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100
Fill in the blank: In 2019, Gov Cuomo signed the CROWN Act into law, which bans Discrimination against ____ Styles Or Textures Associated With Race.
Answer: hair
100
Who was first black female in track and field in the Olympics?
Answer: Wilma Rudolf 1956 & 1960
100
Sing/or say lyrics of the Marvin Gaye song What's going on?
Say / sing - It's your time to shine!!
100
Who invented the touch tone phone, caller id, fiber optic cable?
Answer: Dr. Shirley Jackson
100
What is Juneteenth?
Answer: A holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the united stated.
200
The Emancipation Proclamation officially outlawed slavery in 1863, but in the most remote slave states enforcement came much later. Juneteenth celebrates the day in 1865 the Union Army freedom from slavery in a remote state. Name the state and the town in which the proclamation was made.
Answer: Galveston, Texas
200
Who was first Black male that broke the color line in American Baseball?
Answer:
Jackie Robinson Brooklyn Dodgers 1947
200
Who created the rock n roll sound?
Answer: Sister Rosetta Tharpe
200
What is something we drink today that Ethiopians first introduced?
Answer: Coffee
A much loved staple in many homes now. Comes from the word Kaffa, it is believed that the slaves from Ethiopia first introduced it.
200
When was slavery officially abolished in US?
Answer: Dec 18, 1865
300
What Jamaican political activist emphasized unity between Africans and the African diaspora, and was a leader in the Back-to-Africa movement?
Answer: Marcus Garvey
300
Who was first Black man that signed an NFL contract?
answer: Kenneth Washington LA Rams 1946
300
A night in Tunisia is a music composition written by?
Answer: Dizzy Gillespie
300
Who invented the IBM computer and pacemaker?
Answer: Otis Boykin
300
What year did the freedom fighters ride through the south?
Answer: In 1961
The Freedom Riders set out for the Deep South to defy Jim Crow laws and call for change.
400
Rafael Trujillo was a dictator of this Spanish-Speaking country, where he pushed for the “whitening” of the population and the removal of its African heritage through such tactics as genocide, the distortion of history in textbooks, and the use of religion. What country is it?
Answer: Dominican Republic
400
Who was first Black man that played professional hockey?
Answer: Willie Eldon O'Ree Boston Bruins 1958
400
What is Afro- beat?
Answer: It is a African funk sound pioneered in the 1970’s by Fela Kuti
400
Who invited close circuit television and security camera?
Answer: Marie Van Brittan Brown
400
Name one of the greatest women ruler of Africa who fought against slave trade and European influence in 17th Century?
Queen Nzinga
500
Who said: *"Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation." Was it Angela Davis, Coretta Scott King, or Marcus Garvey?
Answer: Coretta Scott king
500
Who was the first black female Tennis player?
Answer: Althea Neale Gibson 1957
500
The first female professional Kora player?
Answer: Sona Jobarteh
500
Who invented the traffic signal and gas mask?
Answer: Garrett Morgan
500
What year did the house pass the anti lynching bill?
Answer: 2020
It took 2020 for it to be considered a federal crime.