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At the age of three, I began playing the piano by ear. During the period in the United States known as the Civil Rights Era my music reflected the anger that other Black Americans felt as they fought for their freedom and rights. I recorded more than forty albums, earning four Grammy Award nominations and received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2002. Who am I?
1. Lauryn Hill
2. Nina Simone
3. Aretha Franklin
4. Patti Labelle
Who is Nina Simone?
Dr. Nina Simone (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) At the age of three, Nina Simone, born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, began playing the piano by ear. Her talent was undeniable as she could play almost anything she heard on the piano. Her parents allowed her to play the piano at her mother’s church. Soon she began studying classical piano with Muriel Mazzanovich, an Englishwoman who was living in the town of Tyron, North Carolina, where Nina Simone was born and raised. Under Mazzanovich’s instruction, Nina became well-versed in the classical music of Johann Sebastian Bach whose style she fused with pop, jazz, and gospel to create her unique sound. And during the period in the United States known as the Civil Rights Era (1064 – 1974), her music reflected the anger that she and other Black Americans felt as they fought for their freedom and rights. The existence of racism had been obvious to Dr. Simone at a young age. Despite her talent (she studied at Julliard in New York) and her intelligence – Simone was valedictorian of her class in high school – she was denied admission to the Curtis Institute of Music because she was Black. But she did not let that stop her. In fact, Simone went on to record more than forty albums, earning four Grammy Award nominations and receiving a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2002 for her work. Additionally, she received three honorary degrees from Malcolm X College and Amherst College, and a third which was granted nine days before she died, from the school that rejected her, the Curtis Institute of Music.
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These two words are represented by the shorthand term R&B.
What is Rhythm and Blues?
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This Actress Played Yvette in Baby Boy and Shug in Hustle and Flow?
Who is Taraji Henson?
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Who was the first black Major League Baseball Player?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
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Being aware of current affairs
What is woke?
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I was an American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist. His essays, collected in Notes of a Native Son, explore intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in the Western society of the United States during the mid twentieth-century
1. George Washington Carver
2. Garrett Morgan
3. James Baldwin
4. Benjamin Banneker
Who is James Baldwin?
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How many years did Mary J Blige work as her husband's secretary?
11 years
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This actress is best known for her role in What's Love Got to Do With it. Where she played Tina Turner.
Who is Angela Bassett?
200
What professional baseball player finished his career with 755 homeruns?
Who is Hank Aaron?
200
Shocked or extremely surprised
What is shook?
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I was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana on November 14, 1960. Who am I?
1. Shirley Chisholm
2. Ruby Nell Bridges
3. Mary Church Terrell
4. Angela Davis
Who is Ruby Nell Bridges?
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This artist holds the current record for most song entries in the Billboard Top 100.
Who is Drake?
300
This actor played Ricky in Boyz in the Hood.
Who is Morris Chestnut?
300
From what college did Michael Jordan graduate?
What is The University of North Carolina?
300
Outstanding outfit choices
What is drip?
400
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
Lonnie Johnson created the The inspiration for the Super Soaker came while experimenting for a major NASA mission
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A scrub is a guy who thinks he's fly and is also known as a what?
What is busta?
400
This actor has received 2 Golden Globe Awards, one Tony Award, and two Academy Awards.
Who is Denzel Washington?
400
Who was the youngest prizefighter ever to win the heavyweight championship of the world?
Who is Mike Tyson?
400
Who was the first licensed African American female pilot?
Who is "Bessie Coleman"?
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Who am I
1. Barack Obama
2. Halle Berry
3. Nelson Mandela
4. Martin Luther King
5. Rosa Parks
6. Tiger Woods
7. Harriet Tubman
8. Maya Angelou
9. Mahatma Gandhi
10. Will Smith
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Name the inspirational gospel singer who performed at President Barak Obama's first presidential inauguration in 2009. This person is also known as the "Queen of Soul".
Who is Aretha Franklin?
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This actor/musician holds the record as the longest running black actor on a primetime tv show.
Who is Ice-T?
500
Who was called "Mr. October?"
Bonus: Why was this his nickname?
Who was Reggie Jackson?
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Who did what Rosa Parks did... but 9 months prior?
Who is "Claudette Colvin"?