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100
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
100
Who was the first African-American Miss America?
Who is Vanessa Williams
100
Who was the first African American woman to host a nationally syndicated TV talk show?
Who is Oprah Winfrey
100
This film was released in 1991 that was centered around a group of friends living in South Central Los Angeles.
What is Boyz n the Hood
100
What was the informal system that helped slaves escape to the North during the mid-1800s?
What is the Underground Railroad (video)
200
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father.
Who is Muhammad Ali
200
This woman is famous for her poems and activism. She has a poem entitled "Still I Rise."
Who is Maya Angelou
200
What name was given to the period of cultural rebirth that took place in Harlem, New York City?
What is The Harlem Renaissance (video)
200
This trumpeter was considered one of the most influential parts of Jazz music.
Who is Louis Armstrong
200
Where was Malcolm X killed? Boston North Carolina Manhattan Georgia
Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom
300
Who is the botanist that became famous for his agricultural science involving peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soy beans
Who is George Washington Carver (notecard)
300
Who was the first African-American to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
Who is Colin Powell
300
This popular playwright, poet, and author was influential during the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote a book of poetry entitled "The Weary Blues." He also wrote a poem called "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
Who is Langston Hughes
300
Who was the first artist to have their first six studio albums debut at number one on the Billboard charts?
Who is Beyoncé
300
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board
400
He was a prominent abolitionist and author. He was a slave, but escaped and became an anti-slavery activist.
Who is Frederick Douglass
400
This is a popular name of a group of African-American military pilots (fighter and bomber) who fought in World War II
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen (notecard)
400
This Brooklyn painter /artist was nicknamed "Samo" and was known for collaborating with with pop artist Andy Warhol.
Who is Jean-Michel Basquiat (notecard)
400
This is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actor, and philanthropist who had a song entitled "Black or White"
Who is Michael Jackson
400
An all white jury acquitted J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the murder of whom? Malcolm X Medgar Evans Dr. MLK Jr. Emmett Till
Who is Emmett Till (notecard)
500
Who was a slave that led a rebellion of slaves and freed Blacks in SouthHampton, VA?
Who is Nat Turner (video)
500
Who was the first Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Thurgood Marshall (notecard)
500
B.B. King is one of the greatest blues performers of the 20th century. What do the letters B.B. stand for?
What is Boy from Beale Street
500
This movie was released in 2012 which was based on the African-American pilots in the Tuskegee training program.
What is Red Tails (video)
500
What year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery? 1862 1872 1865 1867
1865