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What is the name of the first African-American Baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
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In 1945, this magazine marked the beginning of a new era of Black oriented journalism.
Ebony
100
In 1872, T. Marshall invented what household device that keeps us safe from fires?
Fire Extinguisher
100
This is the year that Obama was first elected as President...
2008
100
Who is one of the founding fathers of Jazz?
Louis Armstrong
200
Who is considered the "Queen of Jazz"?
Ella Fitzgerald
200
Which record company helped change the understanding, marketing, and promotion of Black popular music?
Motown Records
200
Garrett Morgan invented this device that vehicles abide by daily...
Traffic Light
200
In what year was General Collin Powell appointed Secretary of State?
2001
200
Who is the first African-American deaf football player to make it to the Superbowl?
Derrick Coleman
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Who was elected in 2009 to represent the 45th District in the New York City Council? Hint: He was graduated from Brooklyn Tech and Brooklyn College. As a Councilman he represents these areas: Flatbush, East Flatbush, Flatlands, parts of Midwood and Canarsie.
Jumaane Williams
300
Which ABC-TV drama became the highest-rated tv program in history?
Roots
300
What is the name of the individual who grew up poor. But she became the first female African- American millionaire due to the hair product she created?
Madame C. J. Walker
300
In what year did President Harry Truman sign an executive order that integrated the U.S. military?
1947
300
In the landmark court case Brown vs. Board of Education of 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that...
Schools must be integrated. Separate but equal is unconstitutional.
400
What are the names of the first Black actor and actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Actress?
Sidney Poitier and Halle Berry
400
Which NBC-TV program changed the image of African-Americans?
Cosby Show
400
What is the name of the individual who invented the electronic control devices for guided missiles, IBM computers, and the pacemaker?
Otis Boykin
400
Congress passes the Voting Rights Act, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests, poll taxes, and other such requirements that were used to restrict black voting are made illegal. In what year did this happen?
Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965
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What is the name of the New York City is a music hall which is a noted venue for African-American performers?
Apollo Theater
500
What was the name of the slave who led the largest slave rebellion in history in 1831?
Nat Turner
500
Who created the popular song "Rapper's Delight"?
Sugar Hill Gang
500
What is the name of the individual who created the world's famous watergun, known as the Supersoaker?
Lonnie G. Johnson
500
What is the year when Venus Williams wins the singles title at Wimbledon, becoming the first African American woman to do so since Althea Gibson in 1958?
2000
500
What is the name of the popular modern dance company based in New York?
Alvin Ailey American Dance Company