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What is AFROCENTRICITY?
This is the term that focuses on Black culture, history, and achievement, and looks at things from an African American perspective.
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What are THE BLUEST EYE and SULA?
These are Toni Morrison's first two novels.
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What are WESTERNS?
Nat Love these kinds of stories.
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What is JET?
Noted sports editor Edward Clayton was the first editor of this popular magazine.
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What is LINCOLN CENTER?
On January 21, 1973 this is the place opera singer Jessye Norman perform to a sellout crowd in the Great Performers series.
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Who are ULYSSES, ROBERT, AND TED POSTON?
These are the three journalist sons of educator, poet, and author Ephraim Poston.
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What are Liberia AND SIERRA LEONE?
These two countries in Africa were started as a home for ex-slaves and marginalized Black people?
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What is HANGING?
Nat Turner was executed on November 11, 1831 for his participation in a slave revolt. He was executed by this method.
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What is 28?
Of the 34 people killed in the 1965 Watts riots, this many were Black people.
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What is CHALLENGER?
On January 28, 1986, this shuttle exploded 73 seconds after lift-off, killing Dr. Ronald McNair and six of his colleagues.
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Who are A. PHILLIP RANDOLPH AND CHANDLER OWENS?
These are two individuals who founded the socialist journal The Messenger.
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What are UNIVERSAL HUMAN DIGNITY, TOLERANCE, and RESPECT?
Name two items on the universal agenda for empowerment of the Caucus.
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What is UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL?
NBA superstar Michael Jordan played college basketball at this university.
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What is BIG O?
Olympic gold medal winner Oscar Robertson became an all-star in the NBA with nearly 10,000 assists during his career. This was his nickname.
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Who is DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.?
On January 3, 1964, Time magazine named this person as the first Black American "Man of the Year".
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What is SICKLE CELL ANEMIA?
This is the type of blood condition that is a genetic disease commonly found in people of African descent.
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What is THE FIRST COLORED BABPTIST CHURCH?
Nashville's first ordained African American minister, Nelson Merry, founded this church of more than 2,000 members, the largest church in Tennessee during his time.
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Who is FATS WALLER?
Nell Carter appeared on the 1980s version of Ain't Misbehavin' whose title song was composed by this person.
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Who is WENDELL OLIVER SCOTT?
On December 1, 1963, this person was the first, and to this day the only Black driver to win a race in what is now known as the Sprint Cup Series.
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Who is PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY?
On June 12, 1963, this president delivered a nationwide television address that outlined a proposition to Congress that would prohibit segregation in public facilities and schools.
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What are the HUSTLE, the BUMP, and the BUS STOP?
These are three dance steps from the Disco era.
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What is EDWARD WATERS COLLEGE?
Nat Glover, the first African American Sheriff in Jacksonville, Florida after more than 100 years, graduated from which HCBU?
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What is I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS?
Nominated for a National Book Award, this is Maya Angelou's first autobiography.
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What is the EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION?
On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln issued this significant declaration.
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What is SIGMA GAMMA RHO?
On November 12, 1922 this sorority was founded at Butler University.
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