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100
False. He was the first person to die during the Revolutionary War.
What is Crispus Attucks was the first person to die during WWII.
100
Abolitionists.
What is Who raised the money for the acquitted Africans from the Amistad to return home to Africa?
100
False. He was the first African American elected to the House of Representatives from Harlem.
What is Adam Clayton Powell was the first African American Senator from Boston. True or False
100
Benjamin Banneker, an astronomer.
What is Who was America's first African American scientist?
100
11 years. Robertson went on to edit Midnight Cowboy and Shaft. In 1982 he was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.
What is How long did it take Hugh Robertson, the first successful Black film editor, to earn his union card: 5, 10, or 11 years?
200
18 months
What is How long did the captured Africans from the Amistad spend in court fighting their freedom?
200
He was a rodeo cowboy. He invented the technique known as bulldogging.
What is In what sport did Bill Pickett excel? He was a rodeo cowboy.
200
True. The former slave had an eventful life.
What is Frederick Douglass wrote three autobiographies. True or false?
200
Edward Bouchet received his Ph.D. in physics from Yale in 1876.
What is Who was the first African American to earn a doctorate from an American University?
200
Ms. Dandridge was 42 when she dies on September 8, 1965.
What is How old was Black entertainer Dorothy Dandridge when she died: 42, 52, or 72?
300
Carole Gist was crowned Miss USA in 1990.
What is Name the first African American selected as Miss USA.
300
The wife of his former slaveowner taught him when he was eight years old.
What is Who taught Frederick Douglass how to read?
300
Songs sung by Black slaves as they toiled.
What is What were work songs?
300
Fats Domino
What is Who recorded the hit songs "Ain't That A Shame" and "Blueberry Hill"?
300
Ronald Reagan.
What is Which US President reduce the funding for many Affirmative Action programs, including the Minority Business Development Agency?
400
Former President John Quincy Adams represented the Africans. They were acquitted of all charges.
What is Who was appointed to defend the captured Africans from the Amistad when the case was brought before the Supreme Court in February 18
400
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1877.
What is Henry Ossian Flipper is the first Black Graduate of what famous military academy?
400
Field hollers provided an emotional release, broke up the monotony of work, and often warned fellow slaves of the aproach of an overseer.
What is What was the purpose of "field hollers," in which a slave might suddenly call out a long, clear note, often evoking a response from other workers?
400
Black animator Floyd Norman.
What is Who drew the tiger, "Shere Khan", and the python, "Kaa", for Disney's The Jungle Book?
400
Harlem Hospital, built in 1887.
What is Name the oldest and largest hospital serving Blacks in the United States.
500
Marshall "Major" Taylor, who in 1878 was the first African American to win a major bicycle race.
What is Who was known as the fastest bicycle rider in the world?
500
He disguised himself as a sailor.
What is What disguise did Frederick Douglass use when he escaped to freedom?
500
The cotton gin. It sped up the process of cleaning cotton thus increasing the need for slave labor to pick the crop.
What is What 18th century invention led to the growth of slavery?
500
Quincy Jones
What is Who composed the music for the television miniseries Roots?
500
Josh Gibson
What is Name the player from the Negro baseball league who was known as the Black Babe Ruth.