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She was the first African American child to attend formerly whites-only William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
100
This Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer is credited alongside Davido and Wizkid for popularizing Afrobeats globally
Who is Burna Boy?
100
What is the best part of Valentine's Day season?
Who is YOU? (Free Space)
100
The year that Black History Month became nationally recognized
What is 1976?
100
What is always "Why You Always Lying?"
200
This woman refused to give up her seat on the bus and began an over-year-long bus boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
200
In Octavia E. Butler's "Parable of the Sower," a visionary teenage girl flees her where with a group of followers amid social and environmental collapse.
Where is Los Angeles?
200
In this film, two next-door neighbors in Los Angeles, love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood.
What is "Love and Basketball?"
200
In 1888, this university was established in Raleigh, N.C.. Becoming the first in the state to include Black Americans in their law school enrollees.
What is Shaw University?
200
Ariana DeBose opened the BAFTA Film Awards with a song shouting out this memorable quote.
What is Angela Basset Did the Thing.
300
He was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.
Who is Jesse Owens?
300
This country is located on the southwest coast of West Africa and its name originally meant "Roaring/Lion Mountains" in Portuguese.
What is Sierra Leone?
300
This is the second single from Michael Jackson's eighth studio album, "Dangerous." The music video cast a famous male comedian.
What is Remember the Time?
300
These are the four colors that represent Black History Month.
What is red, green, black and yellow?
300
It's the day after Dec. 21st, 2020, and Ro'shaun is upset that he didn't gain any (blank)?
What is Superpowers?
400
This former First Lady (arguably) made public school lunch less delicious. We still love her though!
Who is Michelle Obama?
400
The second oldest independent nation in the Western Hemisphere after The United States.
What is Haiti?
400
This 1984 hit single by American group New Edition and is the first single from their eponymous second album, New Edition.
What is "Cool It Now?"
400
The reason Black History Month takes place in February is to celebrate these two historical figures birthdays
Who is Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas?
400
On August 5, 2023, this large-scale altercation took place at the riverfront dock in downtown Montgomery, Alabama. (
What is the Alabama Brawl?