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100
What is 1838?
Frederick Douglass escaped slavery in this year.
100
What are LINCOLN UNIVERSITY and HOWARD UNIVERSITY?
Thurgood Marshall graduated from these two historically Black colleges.
100
What are PEANUTS?
George Washington Carver made paint and ink from this common food item.
100
What are AUTOMATIC AIR BRAKES AND STEAM?
Granville T. Woods began inventing in 1885. His contribution was in the field of electricity. He received patents for these inventions.
100
What is TROPIC DEATH?
Harlem Renaissance writer Eric Walrond was born in Georgetown, British Guiana and penned this book that consists of a collection of ten stories.
200
Who is DONNA SUMMER?
From 1975 to 1980, this Disco star had eight gold records and two platinum records.
200
What is HARVARD UNIVERSITY?
Alain Locke graduated from this university.
200
Who is PHYLLIS WHEATLEY?
George Washington commended this Black American woman for her literary achievements.
200
What is ELECTRO-MECHANICAL DEVICES?
Granville T. Woods was best remembered for these types of invention.
200
What is CHICAGO?
Harold Washington became this city's first Black mayor.
300
What is MOREHOUSE COLLEGE?
Martin Luther King, Jr. graduated from this college?
300
What is CHICAGO?
Frontiersman Jean Baptiste Point DuSable is credited with discovering this city?
300
What is WASHINGTON, D.C.?
George Douglas Johnson was a poet during the Harlem Renaissance era. She often held "writers workshops" at her home in this city.
300
Who is WALTER MOSELY?
Growing up with a white Jewish mother and an African American father, this person wrote Devil in a Blue Dress, A Red Death, White Butterfly, and Black Betty.
300
What is THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD?
Harriet Tubman made nineteen trips down South to rescue slaves. The name of the route she used to transport slaves was called this.
400
What is BEDFORD-STUYVESANT?
Shirley Chisholm was elected to Congress from this district.
400
What is "CONTRABAND OF WAR"?
General Benjamin Butler of the Union Army refused to return runaway slaves to their masters and used this tem to describe them.
400
What is GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS?
Gladys Knight, the Motown star, was lead singer of this group.
400
What is TWO?
Gustavus Vassa was a slave who had written the first autobiography. His African name was Olaudah Equiano. His narrative made up this many volumes.
400
What is GONE WITH THE WIND?
Hattie McDaniel and other Black members of the cast were barred from this 1939 movie premier that was for whites only?
500
What is BOWDOIN COLLEGE?
John Russwurm graduated from this school.
500
What are 200 and 400 HURDLES?
George C. Poage was the first Black American to win an Olympic medal in these two events.
500
What is LOUISIANA?
Grambling State College is located in this state?
500
What is HAMPTON NORMAL AND AGRICULTURE INSTITUTE?
Hampton University in Virginia was originally established under this name in 1868.
500
Who is JAMES CLYBURN?
He became the first African American since 1897 to represent South Carolina in the U.S. Congress.






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