Movers and Shakers
UVA History
Politics
Culture 1
Culture 2
100

Agricultural scientist and inventor who discovered 300+ uses for peanuts

Who is George Washington Carver?

100

Most distinguished basketball player in UVA history

Who is Ralph Sampson?

100

First Black president of the US

Who is Barack Obama?

100

Film with the quote: "Bye, Felisha."

What is "Friday?"

100

Cuisine traditionally eaten by Southern Black Americans

What is soul food?

200

First Black woman to win a Nobel Prize (for Literature)

Who is Toni Morrison?

200

President of BSA who pushed for OAAA's creation

Who is Linda Quarles?

200

Black Panther who founded the Rainbow Coalition

Who is Fred Hampton?

200

Adult animated show about the Freeman family settling into a suburb

What is "the Boondocks?"

200

Film with the quote: "Ain't nobody coming to see you, Otis!"

What is "The Five Heartbeats?"

300

First Black cardiologist, first person to perform an open heart surgery

Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?

300

Report in 1987 about the Black UVA experience

What is the Audacious Faith Report?

300

First Black person AND first woman to run for Democratic Party's presidential nomination

Who is Shirley Chisholm?

300

Theater in Harlem, NY frequented by Black entertainers

What is the Apollo Theater?

300
African American National Anthem

What is "Lift Every Voice and Sing?"

400

Inventor of the three-light traffic signal

Who is Garret Morgan?
400

First Black Studco President

Who is James Roebuck?
400

First Black person elected governor of a state

Who is Lawrence Douglas Wilder?

400

First to win a Grammy for Album of the Year 

Who is Stevie Wonder?

400

First Black person to win a Pulitzer Prize; wrote "We Real Cool"

Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?

500

Inventor of the automatic elevator shaft

Who is Alexander Miles?

500

First Black person to graduate from UVA

Who is Walter Ridley?

500

1964 voter registration drive in Mississippi to increase # of registered Black voters

What is Freedom Summer?
500

First Black comic book character

Who is Lion Man?

500

First Black EGOT winner

Whoopi Goldberg

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