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Which poet and autobiographer wrote "Phenomenal Woman," "And Still I Rise," and "On the Pulse of Morning?"
Who is Maya Angelou?
Which jazz trumpeter, nicknamed "Satchmo," is known for "What A Wonderful World?"
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Which Black agricultural scientist came up with hundreds of uses for the peanut and sweet potato crops?
Who is George Washington Carver?
Which Morehouse graduate delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Who is Kara Walker?
Which "Queen of the Harlem Renaissance" and former NCCU theater faculty member created the characters Janie Crawford and Tea Cake?
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
Which numerically-named group produced hit songs like 'ABC' and 'I Want You Back?"
Who is The Jackson 5?
Which Black inventor worked with Thomas Edison and invented the lightbulb filament?
Who is Lewis Latimer?
Name either of the founders of the Black Panther Party.
Who is Bobby Seale/Huey P. Newton?
Which self-taught street artist is known for the crown motifs prominently featured in his work?
Who is Jean-Michel Basquiat?
Which playwright of 'A Raisin in the Sun" became the first Black woman to have a play performed on Broadway?
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
Which Motown girl group was the most commercially successful of Motown's acts?
Who are The Supremes?
Which Black inventor invented the traffic light and the gas mask?
Who is Garrett Morgan?
Which activist, known for being "unbought and unbossed," became the first black woman elected to Congress?
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Who is Ernie Barnes?
Which writer of "A Negro Dreams of Rivers" began his poem "Harlem" with the line "What happens to a dream deferred?"
Which pioneer of cool, relaxed styles of jazz playing produced the album "Kind of Blue', featuring the song "So What?"
Who is Miles Davis?
Which Black surgeon developed blood banks early in World War II?
Who is Charles Drew?
The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party was founded by which activist, known for her slogan "sick and tired of being sick and tired?"
who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
Which Harlem Renaissance sculptor produced works like "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a 12-foot tall sculpture resembling a harp?
Who is Augusta Savage?
Who is known for his avant-garde one-act drama "Dutchman," which was adapted into a film in 1966?
Who is Amiri Baraka?
Which bebop jazz trumpeter jokingly pitched a bid to run for president in 1964, promising to appoint fellow musician Miles Davis as Director of the CIA?
Who is Dizzy Gillespie?
Which Surinamese-American inventor created the shoe-lasting machine?
Who is Jan Matzeliger?
Which SNCC co-founder and later Congressmen representing Georgia wrote the book 'Walking with the Wind?"
Who is John Lewis?
Which Black Artist is known for his "Migration Series" portraying Black Life in the midst of the Great Migration?
Who is Jacob Lawrence?