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Currently the pastor of a large congregation in Raleigh, North Carolina, this well-known female singer worked with the gospel group The Caravans established by Albertina Walker. Name her.
Shirley Caesar
In 2001, for what film did Denzel Washington become the second African American man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?
Training Day
Where did the “sit-in” movement begin?
Woolworth’s store in Greensboro, North Carolina
Owner and operator of Brooks Memorial Hospital, Phillip C. Brooks served in what capacities?
Physician and surgeon
Who was the first Black National League baseball player to hit 600 home runs?
Willie Mays
“Bentwa” was a musical instrumental unique to Africa. What kind of instrument was it?
Musical Bow
Who is the controversial poet and author of My House is Divided into Two Sections who emerged from the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s and became a professor of English?
Nikki Giovanni
What influential Congressman became Executive Director of the United Negro College Fund?
William H. Gray, III
What was the profession of Garland H. Brooks, Hopkinsville native and Howard University graduate?
Pharmacist
What Black American lit the Olympic torch at the 1984 Summer Games?
Rafer Johnson
Published in 1771, what book brought Phillis Wheatley wide acclaim?
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
Gordon Parks was the first African-American to write, direct, and score a major Hollywood film in 1969. What is the name of this work?
The Learning Tree
What famous march helped influence the Voting Rights Acts passed in August 1965?
March on Selma
Who developed the first airborne radar system that was used for locating downed aircraft?
Ozzie Williams
Derek Bryant, the first African American baseball player at the University of Kentucky, was drafted by what professional team?
Oakland Athletics
Cartoonist Morrie Turner created what world famous syndicated comic strip?
Wee Pals
This actress won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress In A Television Series in 1968 for her role on the sitcom Julia. She was also the first African-American actress to star in her own television series where she did not play a domestic worker. Who is she?
Diahann Carroll
In 1961 groups of black and white volunteers traveled together on bus trips in the South to test desegregation of buses and restaurants. By what name was this group known?
Freedom Riders
What breakthrough medical procedure was performed by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?
Open heart surgery
This Black female gymnast was a member of the gold-winning American team at the 2011 and the 2015 World Championships, and the all-around silver medalist at the 2015 World Championships. She was part of the Final Five at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she won gold in the team competition.
Gabby Douglas
Who became the first black woman to receive a federal commission for her work?
Meta Warrick Fuller
What is the name of Debbie Allen‟s sister who appeared on the Cosby Show?
Phylicia Rashad
Before the end of World War I, more than 4,000 black women had enlisted in the Army to serve in support roles. They were known collectively as what?
the Women‟s Army Corps (or WAC)
This self-taught engineer is the creator of the video game cartridge.
Gerald “Jerry” Lawson
Who are the only two brothers that ever held the heavyweight boxing title?
Michael and Leon Spinks