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What is the location of the formerly known Village of Harmonia?
What is
Custer Industrial Park
Who was the first gospel star to cross over to popular music?
Who is
Sam Cooke
Who was the first Black person to receive a PhD from what school and year?
Who is
W.E.B. DuBois received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1895.
Who was the Virginia slave who in 1831 led the largest slave revolt in American history?
Who is
Nat Turner
This electrical engineer serves the community as President of the NAACP Battle Creek Chapter.
Carey Whitefiled
After the U.S. Constitution was adopted in 1787, the first Congress barred African Americans from doing what three things?
What is
Becoming naturalized citizens, joining the militia and serving as postal carriers.
Name James Brown’s home town
What is
Macon Georgia
Benjamin Hooks, the former director of the NAACP, had another profession, what was it?
What is
The National Council of Negro Women
Who played the country preacher in the 1951 movie “Cry the Beloved Country”? Earlier he played Banquo in Orson Welles’ all black production of Othello.
Canada Lee
In addition to being an entertainer, Michael Jackson was an inventor as well. His co-invention of this device granted him a patent on October 26, 1993
What is In addition to being an entertainer, Michael Jackson was an inventor as well. His co-invention of this device granted him a patent on October 26, 1993
During the Civil War, which regiment served for a year without pay to protest the difference in pay scales for black and white soldiers.
What is
Massachusetts 54th
What singer was known as the Empress of the Blues from1894 -1937?
Who is
Bessie Smith
Dorothy Irene Height was the president of what national women’s organization?
What is
The National Council of Negro Women
Who played the role of Rochester on the Jack Benny show?
Who is
Eddie Anderson
National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee Frederick McKinley Jones received 40 patents in refrigeration equipment. To what industry did his innovations provide great improvements?
What is
The long-haul transportation of perishable goods
Give us the name of the Black female star and the year of the premier in which all the black cast members of Gone With the Wind were barred from its Atlanta premier.
Who is
Hattie McDaniel in 1939
What 20th century painter created the 18' x 60' mural entitled the Contribution of the Negro to American Democracy which is on display at Hampton University in Virginia?
Who is
Charles Wilbert White
Name two national NAACP youth sponsored programs.
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1) Back to school/Stay in School, 2) ACT-SO, 3) Stop the Violence, Start the Love, 4) National Day of Education
Who was the first Black American woman bank president?
Who is
Maggie Lena Walker
Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard this NASA Space Shuttle orbiter.
The Space Shuttle Endeavour
How many African American military men earned the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Civil War?
What is
The Medal of Honor was given to 16 Union Army and 5 Navy members
What internationally famous dancer choreographed a ballet titled “Revelations”? This choreographer set his signature piece to the music of American Negro spirituals.
Who is
Alvin Ailey
Under what name was North Carolina Central University founded in 1910 by James E. Shephard?
What is
The National Religious Training School of Durham
Who was the first black woman ever to serve in the US Congress?
Who is
Shirley Chisolom
Charles Henry Turner’s research as a biologist and comparative psychologist allowed him to become the first person to prove insects can do this.
What is
Hear and distinguish pitch