins?
Martin
100
What entrepreneur of beauty products became the first self-made female millionaire in America?
Madam C.J. Walker
100
With hit songs such as “Vision of Love” and “Fantasy”, who holds the record for most Billboard Number-one hits by a solo artist?
Mariah Carey
100
In which war did the Tuskegee Airmen attain international praise?
WWII
200
Who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the film Ray?
Jamie Foxx
200
Before hosting The View, what entertainer earned an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and a Tony award?
Whoopi Goldberg
200
Who was one of an original Victoria’s Secret Angel before creating America’s next Top Model?
Tyra Banks
200
What record company was founded by Dr. Dre and Suge Knight and achieved international prominence during the 1990’s?
Death Row Records
200
Eric Holder was the first Black person to head the Department of Justice in what position?
Attorney General
300
What “Say It Loud” singer was the subject of the 2014 biopic Get on Up?
James Brown
300
What TV producer and screenwriter is responsible for the TV shows Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder?
Shonda Rhimes
300
What is the acronym NAACP signify?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
300
Who’s 1994 album CrazySexyCool is the best-selling album by a girl-group?
TLC
300
Who argued before the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education as the chief counsel for the NAACP?
Thurgood Marshall
400
What filmmaker is responsible for films such as Malcolm X, Chi-Raq, Miracle at St. Anna, and Do the Right Thing?
Spike Lee
400
What sketch comedy program launched the careers of the Wayans Brothers as well as Jamie Foxx, Jim Carrey and Jennifer Lopez?
In Living Color
400
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his “I Have a Dream” Speech?
March on Washington; or National Mall; or Washington D.C.
400
Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and John Coltrane were all prominent musicians in what traditionally Black art form?
Jazz
400
What term is used to describe the mass exodus of Black Americans from the South to Northern cities such as Chicago, Detroit, and New York City?
The Great Migration
500
Forrest Whittaker earned an Oscar for Best Actor in The Last King of Scotland for his portrayal of what Ugandan dictator?
Idi Amin
500
What miniseries, based the work of Alex Haley, premiered in 1977 on ABC to record-setting ratings?
Roots
500
What inventor received a patent for his innovative carbon filament for lightbulbs in 1882?
Lewis Latimer
500
Who became the youngest person to ever top the Billboard Hot 100 with the song "Fingertips Pt. 2" in 1963?
Stevie Wonder
500
Which educator and author of Up from Slavery was the first Black person to be an official guest of the White House?
Booker T. Washington
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