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Name the first blact poet who was a slave that wrote "an Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penetential Cries" that was published on December 25, 1790.
What is Jupiter Hammon
100
Name the production that was the first Broadway play written by Garland Anderson, a black writer in 1925.
What is "Appearances"
100
Name the first black with his own network radio show to air in 1945. He is also the first black with his own network show on the air in 1956.
What is Nat King Cole
100
He is known as "Howlin' Wolf" and was a member of the generation of blues musicians who created the "Chicago Sound" during the mid-twentieth century.
What is Chester Arthur Burnett
100
In 1931, he formed one of the nation's first gospel choirs at Chicago's Pilgrim Baptist Church. Upon the death of his wife and baby the following year, Dorsey wrote the famous, Precious Lord, Take My Hand. Soon afterward, he discovered the young singer Mahalia Jackson, and was her accompanist throughout the 1930's and 1940's. Name him
What is Thomas Dorsey
200
Who was the first black playwright who's play "The Escape" was published in 1858?
What is William Wells Brown
200
The first black film,"The Railroad Porter", was a 1912 comedy directed by whom?
What is Bill Foster
200
Identify one of the hallmarks of the "Roaring 20's" and is also known as the "Cotton Club of the West"?
What is The Creole Place, San Diego
200
He is considered the originator of Hip-Hop and is also known as "DJ Kool Herc" Name him.
What is Clive Campbell
200
In 1993 she became th eyoungest person and first African American to be named United States Poet Laureate, (a consultant in poetry) an honor she held until 1995. She has recieved 22 honorary doctorates from distinguished universities including Dartmouth College and Columbia University. She has also read her poetry at the White House and at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Name her.
What is Rita Dove
300
Name the first Broadway production with an all black company in 1896.
What is John W. Isham's Oriental America.
300
Identify the first black movie production company.
What is Lincoln Motion Picture Company
300
Name the legendary actor that gained notoriety for his monumental performance in the 1942 film "In This Our Life", a single supporting role that facilitated the alteration of negative depictions presented of African-Americans in Hollywood film
What is Ernest Anderson
300
Name the first known black theater troupe that organized in lower Manhattan,NY out of the African Grove Theatre, a two-story house that was converted into a 300 seat theatre.
What is The African Company
300
Name Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel that traces a black woman's search for fulfillment in West Florida during the early 20th century.
What is Their Eyes Were Watching God
400
Bert Williams and George Walker were the first black recording artists by which record company
What is Victor Talking Machine Company
400
Who was the first black to perform with an American Opera Company in July of 1933?
What is Caterina Jarboro
400
She is considered one of the foremost mezzo-sopranos of the opera world. She is also credited with following Marion Anderson in paving the way for African-American women in opera. Who is she?
What is Grace Bumbry
400
Identify the most successful black-owned record label in U.S. history.
What is Motown Records
400
Name the first African American to perform in an otherwise all-white cast in the New York City Opera's production of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci.
What is Todd Duncan
500
Sam Lucas was the first black actor to star in a full length film in a title role of what film in 1914? Historians argue that this film altered America's history and was the spark that ignited the Civil War.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
500
Identify the first black to recieve an Academy Award for a supporting role in "Gone with the Wind ". In 2006 she became the first black Oscar winner to be honored with a U.S. postal stamp
What is Hattie McDaniel
500
Name the first and most influential African-American composer who used Negro spirituals and folksongs as inspiration for classical compositions.
What is Harry Thacker Burleigh
500
This organization was established in 1937 to try to eliminate the stereotyping of African Americans in theatrical and cinematic performances. It also stressed the need for more realistic roles for people of color, helped foster the skills of African American actors, and worked to generate more acting oppurtunities for blacks.
What is Negro Actors Guild of America
500
He was one of the most innovative and influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, the leading jazz tenor saxophonist of the era and described by some jazz critics as the "high priest" of avant-garde jazz. Name him.
What is John William Coltrane