Blue
Cartoonist Morrie Turner created what world-famous syndicated comic strip?
Wee Pals
Known for his social and political views, who published The Souls of Black Folks in 1903?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Established in 1881, what college holds the distinction of being America's oldest historically black college for women?
Spelman College
Who founded the record label Roc-A-Fella Records, the clothing line Rocawear, the 40/40 club and sports management group Roc Nation Sports?
Shawn Carter (Jay-Z)
Popularized by the 1923 musical Runnin' Wild, what 1920s dance is believed to have started in a coastal city of South Carolina?
The Charleston
What colonial era crop had a significant shortage of workers which demanded a large number of Africans to be imported to the Americas?
Tobacco
What was the daily wage of Black train porter before A. Philip Randolph established a successful labor union for Black train porters?
$2.00
What Alex Haley novel was made into a television mini-series in 1977 and 1979?
Roots
What musical instrument did jazz musician Grover Washington, Jr. play?
Saxophone
Former slaves who became tenant farmers who gave their share of crops raised to the landlord as rent were called?
Sharecropper
Whose sales of innovative beauty products sold throughout the United States and the Caribbean led her to become the first Black American female millionaire?
Madam C.J. Walker
In 1993, she became the first black to be honored with the Nobel Prize for Literature for six novels. She is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved which became a motion picture, and in 1993 for Jazz. Name her.
Toni Morrison
What is Wally Amos famous for?
Chocolate chip cookies
What was the name of Eddie Murphy first movie which grossed over 100 million dollars and propelled him into movie stardom?
48 hours
Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now, a platinum hit by Gene McFadden & John Whitehead was known as what in 1979?
The Black National Anthem
What is the name of Gloria Naylor first novel that consisted of tales from seven black women who wound up on a dead-end street in a ghetto in the North?
The Women of Brewster Place
Which individual’s list of partnerships reads like a who’s who of the biggest brands in America, from Coca-Cola and Gatorade to Chevrolet and McDonalds. At the end of 2022 he was the highest paid athlete of all time with inflation adjusted earnings of $3.3billion?
Michael Jordan
What 1915 natural disaster ruined crops and homes of many farmers in the Mississippi Valley region?
Flooding
Langston Hughes was responsible for publishing what Black American magazine?
The Nation
Name two Black television show producers from the 1980s
Bill Cosby, Tim Reid, Debbie Allen, Quincy Jones, and Keenan Ivory Wayans
Who founded Ebony magazine?
John H. Johnson
What is the name of the Grammy award winning gospel a cappella sextet whose hits include Spread Love and David & Goliath?
Take 6
What author promoted her first novel, Mama, by contacting colleges and universities?
Terry McMillan
Which term was used in the US from the early 1900’s through the early 1960’s to express the notion that money spent with businesses hiring blacks simultaneously purchased a commodity and advanced the race?
Double duty dollar
Who was the first Black American woman chosen as Miss America?
Vanessa Williams