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100
This poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist.
Who is Maya Angelou?
100
Colin Powell was the first African-American to hold this high-ranking U.S. government position within the Executive Branch.
What is United States Secretary of State?
100
She has won 7 Grand Slam single titles, 22 doubles titles, three Olympic gold medals, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
Who is Venus Williams?
100
The musical genre that originated in African American communities of New Orleans.
What is Jazz Music?
100
This soul food dish is made from slow-cooked greens, often seasoned with ham hocks or bacon.
What are collard greens?
200
In 1982, novelist Alice Walker became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with this novel that explores the lives of Black women in the American South, particularly focusing on themes of abuse and female empowerment.
What is The Color Purple?
200
Kamala Harris, the first African-American vice president of the United States, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from this HBCU.
What is Howard University?
200
This father and son duo was the first in the history of the National Basketball Association to play at the same time... they even play on the same team.
Who are LeBron and Bronny James (also known as LeBron James Sr. and Jr.)
200
This rapper's Super Bowl Halftime Show became the most-watched of all time with 133.5 million viewers.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
200
This dish, made from cornmeal, is a staple in Southern cuisine and often served with butter.
What is cornbread?
300
This author was a pioneer in the sci-fi genre. Being one of the few females and African Americans who wrote in this genre, she received the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, one of the most coveted genius grants.
Who is Octavia Butler?
300
This politician became the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
300
This basketball player was the first woman to dunk in a WNBA game and is a two-time Olympic gold medalist.
Who is Lisa Leslie?
300
This singer, songwriter and musician is known for his innovative work in the genres of R&B, pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz, with legendary hit songs such as "Isn't She Lovely" and "I wish."
Who is Stevie Wonder?
300
This historic soul food restaurant in Harlem was founded in 1962 and has featured a wide range of celebrities from Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, to Nelson Mandela, Jesse Jackson, and Bruno Mars.
What is Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem (Also accept Sylvia's)
400
This playwright wrote "A Raisin in the Sun," the first play by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
400
The late John Lewis, was an American civil rights activist and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for this state from 1987 until his death in 2020.
What is Georgia
400
In this year Deion Sanders was inducted into the Pro-Football Hall of Fame.
What is 2011
400
This song is Kirk Franklin's first single.
What is Why We Sing?
400
This dish, originating from West Africa, is made with okra, tomatoes, and often seafood or meat.
What is Gumbo?
500
This movement was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, spanning the 1920s and 1930s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance? (Also accept, the "New Negro Movement.")
500
This NAACP leader and civil rights activist was instrumental in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Who is Roy Wilkins?
500
The only black male tennis player to win a title at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, and the Australian Open
Who is Arthur Ashe?
500
This record label, founded in 1959, played a vital role in the racial integration of popular music and famously launched the careers of many Black artists.
What is Motown Records?
500
The year when Charlie Mitchell — executive chef at the Clover Hill restaurant in Brooklyn Heights — became the first and only Black chef to helm a Michelin-starred restaurant in New York City.
What is 2022?