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This show aired from 1992 to 1997 and involved a disc jockey who lives with his girlfriend Gina in the city of Detroit. Characters also include: Pam. Tommy, and Cole.

What is Martin?

100

Using the Underground Railroad, she went on about 13 missions to help free slaves.

Who is Harriet Tubman?

100

This is where MLK delivered his I Have A Dream speech in 1963.

What is the March on Washington?

100

This HBCU is located in Washington D.C.

What is Howard University?

100
This is the year the U.S. elected its first black president?

What is 2008?

200

Name the full title of the newest Black Panther film.

What is Black Panther: Wakanda Forever?

200

This artist has been blinded by the lights with having the most streamed song on spotify with 4.024 billion streams.

Who is The Weeknd?

200

This is the year the 13th Amendment was ratified and abolished slavery in the U.S.

What is 1865?

200

Name three HBCUs that are located in Atlanta, Georgia

What are Morehouse, Clark Atlanta, and Spelman?

200

This man played a key role in the development and creation of peanut butter.

Who is George Washington Carver?

300

Primarily set between in the 80s and early 90s, during the first crack epidemic, in Los Angeles, the lives of Franklin Saint, Gustavo "El Oso" Zapata, and Teddy McDonald are entwined.

What is Snowfall?

300

This woman is currently the most Grammy Award winning artist of all time with 32 trophies.

Who is Beyonce?

300

He became the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era in 1947.

Who is Jackie Robinson?

300

Name both HBCUs located in Pennsylvania.

What are Cheyney and Lincoln?

300

He is credited with the invention of the three way traffic signal

Who is Garrett Morgan?

400

This show was the original FRIENDS airing from 1993 to 1998. It centered around the lives of six friends in NYC who all live in a brownstone in Brooklyn. Characters Include: Khadijah, Synclaire, Maxine, etc.

What is Living Single?

400

Known more for his acting than his music, he won the first Rap Grammy in 1989, with his friend for the song, "Parents Just Don't Understand"

Who is Will Smith?

400

What year was the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?

What is 1954?

400

This is the location of North Carolina A&T State University?

What is Greensboro, North Carolina?

400

She became the first African American woman to travel in space in 1992.

Who is Mae Jemison?

500

This show was the first Disney Channel show to have a Black / minority lead character. It ran from 1998 to 2001. A young Beyonce guest-starred on the show while she was in Destiny's Child.

What is The Famous Jett Jackson?

500

Nine months before Rosa Parks, she first refused to move to the back of the bus and give up her seat to a white person.

Who is Claudette Colvin?

500

This is a group of African American pilots who served in the US Army Air Force during World War 2.

Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?

500
This HBCU located in Tallahassee, Florida was originally called State Normal College for Colored Students.

What is Florida A&M University?

500

In this year, a man known as Douglas Wilder became the first African American to be elected as governor in the U.S.

What is 1989?