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Local Folks
100
This country ranks #1 for the number of people in the world for the greatest number of modern day slavery
India
100
Engineer Roy Allela of Kenya, invented this to help sign language users communicate with the general public?
A glove which translates sign-language to speech.
100
She is the first Black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice.
Ketanji Brown
100
How many times did Koby Bryant win the NBA Championship?
5 - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010
Picture of Kobe Bryant GOAT
100
This writer, whose works of historical fiction and factual info depicting generations of African American lives. He won a Pulitzer prize for one of his books. He is the author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
Alex Haley
200
This word defines the spread of a people from their original homeland
Diaspora
200
This African-American television host & producer best known for creating, producing, and hosting the music and dance television show Soul Train (1970–2006). He always ended his wkly dance show with his signature sign-off, "We wish you Love, Peace, & Soul."
Don Cornelius
200
This professional athlete embroiled himself in a thorny issue when he refused to stand for the national anthem before a preseason game in late August 2016.
Colin Kaepernick
200
In Knoxville, TN 107 - African American businesses removed; 15 - African American churches removed; 2,500+ Families displaced [more than 70% African American families] during this time called __________ __________ in the 1959-70's.
Urban Renewal of the 1960's
200
"Negro" students could not attend the University of Tennessee. In 1960, an Austin H.S. graduate decided to enroll at UT. On January 3, 1961, he was the first African-American to do so. Who was this trailblazer?
Theotis Robinson, Jr.
300
True or False: There are approximately 50 million slaves in the world today.
True
300
This woman invented a furnace powered by natural gas. Her goal was to offer a central heating solution that was more efficient than wood or coal. She received Patent 1,325,905 for her invention in December 1919.
Alice H. Parker
300
Who is the highest ranking Black officer in the US Army?
General Michael X. Garrett is the commanding general of United States Army Forces Command, located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
300
This period of U.S. history marked by a burst of creativity within the African American community in the areas of art, music and literature was centered in in New York City. It began around the end of WWI 1918 & continued into the mid-1930s.
Harlem Renaissance
300
This local icon grew up in the “Bottom” area of East Knoxville, and graduated from A.E. HS in 1953. Following a 3 yr. stint in the U.S. Army, he returned to study at Knoxville College on the G.I. Bill, graduating in 1962 with a B.S. in Education. This local son was involved in Knoxville’s Civil Rights movement, organizing sit-ins to advance desegregation. He is a avid participant in Karaoke
Robert "Bob" Booker
Bob Booker passed yesterday 2/22/24
400
How many countries make up the continent of Africa?
54
400
This doctor created a method to store blood products to give them a longer shelf life. He quit his position with the Red Cross because the military and the Red Cross adopted a policy of identifying the donor’s race on every unit of blood collected so that white patients would not receive blood from black donors.
Dr. Charles Richard Drew, 1904–1950; Father of Blood banking.
400
What is Dr. Mae Jemison (1956–) known for?
First African American woman in space.
400
What does HBCU stand for?
Historical Black College or University
400
Born in Knoxville and during the span of his life, he went from slavery to becoming one of the richest African American's in the state of Tennessee.
Cal[donia] Johnson
500
What's special about Liberia?
It was established on land acquired for people who formerly had been enslaved in the United States by the American Colonization Society in 1821.
500
This toy, invented by a NASA engineer in 1982, became available in 1990. Both children and adults love this toy. It was the top selling toy in 1991 & 1992.
Super Soaker
500
This person was one of the greatest boxers in history and the first fighter to win the world hvyweight championship on 3 separate occasions. In addition, he was known for his social message of black pride & black resistance to prejudice. He refused induction into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
Muhammed Ali (formerly known as Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.)
500
What is the area called that is part of Knoxville, Tennessee and located northwest of the city's downtown area. Established in the late 19th century as a land development project, this area was incorporated as a city in 1907, and was then annexed by Knoxville in 1917.
Lonsdale
500
True or False: The first African American architecture firm in the US was established in Nashville, TN by the McKissack brothers.
True.