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100
What music genre, characterized by its use of turntables and sampling, was founded in Black American communities in the Bronx, New York, in the 1970s?
What is Rap or Hip Hop?
100
Michael Jordon's nickname
Who is Air Jordan or MJ?
100
First Black President of the United States
Who is Barak Obama?
100
The first black woman to own a TV studio.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
100
The ideas of this 1960s civil rights activist clashed with Dr. MLK Jr.'s philosophy of peaceful protest. Published after his death, the book, "By Any Means Necessary" is a collection of his writings and speeches from the last year of his life.
Who is Malcolm X?
100
This date commemorates Jubilee Day, which celebrates the end of slavery in the US.
June 19, 1865
200
This R&B legend was killed by his father over a dispute about money.
Who is Marvin Gaye?
200
In 1947 this athlete broke the color line in Major League Baseball when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
This court case ended legal segregation in public schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
200
He wrote, directed, produced, or acted in over 40 movies, such as Alex Cross. In 2015 he bought a former military base in Atlanta, which he converted to a film and television production studio.
Who is Tyler Perry?
He has also been a part of MANY television shows and on-stage plays.
200
Alice Walker's 1982 Pulitzer Prize book that was adapted to film in 1985 starring Whoopi Goldberg and in 2023 starring Fantasia Barrino.
What is The Color Purple?
200
In this year, Martin Luther King Jr. give his “I Have A Dream Speech.”
A. 1965
B. 1963
C. 1960
What is 1963?
[The speech was delivered during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, commonly called the "March on Washington," on August 28, 1963.]
300
Beyoncé used to sing with this hit group.
Who is Destiny's Child?
300
He won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany.
Who is Jesse Owens?
300
First African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
300
The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
300
Author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
300
✈️ This group of Black pilots became legendary for their success in World War II. Known as the "Red Tails" because of the distinctive markings on their aircraft. Their success directly challenged racial stereotypes and paved the way for the desegregation of the U.S. military in 1948.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
400
A powerful anthem of resilience, faith, and freedom during the Civil Rights Movement, this historic hymn is known as the "Black National Anthem".
Written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900 and set to music by his brother, John Rosamond Johnson. It was first performed by school children in Jacksonville, Florida, to honor Abraham Lincoln's birthday.
What is Lift Every Voice and Sing?
400
This gymnast is the most decorated in HISTORY holding 41 Olympic and World Championship medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
400
This amendment prohibits federal and state governments from denying citizens the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th Amendment?
400
A play on McDonald's, this was the name of the fast food establishment run by Cleo in "Coming to America".
What is McDowells?
400
The first Black writer to win a Nobel Peace Prize in Literature.
a) James Baldwin
b) Toni Morrison
c) Langston Hughes
d) Maya Angelou
Who is Toni Morrison?
Awarded in 1993, not for a single book, but for her entire body of work.
The other authors never achieved that honor.
400
After escaping from slavery in 1838 he became the most prominent leader for African American civil rights during the 19th century. During his 1857 speech on abolition and self-determination. He declared, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress,”.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
500
This award-winning hip hop artist was the first to headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show as a solo act. He famously said, "They not like us".
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
[He has won 22 Grammys, an Emmy, 4 American Music Awards, 37 BET Hip Hop Awards, 11 MTV Video Music Awards, 7 Billboard Music Awards, a Brit Award, and a Pulitzer Prize for Music.]
500
Nicknamed "the Gremlin", in 1967 he was the first Black American inductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Who is Emlen Tunnell?
500
First Black American woman to serve as the United States Secretary of State.
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
500
Name any of the three African American mathematicians/scientists who worked at NASA and were portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures” for their contributions in the early days of the U.S. space program.
Who are Katherine Johnson, Dorthy Vaughan, or Mary Jackson?
500
Novelist, poet & essayist best known for "Go Tell It on the Mountian." His 1974 novel "If Beale Street Could Talk" was adapted into a film of the same name.
Who is James Baldwin?
500
He is known as Father of Black History.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
Exactly 100 years ago, he launched the celebration of Negro History Week.