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100
Who was the first Black coach in the major leagues?
Buck O'Neil
100
Who wrote the book Native Son?
Richard Wright
100
What reward amount did slave owners promise for the capture of Harriet Tubman?
$ 40,000
100
Who played the title role in the movie " Lady Sings the Blues?
Diana Ross
100
Where is the Negro League Baseball Museum?
Kansas City, Mo.
200
What is Tiger Woods given first name?
Eldrick
200
The novel CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY was the basis of what Broadway Play?
Lost in the Stars
200
How old was A. Phillip Randolph when he organized the 1963 March on Washington?
74
200
Who performed the hit songs "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Johnny Be Good?"
Chuck Berry
200
Where was Whitney Houston born?
Baltimore, Maryland
300
What is Charles Barkley's nickname?
"Sir charles"
300
What magazine was created in response to the growing number of Black entrepreneurs?
Black EnterPrise
300
The first successful open heart surgery was performend iin what year?
1893
300
What record company was nicknamed "hitsville USA"?
Motown Records
300
Where is Fisk University?
Nashville, Tennessee
400
For what proffessional football team did Walter Payton play?
Chicago Bears
400
Who was the founder of Ebony Magazine?
John H. Johnson
400
Between 1972 and 1982, the number of African American managers in U S companies rose what percentage?
83 percent
400
Who brought the Jackson 5 to Motown's attention?
Gladys Knight
400
Medgar Evers was field secretary for the NAACP in which state?
Mississippi
500
What proffessional basketball team did Dennis Rodman play for the before the Chicago bulls?
Detroit Pistons
500
Ralph Ellison wrote what Novel?
The invisible man
500
Black Patriot James Forten organized 2,500 Black Philadelphians to defend the city in case of invasion during what war?
The War of 1812
500
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson appeared on what Sunday night comedy show?
The Jack Benny Show
500
Which colony was the first to legalize slavery?
Massachusetts
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