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30 Cards in this Set
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Who wrote “Their Eyes Were Watching God”? |
Zora Neale Hurston |
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What New York library houses rare collections of Black culture? |
Schomburg Center For Reasearch in Black Culture |
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Kunta Kinte was one of the characters in what Alex Haley book?
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Roots |
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What Music is regarded by many as a form of street poetry? |
Rap |
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Joshua Johnson made his living in the early 1800’s with what profession?
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Painting profession |
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What actor appeared in the play Emperor Jones in 1925? |
Paul Robeson |
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What was the name of the newspaper started by Malcolm X?
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Muhammad Speaks |
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Who is the author of Before the Mayflower? |
Lerone Bennett Jr. |
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Under what name did poet Amiri Baraka publish some of his books? |
LeRoy Jones |
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What is the name of the colorful fabric worn by African royalty?
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kente |
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What form of music did Duke Ellington elevate into a serious art form? |
Jazz |
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In 1953, Ralph Ellison received the National Book Award for what book?
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Invisible Man |
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Born in 1810, he was one of the first Black American millionaires. |
William Alexander Leidesdorff. |
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Who was the first Black network television anchor? |
Max Robinson |
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What is the name of Oprah Winfrey’s TV production company? |
Harpo Productions |
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The North Star was a weekly newspaper founded by which abolitionist in 1847?
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Frederick Douglass |
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For what is Wally Amos famous? |
chocolate-chip cookie, the Cookie Kahuna, and Aunt Della's Cookies gourmet cookie brands |
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Who invented the folding bed? |
Sarah Elisabeth Jacobs, Goode |
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Who designed and patented the dustpan? |
inventor Lloyd Ray |
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Who made the first practical shoe making machine?
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Jan Matzeliger |
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What household item was invented by Sarah Boone? |
ironing board |
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Who prepared the blueprints for Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone? |
Latimer |
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In what year did Doug Williams become the first Black to quarterback a Super Bowl victory? |
1988 |
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Who was the first Black American to play in the National Hockey League?
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Willie Eldon O'Ree |
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Who invented the railway signal? |
William Robinson |
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Who was the first Black female astronaut to travel in space?
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Mae C. Jemison |
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What device used by fire fighter was invented by Garrett Morgan
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safety hood smoke protection device |
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Who invented a revolving brush used to clean streets? |
Charles Brooks |
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W.A. Martin patented what security device? |
the lock. |
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Who invented the smallpox vaccine?
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Edward Jenner |
