ARTS
SINCE 1987, WHO HAS HELD THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS IN NEW YORK CITY?
WYNTON MARSALIS
WHO BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN BILLIONAIRE IN 2001?
ROBERT “BOB” JOHNSON
WHAT ARTIST RECORDED THE SONGS, “I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU”, “THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL,” AND “I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY”?
WHITNEY HOUSTON
BENJAMIN BANNEKER ASSISTED IN THE SURVEY OF WHAT MAJOR US CITY?
WASHINGTON, DC
IN 1942, WHAT BRANCH OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES BECAME THE LAST TO ADMIT BLACKS?
U.S. MARINES CORPS
WHO WAS BORN IN FLORENCE, ALABAMA IN 1873 AND IS CALLED “FATHER OF THE BLUES”?
WC HANDY
WHAT COMPANY’S POPULAR COMMERCIAL FEATURED A TAPE RECORDING OF ELLA FITZGERALD VOICE SHATTERING A GLASS?
MEMOREX
THE GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS LISTS WHAT MICHAEL JACKSON ALBUM AS THE BEST SELLING ALBUM OF ALL TIMES?
THRILLER
IN WHAT STATE DID NAT TURNER LEAD A SLAVE REVOLT THAT KILLED 55 WHITE PEOPLE?
VIRGINIA
WHAT PRESIDENT INITIALLY REJECTED THE SERVICE OF BLACK SLAVES IN THE UNION ARMY DURING THE CIVIL WAR?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
THIS FIRST GLORIA NAYLOR NOVEL CONSISTED OF TALES FROM SEVEN BLACK WOMEN WHO WOUND UP ON A DEAD-END STREET IN A GHETTO IN THE NORTH. IT WAS MADE INTO A TELEVISION MOVIE. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE NOVEL?
THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE
ESTABLISHED IN 1945, THE PUBLISHER OF EBONY AND JET MAGAZINES IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST BLACK-OWNED PUBLISHING COMPANY. NAME IT.
JOHNSON PUBLISHING COMPANY
DIONNE WARWICK HAD NUMEROUS HITS ON THE BILLBOARD MUSIC CHARTS. “I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER” AND “I’LL NEVER LOVE THIS WAY AGAIN” WENT GOLD. SHE RECORDED “THEN CAME YOU” WITH A POPULAR MALE GROUP AND IT WENT GOLD AS WELL. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE GROUP?
THE SPINNERS
WHAT ORGANIZATION FORMED IN 1914 BY MARCUS GARVEY PROMOTED RACIAL PRIDE AND SELF IMPROVEMENT?
UNIVERAL NEGRO IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
WHO SERVED AS A NURSE, SCOUT AND SPY FOR THE UNION ARMY?
HARRIET TUBMAN
WHAT MUSICAL GENRE EMERGED FROM THREE HEAVILY POPULATED BLACK ISOLATED AREAS: THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA, THE PIEDMONT, AND EAST TEXAS?
THE BLUES
WHAT MAGAZINE IS CALLED “The magazine of today’s black woman”?
ESSENCE
IN WHAT TV SERIES WAS A CHARACTER NAMED “BUCKWHEAT” ONE OF THE STARS?
THE LITTLE RASCALS
WHAT ATTORNEY ARGUED THE CASE ABBINGTON (V) BOARD OF EDUCATION OF LOUISVILLE RESULTING IN THE LOUISVILLE SCHOOL BOARD AGREEING TO CEASE TEACHER SALARY DISCRIMINATION IF MS ABBINGTON AGREE TO TO DROP HER LAWSUIT?
THURGOOD MARSHALL
A CASUALTY OF THE BOSTON MASSACRE IN 1770, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE BOSTON FUGITIVE SLAVE WHO WAS CALLED THE FIRST MARTYR OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION?
CRISPUS ATTUCKS
WHAT NEW YORK LIBRARY HOUSES RARE COLLECTION OF BLACK CULTURE?
THE SCHOMBURG CENTER
WHAT FAMOUS BLACK AMERICAN WAS A REPORTER ON THE CBS TELEVISION PROGRAM 60 MINUTES?
ED BRADLEY
ACTRESS NICHELLE NICHOLS IS BEST KNOWN FOR HER ROLE IN WHAT TELEVISION SERIES?
STAR TREK
WHAT ANTI-SLAVERY NEWSPAPER WAS FOUNDED BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS?
THE NORTH STAR
FOR WHAT STATE DID BARBARA JORDAN SERVE AS STATE SENATOR AND U.S. CONGRESSWOMAN?
TEXAS