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Questions regarding leaders, activists and events in both past and modern Black History.
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1
What artist/group made the song "Fight The Power"
Wu Tang Clan
N.W.A
Run-DMC
Public Enemy
2
Which one of these characters are not a Black Disney character?
Oscar Proud
Frozone
Princess Tiana
Mushmouth
3
What popular magazine did John H. Johnson begin in 1945?
The Root
Essence
Jet Beauty
Ebony
4
Which institution is the first institution of higher learning founded for Black students?(HBCU)
Morehouse College
Lincoln University
Spelman College
Howard University
5
A jury acquitted J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the murder of which civil rights activist?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Emmett Till
Medgar Evans
6
Who became the second Black actor to win an Academy Award of Best Actor?
Morgan Freeman
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Samuel L Jackson
Denzel Washington
7
Which of these female politicians obtained degrees from both Harvard and Princeton University?
Omarosa
Condoleezza Rice
Michelle Obama
Angela Rye
8
Which rap duo won the first-ever Grammy for Best Rap Performance?
Kris Kross
Method Man & Redman
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
OutKast
9
Who is the first Black entertainer to win an Oscar award?
Sidney Portier
Morgan Freeman
Cicely Tyson
Hattie McDaniel
10
Which basketball player holds the record for most NBA Championships Rings (11)?
Michael Jordan
Tim Duncan
Bill Russell
Reggie Miller
11
What is the name of the Harlem club where many famous Black entertainers began their careers?
The Cotton Club
The Blues Joint
Jazzy Brown's
The Apollo Theatre
12
This athlete holds the record for most rebounds in a basketball game (55 rebounds).
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Wilt Chamberlain
Michael Jordan
Shaquille O'neal
13
Who was the first African-American Astronaut to board the International Space Station?
Charles Bolden
Jeanette Epps
Ronald McNair
Guion Bluford
14
This young girl was the first African American child to integrate into the school system...
Coretta Scott King
Ruby Bridges
Angela Davis
Rosa Parks
15
Before it became Black History Month what was the observation of Black History called?
Slave History Week
Freedom Day
Black Rights Awareness Day
Negro History Week
16
Nominated for a National Book Award, what is Maya Angelou's first autobiography?
Gather Together in My Name
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The Letters to My Daughter
The Heart of a Woman
17
Who was the first Black American Woman chosen as Miss America?
Dorothy Dandridge
Vanessa Williams
Kenya Moore
Whitney Houston
18
Which one of these young entrepreneurs invented the 'hot comb'?
Sarah "Madame CJ" Walker
Phyllis Wheatley
Bessie Smith
Mary McLeod Bethune
19
Which Spike Lee Film advocates for social justice?
Chi-Raq
Jungle Fever
School Daze
Do The Right Thing
20
Who is considered the "Father of Black History"?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Jesse Jackson
Carter G. Woodson
21
This civil rights activist began attending Morehouse College at just the age of 15 years old...
Huey P. Newton
Malcolm X
Marcus Garvey
Martin Luther King, Jr.
22
Which female artist holds the record for most Grammy awards won in one night (6)?
Nicki Minaj
Adele
Beyonce
Rihanna
23
Who were the co-founders of the Black Panthers Party?
Nelson Mandela & Elijah Muhammad
W.E.B Du Bois & Booker T. Washington
Malcolm X & Marcus Garvey
Bobby Seale & Huey P. Newton
24
She was known as the "queen of gospel music." What was her name?
Mahalia Jackson
Shirley Caesar
Aretha Franklin
Patti Labelle
25
Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation Act that freed enslaved people?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
James Buchanan
Ulysses Grant
26
Which boxer holds the record for most career knockouts (131)?
Archie Moore
Apollo Creed
Muhammad Ali
Floyd Mayweather
27
Which sprinter became the first man to ever set three world records in a single Olympic game?
Jesse Owens
John Taylor
George Coleman Poage
Usain Bolt
28
Who was the first Black major-party Presidential Candidate?
Rev. Al Sharpton
Jesse Jackson
Barack Obama
Shirley Chisholm
29
What college is distinctively America's oldest historically black college for women?
Spelman
Clark
Wilberforce
Morgan State
