Why are so many African-Americans less wealthy and healthy than white Americans?
What are some of the reasons or continued poverty among African-Americans?
What achievements have African Americans made in the areas of music, literature, and film from the 1980s through the twenty-first century?
Why has rap music achieved international popularity?
BONUS
100
Crabs in a barrel
What is the mentality that causes African-Americans to not work together to get each other "out the hood" but in reality ends up keeping them there?
100
Blacks aren't expected to go to college and put money back into the economy
Why do black schools have less funding compared to white schools?
100
He turned his plays into successful films.
Who is Tyler Perry?
100
The backup music for rap. Also the term for the youth culture that developed with the rise of rap music.
What is hip-hop?
200
Slavery
What is the reason why whites had such a "head start" when it came down to establishing family wealth and owning property?
200
Magic Johnson
Who was the first known African American to get HIV/AIDs?
200
He was one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century. He helped make black popular music a global phenomenon. He emerged and shattered cultural barriers between races.
Who is Michael Jackson?
200
A genre of rap music characterized by violent and sexist lyrics.
What is gangsta rap?
200
These women were invited to read their poems at two different presidential inaugurations. One recited her poem at President Bill Clinton's inauguration and the other at President Barack Obama's inauguration.
Who are Maya Angelou & Elizabeth Alexander?
300
Athletes, performers, media celebrities and business entrepreneurs
What careers do high-achieving African-Americans have?
300
Smoking, drinking, obesity
What are risky behavior that African American do that cause cancer?
300
The first African-American to win a Nobel Prize in Literature. She is best known for her literary works, such as Beloved, Song of Solomon & Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Who is Toni Morrison?
300
The most commercially successful genre of black music to emerge in the late twentieth century. A form of rhythmic speaking in rhyme.
What is rap?
400
55.9% & 30.9%
How much has the percentage of blacks in white collar jobs grown since the 1940s?
400
37.7%
What percent of African Americans completed high school in 1960?
400
Actors who won Oscars for their extraordinary performances in the movies Ray & Million Dollar Baby.
Who are Jamie Foxx & Morgan Freeman?
400
A concert promoter, encouraging early rap groups to stay close to the dress styles and language of the inner-city African-American community. The founder of “Phat Farm.”
Who is Russell Simmons?
500
Asian
Which ethnic group had the highest median household income 1967-2011?
500
Cause public schools to integrate
What was the result of Brown vs. Board of Education?
500
He produced Ma Rainey's Bottom, which had great success, that explored issues of race, art, religion, and historic expliotation of black recording artists by white producers.
Who is August Wilson?
500
Howard drop out in 1990. Founder of “Bad Boy Records.”