Arts
Who wrote their Eyes were Watching God?
Who is Zora Neale Hurston
What was Madame C.J. Walker‟s real name?
Who is Sarah Breedlove Walker
What artist recorded the songs, “I Will Always Love You, ”The Greatest Love of All”, and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”?
who is Whitney Houston
What anti-slavery newspaper was founded by Frederick Douglass?
What is The North Star
Inaugurated as the 44th president on January 20, 2009, who became the first African American president of the United States?
Barack Hussien Obama
Of what profession were Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Countee Cullen, major contributors to the Harlem Renaissance?
Who are Writers
Who became the first African American female billionaire in 2004?
who is Oprah Winfrey
Born in 1957, what is the full name of the director of the movie Do the Right Thing?
Shelton Jackson "Spike Lee"
What attorney argued the case Abbington v Board of Education of Louisville resulting in the Louisville School Board agreeing to cease teacher salary discrimination if Ms. Abbington agreed to drop her lawsuit?
who is Thurgood Marshall
Condoleezza Rice was appointed by President George W. Bush as the first black female Secretary of State in what year?
what is the year 2005
Known for his social and political views, who published The Souls of Black Folks in 1903?
Who is W.E.B DuBois
What colonial era crop had a significant shortage of workers which demanded a large number of Africans to be imported to the Americas?
what is Tobacco
What was the name of the first hip-hop group to break into the mainstream American culture in the early 1980s?
who is Run DMC
What term is used to describe the second leg of the triangular slave trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas between 1520 and 1860?
What is The middle Passage
What militant group embodied the term “Black Power”?
The Black Panther Party
What is the name of the Harlem club where many famous Black American entertainers began their careers?
what is the Cotton Club
What occupation do Iman, Beverly Johnson, and Naomi Sims have in common?
What is Modeling Careers
For what Type of Music is Bob Marley Famous for?
What is Reggae
What ancient statue in Egypt has the head of a human and the body of a lion?
what is the SPHINX
Who became New York City‟s first black mayor on January 1, 1990?
Who is David Dinkins
What New York library houses rare collections of Black culture?
Whose sales of innovative beauty products sold throughout the United States and the Caribbean led her to become the first African American female millionaire?
who is Madame CJ Walker
What is the name of Debbie Allen‟s sister who appeared on the Cosby Show?
Phylicia Rashad
What was the original reason for establishing the Black Panther Party?
What is Self- Defense
A celebration of the freedom of African American slaves, Kentucky Representative Reginald Meeks led the push for the creation of what holiday in Kentucky?
What is Juneteenth.