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What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
Brown v Board of Education
What was Whitney Houston’s greatest-selling hit?
"I Will Always Love You"
Alice Walker is most famous for this 1983 book which was made into a movie and then recently had a remake.
The Color Purple
What is the name of the famous fictional HBCU in the shows "The Cosby Show" and "A Different World"?
Hillman College
On what date is Juneteenth observed?
June 19th
Who founded the Black Panther Party?
Huey Newton & Bobby Seale
Which artist is known as the "Queen of Soul"?
Aretha Franklin
This artist is most famous for popularizing this grafitti art (traditionally seen as “low brow”)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Who was the first black woman to create and star in a scripted series for HBO?
Issa Rae
Who was the first African American female principle dancer with the American Ballet Theatre?
Misty Copeland
Who is known as the Father of Black History?
Dr. Carter G. Woodson
Name the Grammy-Award winning quartet from Philadelphia that has sold over four million copies of their album Cooley High Harmony.
Boyz II Men
Who wrote the memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?
Maya Angelou
In the film "Get Out," what was the name of the otherworld state black people were trapped in when their bodies are taken over?
The Sunken Place
Which Black Boston Celtics player was both a player and coach as well as a civil rights activist during the 1960s?
Bill Russell
The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was originally conceived of by which civil rights activist?
A. Philip Randolph
Which influential rapper and entrepreneur founded Roc-A-Fella Records?
Jay-Z
This woman is famous for Black speculative fiction novels like Kindred and the Parable of the Sower series.
Octavia Butler
Who was the first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
Halle Berry
What city and state were home to Black Wall Street, a thriving early 20th-century Black business district?
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Which Black woman, who was the first Black woman in Congress, became the first major-party Black candidate for President of the United States in 1972?
Shirley Chisholm
Finish the lyric to this Bel Biv Devoe song:
It's drivin' me out of my mind!
That's why it's hard for me to find
Can't get it out of my head!
Miss her, kiss her, love her...
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That girl is poison!
Which Black artist was commissioned to paint former President Barack Obama's portrait for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in 2017?
Kehinde Wiley
In the film "Coming to America", what was the name of the fast food establishment run by John Amos’ character?
McDowell's
Who is the first Black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice?
Ketanji Brown