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Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
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The first United States , African American president.
Who is Barack Obama?
100
A group that dedicated itself to an underground campaign of violence against Republican leaders and voters (both black and white) in an effort to reverse the policies of Radical Reconstruction and restore white supremacy in the South.
What is the KKK Clan?
100
Denzel Washington stars as one of black history’s most revolutionary leaders. This famous biopic chronicles the activist’s life up until his assassination in 1965.
What is Malcolm X?
100
In May 2016, _____ released the mixtape Coloring Book to further critical acclaim. This is ______'s third mixtape, which earned him three Grammy awards, including Best Rap Album. Coloring Book was the first streaming-only album to ever receive and win a Grammy nomination.
Who is Chance The Rapper?
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**BONUS** "Yeah, this album is dedicated to all the teachers that told me I'd never amount to nothin', to all the people that lived above the buildings that I was hustlin' in front of that called the police on me when I was just tryin' to make some money to feed my daughter,
Who is Notorious B.I.G.?
200
First African-American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress
What is Halle Berry?
200
After slavery was abolished due to the Emancipation Proclamation this was known as the new type of slavery.
What is sharecropping?
200
Idris Elba stars in this film about the story of the anti-apartheid leader and former South African President. taking a global look at how racism and colonization have affected black people around the world.
What is Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom ?
200
Called the "King of Pop", his contributions to music, dance, and fashion along with his publicized personal life made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades
Who is Michael Jackson?
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The fifteen-year-old schoolgirl refused to move to the back of the bus, nine months before Rosa Parks’ stand that launched the Montgomery bus boycott.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
300
First African American woman to host her own television show
What is Oprah Winfrey?
300
Were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States. Enacted after the Reconstruction period, these laws continued in force until 1965.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
300
A film where serious dramas that focused on Black men living and surviving in violent urban cities across the country. The film is a coming of age story of three young men trying to survive in South Central LA. The film stars Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Morris Chestnut. Singleton was nominated for Best Director for the film in 1991, making him the youngest ever and first African American to be nominated for the award.
What is Boys N The Hood
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In 2009, Guinness World Records cited her as the most awarded female act of all time.______ is one of pop music's best-selling music artists of all-time, with an estimated 170–200 million records sold worldwide. She released seven studio albums and two soundtrack albums, all of which have diamond, multi-platinum, platinum or gold certification.
Who is Whitney Houston
400
"I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me."
Who is Muhammed Ali?
400
First African American to be part of the Supreme justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
400
Was an all-black National Guard unit, the 369th Infantry, that was among the first American forces to arrive in Europe during World War I.
What is Harlem Hellfighters?
400
The incredible untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson - brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation's confidence, turned around the Space Race, and galvanized the world.
What is Hidden Figures?
400
After releasing four consecutive platinum studio albums, including the Grammy Award winner Unapologetic (2012), she was recognized as a pop icon. Her eighth studio album Anti (2016) and its lead single "Work" reached number-one on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100.
Who is Rihanna
500
Seem like half the race is either on probation Or in jail; wonder why we inhale Cause we in hell already - I ask if my skin pale Would I then sell like Eminem or Adele?
Who is J. Cole?
500
The first African American to win a grammy.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
500
Is the popular name of a group of African-American military pilots who fought in World War II.
What is Tuskegee Airmen?
500
A 1993 American romantic drama film starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur with Regina King and Joe Torry. The main character, Justice, writes poems which she recites throughout the movie. The poems featured in the film were written by Maya Angelou, and Angelou also appears in the film as one of the three elderly sisters whom the characters meet at a roadside family reunion.
What is Poetic Justice?
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Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".
Who is Jimi Hendrix?