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Which Lakers basketball player scored 81 points in a game against the Raptors in January 2006?
Kobe Bryant
100
Who was the first black president of the United States.
Barack Obama
THE 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
100
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I have a dream” speech?
From the steps of The Lincoln Memorial
100
What instrument is Louis Armstrong best known for playing?
Trumpet: He transformed the trumpet into a solo instrument capable of astonishing range and lyrical beauty.
100
Who was the MVP of the 2016 NBA Finals?
Lebron James
200
This Golfer has 110 Tournament wins all over the world and on various tours. He remains one of the greatest of all time to play the sport to many people.
Tiger Woods
200
Who led the Underground Ground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
200
What event is Rosa Parks known for?
Called "the mother of the civil rights movement," Rosa Parks invigorated the struggle for racial equality when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. Parks' arrest on December 1, 1955 launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott by 17,000 black citizens.
200
Where did Whitney Houston famously perform “The Star-Spangled Banner”?
1991 Super Bowl
Whitney Houston was 27 when she sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV (25). She was already the first artist in history to have seven consecutive singles go to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 pop chart.
200
What state was Barack Obama Senator for prior to his presidency?
The United States Senate career of Barack Obama began on January 3, 2005, and ended on November 16, 2008. A member of the Democratic Party from the state of Illinois, Obama previously served three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2005.
300
These sisters are highly decorated athletes in the world of tennis. They won a combined 122 tournament victories and were both #1 in the world for an extended period at different times. These two also have numerous gold medals in both singles and in doubles.
The Williams (Venus and Serena) Sisters
300
Who is this famous Blues artist?
B.B. King
Into his late eighties, King toured the world year-round as the unrivaled ambassador of the blues. He won 15 Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
300
Loving v. Virginia went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, what was the case about?
Loving v. Virginia, was a landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
300
What month is African American Music Appreciation Month?
June
June is African American Music Appreciation Month! Created by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, this month celebrates the African American musical influences that comprise an essential part of our nation's treasured cultural heritage.
300
Who was the first African American supreme court justice?
Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice.
400
This Winchester athlete made a name for himself for the Negro League playing for multiple teams from 1909 - 1923, but mostly known for his time with the New York Lincoln Giants.
He also has a street named for him in Winchester City Jim Barnett Park.
Spotswood Poles
400
Who is the activist that became a leader in the abolitionist movement to end slavery and has a Winchester City Public school named after him.
Frederick Douglass
400
In March of 1965 2000 people gathered in Selma, Alabama, along with Martin Luther King, Jr. why?
On March 21, 1965, 2,000 people marched from Selma, AL to capital city of Montgomery.
They marched to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote.
400
What was Aretha Franklin’s nickname?
Queen of Soul is a nickname most commonly associated with American singer Aretha Franklin (1942–2018).
400
Virgil Abloh was best known for being the artistic director of which high-end brand?
Louis Vuitton menswear
Virgil Abloh (born September 30, 1980, Rockford, Illinois, U.S.—died November 28, 2021, Chicago, Illinois) American designer and entrepreneur who was perhaps best known as the founder of the fashion label Off-White and the creative director of Louis Vuitton menswear.
500
In 1958, he was the first African American to play in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins. He only played two seasons and scored only four goals but had a lasting impact on the league.
Willie O’Ree
500
At the age of 15 she was the first black female detained for not sitting in the back of the bus, who is she?
Claudette Colvin
Claudette Colvin is an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus.
500
In 1995 a peaceful demonstration of mostly African American men in DC with an estimated 400,000 to 1.1 million demonstrators, what was it called?
Million Man March
500
In 1953, the song “Hound Dog” was released by this blues singer before Elvis Presley’s 1956 version.
The first version of “Hound Dog” was released in March 1953 by Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, an African-American Rhythm and Blues singer from Alabama. With her larger-than-life personality and earthy vocal delivery, Thornton was one of the Rhythm and Blues performers who helped usher in the Rock and Roll era.
500
Who was the first African American to win a NASCAR Cup series race?
Wendell Scott
On December 1, 1963, Scott became the first African American to win a race in the Sprint Cup Division after he came in first at Speedway Park in Jacksonville, Florida. Scott, however, was not announced the winner. Instead, the second place finisher Buck Baker was crowned the champion, until a correction was issued a few days later.
