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Famous Kappas
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What is the name of the novel, written by Alice Walker, which was later adapted into a movie directed by Steven Spielberg? What is The Color Purple?
100
This woman refused to give up her sit on the bus that led to the Montgomery Bus BoycottWho is Rosa Parks?
100
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal'"
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
100
In 1980, this black owned cable channel was founded
What is Black Entertainment Television (BET)?
100
He is the current head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the youngest head coach to lead his team to a Super Bowl victory
Who is Mike Tomlin?
200
This poet's autobiography is entitled; I know why the Caged Bird Sings?
Who is Maya Angelou?
200
This famous 1954 civil rights court case ruled the infamous decision of “separate but equal"
What is Brown vs. Board of Education [of Topeka, Kansas]?
200
"float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
Who is Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay)?
200
This exhibition basketball team is known for its show boating style of play and red, white & blue basketball
Who are the Harlem Globetrotters?
200
He was the first African-American to win the U.S. Open in tennis
Who is Arthur Ashe?
300
What is A Raisin in the Sun?
300
Four black students sparked six months of sit-ins at a Woolworth's lunch counter in this city What is Greensboro, North Carolina?
300
"Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it"
Who is Malcolm X (Malcolm Little)?
300
This is the oldest Civil Rights organization still in operation today
What is the NAACP?
300
He is the first African-American billionaire, founder of Black Entertainment Television, and the owner of the Charlotte Bobcats (NBA)
Who is Robert "Bob" Johnson?
400
Who is was a 20th century American choreographer well known for his choreographic masterpiece Revelations?
Who is Alvin Ailey?
400
He's an American civil rights activist and the founder of two entities that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH
Who is Jesse Jackson?
400
"I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids"
Who is Charles Barkley?
400
Bobby Seals and Huey P. Newton are the co-founders of this radical organization
What is the Black Panther Party?
400
He is an American Gospel music singer-songwriter, whose hit single was “Never Would Have Made It”
Who is Marvin Sapp?
500
Alex Haley received a special Pulitzer Prize in 1977 for this novel, later adapted for a made for TV movie
What is Roots?
500
What is the name of the 14 year-old that was brutally murdered in Money, MS., in 1955 for reportedly flirting with a white woman?
Who is Emmett Till?
500
"We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice"
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
500
This organization was formed in 1957 and its founding president was Dr. Martin Luther King
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Christian Conference (SCLC)?
500
He was an American journalist, best known for 26 years of award-winning work on the CBS News television program 60 Minutes. He was the first black television correspondent to cover the White House as well
Who is Edward "Ed" Bradley?