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Oklahoma
100
The novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in what year
What is 1852
100
Name the first Black American radio network
What is National Negro Network
100
Name the Michael Jackson album listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for best selling album of all time
What is Thriller
100
In what state was Shirley Chisholm elected to the House of Representatives
What is New York
100
Name the battle in July of 1863 where African Americans, Native Americans and Caucasian soldiers fought side by side
What is Battle of Honey Springs
200
Noted sports editor Edward Clayton was the first editor of this popular magazine
What is Jet
200
Through the sales of innovative beauty products this woman became the first African American female millionaire
Who is Madam C.J. Wlaker
200
Name the first rap song to achieve commercial success
What is Rapper's Delight
200
Keenan Ivory Wayans was the producer fo what TV Comedy Show from 1990-1994
What is In Living Color
200
Name the amount of Black Settlements in Oklahoma Between 1865 and 1920
What is 50 (13 can be visited today)
300
Name the novel Toni Morrison was awarded the Pultizer Prize for fiction, in 1988
What is Beloved
300
Established in 1945, this publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines is the worlds largest black-owned publishing company. Name the publishing company.
Who is Johnson Publishing Company
300
Name the artists who helped create the Funk music style & were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
Who is Sly and the Family Stone
300
Muhammad Ali's original name before joining the Nation of Islam
Who is Cassius Clay
300
This University was opened in April 1890. It was named after the first black Virginian to serve in the United States House of Representatives.
What is Langston University (named after John Mercer Langston)
400
Name the section of New York City that became the capital of urban Black American culture.
What is Harlem
400
The founder of Ebony Magazine
Who is John H. Johnson
400
Name the first black entertainer to sleep in the White House
Who is Sammy Davis Jr.
400
Daryl Bishop had a successful career playing what football position at the University of Kentucky
What is Defensive back
400
This army infantry was named by the Plains Indians for their dark skin and the fierceness of their fight.
What is Buffalo Soldiers (The last one died this month)
500
This term refers generally to the artistic and socio-cultural awakening among black people in the 1920s and early 1930s
What is Harlem Renaissance
500
This television station was home to Bernard Shaw the Chief Washington Correspondent
What is CNN
500
Name the seasoned actor who provided the voice for Darth Vader in the movie Star Wars
Who is James Earl Jones
500
Black American sports legend was commemorated by a postage stamp in 1982
Who is Jackie Robinson
500
Although he died at the age of 25 this guitar legend was inducted into EVERY major music hall of fame in the nation
Who is Charlie Christian (Influenced B.B King & Chuck Berry)