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What is WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM?
Robert Shurney developed this system that was used aboard a Skylab space mission.
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What is RED SUMMER?
This term describes the turbulent period of time marked by 25 race riots that began in the summer of 1919 and lasted until the end of the year.
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What is SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE?
This TV comedy show made Eddie Murphy a household name.
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Who is JIMMY CARTER?
This U.S. President appointed Andrew Young as Ambassador to the United Nations.
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Who is HARRY S TRUMAN?
This president ended segregation in the U/S Armed forces by issuing an Executive Order.
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What is LIVINGSTON COLLEGE?
This team played against Biddle College in the first Black American college football game.
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What is HARLEM RENAISSANCE?
This term refers generally to the artistic and socio-cultural awakening among Black people in the 1920s and early 1930s.
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Who are ETHEL WATERS and LOUISE BEAVERS?
These two actresses played the role of Beulah a housekeeper in the 1950s in a spin-off of the radio show Fibber McGee and Molly.
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Who is FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT?
This U.S. President developed a coalition of Black advisors called the Black Cabinet.
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What is the VIETNAM WAR?
This war led Colin Powell to conclude that ab army should not enter into combat unless it had a clear objective.
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What is THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW?
This television program received over 25 Emmy awards and has been the highest-rated talk show in television history.
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What is LITERACY TEST?
This test was given to potential Black voters to determine whether they understood the U.S. Constitution and could read.
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Who are DANNY GLOVER and OPRAH WINFREY?
These two famous people star in the movie Beloved?
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What is SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY?
Jim Brown attended this university.
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What is THE RIGHT FOREFINGER WAS CUT OFF?
This was the common punishment for slaves caught writing.
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Who is WYOMIA TYUS?
This Tennessee State University student became the first woman to win the 100-meter dash twice at both the 1964 and 1968 Olympic games.
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Who is CARL LEWIS?
This track star won four gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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What are AFRICAN and CARIBBEAN?
Katherine Dunham introduced these types of dance rhythms and movements to America.
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What is HOWARD UNIVERSITY?
This university was the first educational institution to offer a Black Studies program.
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What is ASA?
This was A. Philip Randolph's first name.
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What is the MIDDLE PASSAGE?
This term is used to describe the second leg of the triangular slave trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas between 1520 and 1860.
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Who is CHARLES JENKINS?
This track star won two gold medals at the Olympics in Melbourne.
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What is JAZZ?
Louis Armstrong helped revolutionize this type of music and helped establish it as the nation's first highly popular Black art form.
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What is FREEDMEN'S BUREAU?
This U.S. federal government agency founded over 4,000 schools, including Howard University.
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What is THE ABOLISHMENT OF SLAVERY?
This was accomplished by the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.
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