19.  What service did the first African American female millionaire, Madame C. J. Walker provide?                Hair Styling Process For African American Women

20. What tennis champion and golfer earned her place in the Black Hall of Fame in 1974?   Althea Gibson

21. This graduate of Yale Law School was appointed commissioner and chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by President Ronald Reagan in 1982.       Clarence Thomas     
 
22. In this tribute to 1960's R&B groups, Robert Townsend acted in and directed this movie--name it.           The Five Heartbeats

23. Who won the Ladies World Figure Skating Championship in 1986?      Debi Thomas

24.  Who founded the National Negro Business League?     Booker T. Washington

25. At age 76, this former slave and eminent scientist know for his work with the peanut narrated a 1940 documentary dramatizing his struggles and successes to a young boy pondering the options for the future. George Washington Carver

26. Carter G. Woodson, the founder of Black History Month, chose the month of February in honor of the birthdays of two individuals, Frederick Douglass and this American president.  Name him                          Abraham Lincoln

28. After playing nine seasons in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns this great running back retired to begin an acting career, starring in such movies as The Dirty Dozen.  Name this football legend that many believe to be the greatest running back ever.                       Jim Brown

29. What occupation did all of these individuals have in common: Bernard Harris, Jr., Mae Jemison, Guy Bluford, and Ronald McNair?        Astronauts

30. He held the heavyweight title for eleven years during the 1930s and 40s.  Identify the boxer nicknamed “The Brown Bomber.”                           Joe Lewis

31. The story of his death is told in the film Ghosts of Mississippi    Medgar Evers

It’s no joke! You get a point for each comedian you can match with the clue….

32. Kid Dyn-O-Mite!” from TV’s “Good Times”            Jimmie Walker

33. The “Nutty Professor”                                                            Eddie Murphy

34. Whitley Gilbert from TV’s

“It’s a Different World”                                             Jasmine Guy

     35. Hey, hey, hey, it’s “Fat Albert”                                   Bill Cosby

Get Hip To This! Identify the instrument of choice of these jazz greats…

36. Louis Armstrong                                 trumpet

37. Jelly Roll Morton                                piano

38  John  Coltrane                                     saxophone

39. Kenny Clarke                                      drums

Identify the actors and actresses who portrayed these famous people in the following movies...

40. The leading role in The Dorothy Dandridge Story                              Halle Berry

41. Billie Holiday in Lady Sings The Blues                                              Diana Ross

43. Tina Turner in What’s Love Got To Do With It?                                 Angela Bassett

44. Franky Lyman in Why Do Fools Fall In Love?                                  Larenze Tate

45. Immediately after the Civil War, many southern state governments passed laws that restricted the freedom of the newly-freed slaves.   Name the series of laws that were intended to curtail the daily activities of the freedmen.  Black Codes

46. Beginning in the early 20_th century, many black southerners began moving from the south to the north to escape southern poverty and racism.  Name this flight that was a major turning point in the Afro-American experience.  The Great Migration

47. Basketball, not baseball, is definitely his game. Name this NBA legend who is known for his Nike Air Brand of shoes.      Michael Jordan

48. He was born in South Carolina but claims Macon, Georgia as his home. Name this legendary performer known as the “Godfather of Soul”.       James Brown

49. She was born into one of the world’s most famous families and began her career with

roles in various television series, including “Good Times” and “Fame.” Name this performer who was the first recipient of MTV’S Icon Award. Janet Jackson

50. In 1892, she became a partial owner of the Memphis Free Speech. Name this newspaper woman who, at the turn-of-the-century, carried on a one-woman crusade against the horrors of lynching in the South.

Ida B.        Wells or Wells-Barnett

51. The longest river in the world is found on the continent of Africa.  Name it.     The Nile River

Match the historic black college to the state in which it is found.

      52. Bethune-Cookman College                                         Florida

      53. Hampton University                                                   Virginia

      54. Tougaloo College                                                        Mississippi

      55. Grambling University                                                 Louisiana

African geography and history!  Answer these questions…

      56.  The large desert covering most of north Africa                     Sahara

57. The desert in Botswana in southern Africa, home of

the Bushmen                                                                           Kalahari

      58.   The great ancient city of trade and education in Mali          Timbuktu

      59.   The African nation with the largest population today          Nigeria

Facts about the Civil Rights movement…

60.  The year of the Brown v the Board of Education decision                1954

61. The name given to people who rode across the South on

buses and trains to end segregation in interstate travel                      Freedom Riders

      62.  The city jail from which King wrote a famous letter                         Birmingham

      63.  The North Carolina town in which the first sit-ins occurred             Greensboro 

64. The slave populations on the sea islands of Georgia and South Carolina developed distinctive dialects that mix African and English elements.  Name either of these dialects.       Gullah OR Geechee

65. In fourteenth century AD, this ancient African kingdom was a center of Christianity and could claim to be the oldest Christian empire in the world.  Name this country whose 12th century stone churches are among the wonders of the world.      Ethiopia

66. In 1975, this tennis great was the first black man to win single titles at Wimbledon.  Tragically, he contracted aids from a blood transfusion and died from the disease in 1993.  Name this American champion.       Arthur Ashe

67. Ratified soon after the Civil War, what important right does the Fifteenth Amendment guarantee to all male adult citizens?    The right to vote

68. The first issue of this magazine was published by Johnson Publishing Company of Chicago.  Still going strong today, name this magazine whose title is the same as a kind of rich, dark tropical wood.

Ebony

69. British explorers Richard Francis Burton and John Speke spent months in Africa searching for this lake, one of the largest in the world and the source of the Nile River.  Name this lake.   Lake Victoria

Leroy Paige got his nickname, "Satchel" from the type of bags the players carried.  Give the real first names for the following sports figures….

            70. Prime-time Sanders                                                    Deion Sanders

            72. Magic Johnson                                                           Earvin Johnson

            73. Penny Hardaway                                                       Anfernee Hardaway

            74. Too Tall Jones                                                            Ed Jones

75. Try this Cosby Show trivia. Theo was the only male among the Huxtable children. Name the four Huxtable daughters. In no particular order:                  Sandra, Denise, Vanessa, Rudy

76. As a British colony, this African country was known as the Gold Coast.  What is the name

         of this country, the first to gain its independence in 1957?          Ghana

77. What is the name of the African language that is the official language of Kenya and Tanzania and is spoken all over East Africa?         Swahili

78. This female gospel star is known for her tune “Open My Heart” Name this artist.   Yolanda Adams

79. This Newberry Award-winning novel by William Armstrong tells the story of a sharecropping family living in Louisiana during the Depression.  Identify the book’s title, named after the family’s dog.      Sounder

Identify the talented male writers of these famous novels…

80.       Native Son                                                                   Richard Wright

81.       Go Tell It on the Mountain                                          James Baldwin 

82.       The Foxes of Harrow                                                  Frank Yerby

83.       The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man               James Weldon Johnson

84. It opens with the line “Five score years ago,” contains references to the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and “My Country ‘Tis of Thee,” and is regarded as one of the finest speeches ever delivered.  Name this speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963.         I Have A Dream

King exhorted his audience to “let freedom ring” from various mountains around the country in his “I Have a Dream” speech.  Identify the following mountain or mountains from which he hoped freedom would ring.

85. A famous mountain in Georgia                             Stone Mountain

86. A long plateau in Tennessee                                 Lookout Mountain

87. An impressive mountain range in Colorado          The Rockies or the Rocky

                                                                                    Mountains

88. A minor mountain range in Pennsylvania             Alleghenies

Some songs are forever linked to the performer.  Name the singer of the following songs…

89.       “Georgia On My Mind”                                              Ray Charles

90.       “Midnight Train to Georgia”                                      Gladys Knight

91.       “The Thrill is Gone”                                                    B.B King

92.       “Shaft”                                                                                    Isaac Hayes

93. In 1974, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman fought for the Heavyweight Championship Title in

      the country of Zaire.  Name the film that tells the story of the famous "Rumble in the Jungle."

     When We Were Kings

94. He was reported to have hit 80 homeruns in one season.  Name the home run slugger known as the

    "Babe Ruth of Negro Baseball."     Josh Gibson

95. She organized President Franklin Roosevelt's black cabinet back in the 1930s.  Name this educator

   and founder of a black college located in Daytona Beach, FL.    Mary McLeod Bethune

96. Alexander Dumas, a French author of African ancestry is best known for The Count of Monte

    Christo and another very famous novel.  Name this book which details the exploits of three dashing

   17th century adventurers.    The Three Musketeers

97. The Black Panther party was organized in Oakland, CA in 1966.  This group departed from the non-

     violent philosophies of other civil rights groups of the period as they called for self-defense and

     self-determination.  Name either of the two founders of this organization.    Huey Newton OR Bobby Seale

98. What living blues artist plays a guitar named Lucille and recorded "The Thrill is Gone"?    B. B. King

99. Two previous presidents of this Caribbean nation were Papa Doc and his son Baby Doc.  Name this

    country that shares an island with the Dominican Republic.    Haiti

100. Name this famous Black Baptist visionary preacher who is the president of the North Louisiana Old Line   Baptist Association. James Earl Jackson, Sr.

NOTE: Don’t forget to study local Monroe City History and Black Biblical Characters

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