Activist/Civil Rights
American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement.
Who is Martin Luther King?
Tuskegee Institute located in this state.
Alabama
This TV comedy show made Eddie Murphy a household.
What is Saturday Night Live?
What was the name of the network of hiding places which helped slaves to escape to freedom?
What is the Underground Railroad
The music-related nickname of Detroit, Michigan.
What is Motown?
Born in 1925 this American Muslim minister and human rights activist was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks.
Who is Malcolm X?
In 2004, She became the first African American billionaire.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This sketch-comedy show that parodies many of the nuances of race and culture.
What is the Chappelle's Show
What anti-slavery newspaper was founded by Frederick Douglass?
What is the North Star?
MC Hammer‟s real name.
What is Stanley Kirk Burrell?
What civil rights leader was co-founder of the NAACP and the Pan-African Movement?
Who is W.E.B Du bois
The occupation that Iman, Beverly Johnson, and Naomi Sims have in common.
What is modeling?
The name of the first successful TV variety show starring a Black American.
What is Nat King Cole Show?
He was the first black entertainer to sleep in the White House.
Who is Sammy Davis, Jr.?
The name of the first hip-hop group to break into the mainstream American culture in the early 1980s.
What is Run DMC.
He founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League. He also inspired the Nation of Islam and the Rastafarian movement.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
Abolitionist that founded the North Star, a weekly newspaper in 1847 .
Who is Frederick Douglas?
Robert Guillaume starred in what TV series?
What is Benson
What state was the first to abolish slavery?
What is Vermont
Black Music Artist with the most grammy awards
Who is Quincy Jones?
Civil rights activist who became the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962.
Who is James Meredith?
In the United States today this is the total number of historically black colleges and universities.
What is 105?
A comedienne who had a one-woman show on Broadway in the mid-1980s. She also won the Best Supporting Actress award for a 1990 thriller/fantasy film.
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
In 1982 Lonnie Johnson invented
What is the Supersoaker
He has achieved lasting fame for such songs as 'The Banana Boat Song (Day-O),' as well as for his film and humanitarian work.
Who is Harry Belafonte?