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100
What is ABBINGTON V. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF LOUISVILLE?
This lawsuit, the third filed by the NAACP, was filed in Federal District Court in 1940 on behalf of an African American teacher who received 15% less salary than white teachers.
100
What is the BOSTON RED SOX?
This major league baseball team was the last to integrate its team.
100
What is RAP?
This music is regarded by many as street poetry.
100
What is the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (or NAACP)?
This national organization was founded on President Lincoln's birthday.
100
What is BIRDLAND?
This New York City nightclub was named after Charlie Parker.
200
Who is LANGSTON HUGHES?
This literary figure came to be called the poet laureate of the Negro race.
200
What is the THERMOSTAT?
This measuring instrument was invented by Frederick Jones.
200
Who is LUTHER VANDROSS?
This musical artist released the hit album Power of Love.
200
What is the NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF SKIERS?
This national ski organization is largely comprised of Black members.
200
What is the SCHOMBERG CENTER?
This New York library houses rare collections of Black culture.
300
What is ESSENCE?
This magazine is called "The Magazine of Today's Black Woman?"
300
Who is ELIJAH MCCOY?
This mechanical engineer had over 50 patents, the most well-known of his inventions included the ironing table and the lubricating cup.
300
What is the BLUES?
This musical genre emerged from three heavily populated Black isolated areas: the Mississippi delta, the Piedmont, and East Texas.
300
Who is the CROW?
This Native American tribe named James Beckwourth a chief and called him "Bull's Robe."
300
What is THE WIZARD OF OZ?
Ozzie Smith earned this nickname due to his amazing acrobatics at shortstop.
400
What is BLACK ENTERPRISE?
This magazine was created in response to the growing number of Black entrepreneurs.
400
What is FEBRUARY 1965?
Malcolm X was assassinated in this month and year.
400
What is the PIANO?
Fats Waller played this musical instrument.
400
What is the PIANO?
Nat King Cole played this instrument.
400
Who is BERRY GORDY, JR.?
This non-performer, founder of Motown was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1988 with the Drifters and the Supremes.
500
What is BROOKS FIELD?
This main parade ground in Fort Know is named in honor of Robert Brooks, the first African American to die in World War II.
500
Who is SAMMY DAVIS, JR.?
This multi-faceted entertainer and 1960s star of Broadway's Golden Boy began his career on the vaudeville stage at age three.
500
What is the SAXOPHONE?
Jazz musician Grover Washington, Jr. played this musical instrument.
500
What is HARLEM?
This New York City neighborhood was known as the "Negro capital of the world."
500
Who is MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE?
This noble African American woman was the first person in her family not born into slavery and later created a school for Black children and also worked as an education advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt ad four other U.S. presidents.






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