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President Obama
100

Name the first play by an African American to be produced on Broadway. 

Fences; Color Purple;  Raisin in the Sun; or  Native Son


What is Raisin In the Sun


100

Who helped plan (design) the City of Washington, DC?

Frederick Douglass;    Marion Barry;    Benjamin Banneker;  or  Matthew Henson


Who is Benjamin Banneker


100

Ruby Bridges is the first African American to do what?


What is to 

Attend an all-white 

elementary school in the south


100

The Negro National Baseball League was established in what city?

New York;   Baltimore;    Los Angles;  or  Kansas City


What is 

Kansas City


100

President Obama is the 46th President of the United State (true or false)


What is False

He is the 44th

200

He won an Academy Award for the Best Original Song for the "Theme of Shaft" in 1971?

Curtis Mayfield;  Isaac Hayes;  Smoky Robinson; or Barry White


Who is Isaac Hayes


200

A historically Black neighborhood in Washington, DC, LeDroit Park is located in which section of the city?

Northwest;   Southwest;    Southeast;  or  Northeast


What is the Northwest


200

Which African American women invented the Global Positioning System (GPS)?

Who is Gladys West


200

In 1909 the NAACP was founded in what city?  

Philedelphia; DC; New York; or Atlanta


What is New York

200

President Obama represented what state as a U.S. Senator?

Michigan; Indiana; Illinois;  or Wisconsin


What is Illinois

300

What Harlem Theater is the showcase of African American talent? 

Howard;   Royal;    Apollo;  or  Warner




What is The Apollo Theater

300

He was the first African American to be commemorated on the National Mall in D.C..

Frederick Douglass;   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Colin Powell;  or  Herman Cain


Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  


300

Harvard's first African American Ph.D.d.

Charles Edward Anderson; MLK Jr.; Deval Patrick; or  W.E.B. DuBois



Who is W.E.B. DuBois


300

The American Civil War begins in what state?

Virginia; Maryland; North Carolina;  or  South Carolina


What is South Carolina

300

In what year was Barack Obama elected the first African American President of the Harvard Law Review?

1990; 1991; 1992;  or  1993


What is 1990

400

How many Grammy Awards did Michael Jackson win in 1984?  (Seven or Eight)

Six;    Seven;     Eight; or  Nine


What is Eight


400

He was the first Mayor of Washington, DC.

Marion Barry; Sharon Pratt; Walter Washington; Adrian Fenty


Who is Walter Washington


400

In what year was the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. first celebrated as a Nnational holiday?  

1985; 1986; 1987; 1988


What is 1986

400

Mother Bethel A.M.E Church was founded by Richard Allen in what city?  

Boston; Richmond; Philadelphia;  or  DC


What is Philadelphia

400

In what year was President Obama re-elected as the President of United States?  


What is 2012

500

Who was the first African American female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987?

Dionne Warwick; Aretha Franklin; Whitney Houston;  or  Patti Labelle


Who is Aretha Franklin


500

In 1980 he launches BET in Washington, DC.  


John H. Johnson; Michael Steele; Michael Powell; or   Robert Johnson


Who is Robert Johnson


500

I was the first African American invited to dine at the White House.  Who am I?  

Benjamin Banneker; Whitney Young; Booker T Washington;  or  Ralph Bunche


Who is 

Booker T. Washington


500

Kurt Schmoke is the first mayor of this city?  

Flint; Annapolis; Baltimore;  or  Richmond


What is Baltimore

500

President Obama's father, Barack Obama, Sr. is a native of what African country?

Sengela; Nigeria; Kenya;  or  South Africa


What is Kenya

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