Education
What is the oldest Black female Greek-letter organization, Sorority founded in 1908?
AKA (Alpha Kappa Alpha)
Who played T’Challa in Black Panther?
Chadwick Boseman
Enslaved Africans brought this type of nut to the Americas, which was a key ingredient in the original cola formula.
Kola Nut
Which Black Boxer Lived in the area known as Liberty City?
Mohammed Ali
What is it called when a certain group of people are kept from voting?
Disenfranchisement
What is the first Black male Greek-letter organization, founded in 1906 at Cornell University?
Alpha Phi Alpha
What was Whitney Houston’s greatest-selling hit?
I Will Always Love You
When did The term "soul food" originate?
In the 1960s and 1970s, during the Black Power Movement.
____________ helped in the decline of Liberty City in the 1960’s?
Construction of Interstate-95
What did the 13th Amendment do?
The 13th Amendment ended enslavement in the United States.
Who was the first black woman to earn a 4-year college degree?
Lucy Stanton
Who is the highest paid African American actress in Hollywood?
Angela Bassett
Who became the first Black woman to host her own televised cooking show?
Lena Richard
What would become Liberty City developed during which decade?
1930’s
What did the Fifteenth Amendment protect?
The right of all people to vote regardless of race, creed or color
Who graduated from Harvard Law School in 1956, becoming the first African American woman to graduate from the prestigious legal institution?
Lila Fenwick
What is the name of Michael Jackson’s debut solo album?
Off The Wall
Where did Nourish + Bloom, the world’s first Black-owned autonomous grocery store, open up?
Georgia
When did the second major black migration happen in Liberty City?
1950’s to 1960's
What was the purpose of the 14th Amendment?
The 14th Amendment granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.
Who was the first African American person to earn a medical degree. He also started the nation's first pharmacy under Black ownership, and was the first African American to have their work published in a peer-reviewed medical journal?
James McCune Smith
Which singer is remembered as the ‘queen of jazz’?
Ella Fitzgerald
Who became the first Black woman to earn a Michelin Star in the Michelin Guide’s 93-year history for her Japanese restaurant in Chicago called, Kikkō?
Mariya Russell
Liberty City, along with Overtown, Brownsville and Black Grove, are all communities that took part in the Riots of 1980. This riot occurred because of the injustice surrounding the murder of?
Arthur McDuffe
What was the 3/5 compromise?
The 3/5 compromise determined that three out of every five slaves were counted when establishing a state’s total population. The total population count was, in turn, used to determine taxation and representation.