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Black @ Bryn Mawr
100

The author of The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved.

Who is Toni Morrison?

100

This reboot is bringing Hillman College back to tv screens.

What is "A Different World"?

100

The second singer who proudly proclaimed "I'm every woman!!"

Who is Whitney Houston?

100

These men started the Black Panther Party.

Who are Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seala.

100

The first Black person to enroll at Bryn Mawr College.

Who is Jessie Redman Fauset?

200

The poet who wrote "Still I Rise".

Who is Maya Angelou?

200

You probably know her as Storm, but she is also the first Black woman to have won the Oscar for Best Actress in 2002.

Who is Halle Berry?

200

If you wanted to get down on screen in the late 70s to early 2000s, you'd try to go on this show (hint: it doesn't go choo choo).

What is Soul Train?

200

This country is home of the first successful revolt amongst enslaved people.

What is Haiti?

200

The first Black student to graduate from Bryn Mawr College.

Who is Enid Cook '31?

300

An anthropologist and author who implemented her study of Black life in the South in several of her novels.

Who is Zora Neale Hurston?

300

This film, known for candidly presenting a Black male queer experience, won the Oscar for Best Film in 2016.

What is Moonlight?

300
This song is considered the Black American National Anthem.

What is "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?

300

This Black activist was imprisoned for her support of the Soledad brothers and spoke at Swarthmore in 2024.

Who is Angela Davis?

300

This building was created after the neglect and dilapidation of Sisterhood*.

What is the ECC?

400

An American father of sociology who brought Blackness, race, and concepts like double consciousness to the forefront of sociology.

Who is W.E.B. DuBois?

400

This man is considered the first major African-American film maker.

Who is Oscar Micheaux?

400

The venue in Harlem, New York known for hosting Black performers like James Brown, Aretha Franklin, and Luther Vandross.

What is The Apollo?

400

This women's undying cells were taken to advance medical vaccine research.

Who is Henrietta Lacks?

400

The year Sisterhood* was founded.

What is 1970?

500

An author known for highlighting Black lesbians in her most notable novel. This novel was adapted into a movie starring Whoopie Goldberg. 

Who is Alice Walker?

500

This man is known for developing afrosurrealist tv series like Atlanta and Swarm.

Who is Donald Glover?

500

The first Black singer to win a Grammy?

Who is Ella Fitzgerald?

500

This young mother refused to give up hear bus seat before Rosa Parks, helping to spark the Civil Rights Movement's bus boycott initiative.

Who is Claudette Colvin?

500

A Black at Bryn Mawr tour guide.

Who is Bea, Maria, Carina, Chelsea, Yasfresi, and Rokhaya?

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