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58 Cards in this Set
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What profession were Langston Hughes, Zora Hurston, and Countee Cullen, major contributors to Harlem Renaissance? |
Writers |
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Known for his social and political views, who published The Souls of Black Folks in 1903? |
W.E.B. Du Bois |
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First Black woman chosen as Miss America? |
Vanessa Williams |
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Kunta Kinte was one of the characters in what Alex Haley book? |
Roots |
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Who was the first Black poet to be nationallly recognized for his writing? |
Paul Lawrence Dubar |
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Where was Ralph Ellison, the famous Black novelist born? |
OK City, OK |
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Who is the author and poet who delivered her poem " On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's Inauguration. |
Maya Angelou |
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Who was the first Black singer to be admitted to the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York? |
Marian Anderson |
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Who was the author of the hit play A Raisin in the Sun? |
Lorraine Hansberry |
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In 1953, Ralph Ellison received the National Book Award for what Book? |
Invisible Man |
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Who wrote the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin? |
Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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What is the title of Maya Angelou's first autobiography? |
I Know Why the Caged Birds Sing |
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Who was the first Black American to win a Pulitzer Prize? |
Gwendolyn Brooks |
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Hattie McDaniel was the first black performer to win an Academy Award. She won the Best Supporting Actress for what 1939 film? |
Gone with the Wind |
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After over 40 years, who became the second black actor to win Academy Award for Best Actor? |
Denzel Washington |
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She is a dancer-choreographer who is also a director and producer. She was involved with the Tv shows FAME and A Different World |
Debbie Allen |
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What Hopkinsville native penned the children's books Happy to be Nappy and Be Boy Buzz? |
Bell Hooks |
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Name the dancer - choreographer who founded his own dance company in 1957 and developed Revelations one of the best known, most often seen modern dance performances. |
Alvin Ailey |
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Who became the first American American billionaire in 2001? |
Robert Johnson |
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Who became the first African American female billionaire in 2004? |
Oprah Winfrey |
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Who was the first Black network Tv anchor? |
Max Robinson |
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What is the name of the world's largest black owned publishing company that publishes Ebony and Jet. |
Johnson Publishing Company |
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Whose sales of innovative beauty products sold throughout the US and Caribbean led her to become 1st African American female millionaire? |
Madam C. J. Walker |
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What popular magazine did John H. Johnson begin in 1945? |
Ebony |
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North Star was a weekly newspaper founded by which abolitionist in 1847? |
Fredrick Douglass |
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What famous Black was a reporter for the CBS television program 60 minutes? |
Ed Bradley |
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Who was the first Black American woman to have her own weekly television series, Julia? |
Diahann Carroll |
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What is the name of the Institute that was founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881? |
Tuskegee Institute |
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In 1865, Fisk University was founded in what city? |
Nashville, TN |
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Who was one of the leading women educators of the 19th century? |
Jackson Coppin |
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The first Black American astronaut to fly in space. |
Lt. Col. Guion Blufford, Jr |
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Who was the 1st accredited Black American Physician in the US? |
James Derham |
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Who invented the lawn mower? |
KJ. A. Burr |
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What black American inventor patented the hearing aid? |
Harry Hopkins |
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Who invented the gas mask? |
Garrett Morgan |
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Who discovered over 300 uses for peanuts? |
George Washington Carver |
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Who was the 1st black American to obtain PH. D in physics? |
Edward Bouchet |
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Who invented the world's first open heart surgery? |
Dr. Daniel H. Williams |
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For what is Dr. Mae C. Jemison known? |
First Black Female Astronaut in space |
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Olympic star Bob Hayes played what position for the Dallas Cowboys? |
Wide Receiver |
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Jackie Robinson excelled in 4 sports at what university? |
UCLA |
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What famous baseball player is nicknamed Mr. October? |
Reggie Jackson |
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What football player became the first to rush for over 2000 yards in a single season? |
O. J. Simpson |
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What basketball star center perfected a shot known as a "skyhook?" |
Kareem Abdul Jabar |
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Black basketball player to score 100 points in a game? |
Wilt 'The Stilt' Chamberlain |
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Who was the first Black quarterback to lead a team to victory Fain the Super Bowl? |
Doug Williams |
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Harlem Globetrotters got their start in what city? |
Chicago |
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What is Michael Jordan's nickname? |
Air Jordan |
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The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 destroyed what prosperous black community? |
Greenwood |
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Where did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. get his doctorate? |
Boston Univ. |
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Name of the 1st casualty of Boston Massacre fugitive slave who was called the first martyr of the American Revolution? |
Crispus Attucks |
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Name of the 1st black 4 Star General? |
Daniel 'Chappie' James |
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1st Black American appointed to US supreme court? |
Thurgood Marshall |
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What Black educator served as an advisors to five US Presidents? |
Mary Mcleod Bethune |
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1st Black American senator in Congress? |
Hiram Revels |
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1st Black American national security advisor? |
Colin Powell |
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Who was the first Black American Admiral in the US Navy? |
Samuel Gravely Jr. |
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What militant group embodied the termed "Black Power?" |
Black Panther Party |
