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Crowned the “Queen of Soul,” what singer used her reign to bring attention to the civil rights movement and support the fight for Black freedom (and in 1970, even offered to pay the bail for incarcerated Black Panther activist Angela Davis)?

Aretha Franklin

100

Who is NOT a cast member of Living Single?

answer choices

Regine

Maxine

Hillary

Synclaire

Khadijah

Hillary

100

Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?

Rosa Parks

100

Name Erica Browns 4 children

Xyjene, xyquavious, eric, 

100

What do the letters for the cable network BET stand for?

Black entertainment television

200

Which Gladys Knight song's lyrics begin with, "It's sad to think"?

Neither one of us

200

In what movie is this quote from.

"make the money, dont let the money make you"

Players Club

200

What militant group embodied the term “Black Power”?

Black Panther Party

200

Aunt Honey long time partner?

Mr lee

200

Sylvia used to go to blockbuster video everytime we used to come to grandma house. That is now long gone. What store has replaced blockbuster?

Aarons furniture store

300

Name the gospel singers famously who did not record secular music.

Aretha franklin

Mavis staples

Mahalia jackson

Sam cooke

Mahalia jackson

300

Actress Gabrielle Union starred in what 2003 film with rapper/actor LL Cool J as an arrogant health inspector?

Two Can Play That Game

Breakin' All The Rules

Deliver Us From Eva

10 Things I Hate About You

Deliver Us From Eva

300

Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?

13th

300

Living family member with the most children?

Andre

300

Name three dance steps from the Disco era?

The hustle, the bump, the bus stop

400

Jazz singer Billie Holiday’s rendition of what song depicting the horrors of lynching is considered by critics to be the first time a protest song was elevated beyond propaganda to reach the level of art?

Strange Fruit

400

Which of these actresses has never been in a Tyler Perry movie?

Alfre Woodard

Taraji P Henson

Gabrielle Union

Regina Hall

Regina Hall

400

What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?

Brown v Board of Ed

400

Most Famous Cousin

 Seen on TV

James Brown 

400

What late night television program was the first to be hosted by an African American?

The Arsenio Hall Show

500

Michael Jackson’s Thriller was produced by which music producer?

Quincy Jones

500

Danny Glover did a fine job in "The Color Purple". Who wrote the novel?
 Maya Angelou

 Alice Walker

 Joyce Carol Oates

 Toni Morrison

Alice Walker

500

Barack Obama was a keynote speaker at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and later won a U.S. Senate seat in what state?

Illinois 

500

Say and Spell Sals full first name

Silvanus

500

The Grammy Awards are given to artists who move above and beyond our expectations, putting their best foot forward to birth art through their music. One award – the Best Spoken Word Album – was won by this unlikely candidate twice. Once in 2006, and another in 2008. Who was it?

Barack Obama