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What is the name of Howard University's radio station?
WHUR - 96.3
What Eritrean-American rapper taught himself how to build a functional computer at the age of 11 which he used to record his own music?
Who created the world's best selling toy (2013), the Super Soaker?
What Harlem Theater is the showcase of African American talent?
The Apollo Theater
This school was America's first public high school for black students.
Dunbar High School
Lee Daniel's The Butler was based on the life of what former White House employee?
Eugene Allen
The very first Africans to reach the New World, during the transatlantic slave trade, arrive on this island
Hispaniola (now known as Dominican Republic & Haiti)
Who was the first African American astronaut to journey into space?
Guion Bluford Jr.
Who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)?
Marcus Garvey
As the first prominent civil rights activist to become chief executive of a major American city, this man served as the second mayor of DC from 1979 to 1991 then again from 1995 to 1999?
Marion Barry
What was the original name of the Harlem Globetrotters?
Savoy Big Five
This former track and field champion was famous for his 1968 Olympic Black Power fist salute.
John Carlos
What African-American inventor has five patents, including the toilet tissue holder, the back washer, and the sanitary belt?
In what year did Congress abolish slavery?
1865
How old was Gwendolyn Brooks when she published her first poem?
Thirteen (13) years old
Though deceased, this well-known rap artist appeared in concert on April 17,2012 via hologram.
Tupac Shakur
Who was the first African American published in what would become the United States?
Jupiter Hammon
What Afro-American female, pioneer in the mathematics of interplanetary navigation, spent 30 years at NASA and was honored with plaques containing her name?
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson
What African American male developed the theory of the talented tenth?
W.E.B. DuBois
One of the world's largest storages of the history and culture of people of African descent in Africa, the Americas, and other parts of the world. Name this research center on Howard University's campus.
The Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
Who became the first black (female) musician to earn a Masters Degree in music?
Nora Douglas Holt
This Puerto Rican poet is best known as an advocate of Puerto Rican independence. She was also a civil rights activist for women and African/Afro-Caribbean writers.
Julia de Burgos
Dr. Perch L. Julian merged Julian Laboratories with this chemical company to become millionaire by 1961?
Smith, Kline, and French Pharmaceutical Company
What did the 13th amendment of the United States ratify?
Prohibitions of Slavery
Who was the first African American Representative that proposed 50 different bills embodying the early concepts of equal opportunity and affirmative action, and saw each of them become law?
Adam Clayton Powell