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What writer left America, became an expatriate, and moved to Paris during the late 1930s?
Richard Wright
Arna Bontemps, collaborated with what Black poet to write St. Louis Woman?
Langston Hughes
Jazz musicians followed which river northward to St. Louis and Chicago?
The Mississippi
“Satchmo” was the nickname for what musician?
Louis Armstrong
Which man was called the greatest tenor ever “born in America”?
Roland Hayes
Who wrote the words to the “Negro National Anthem”?
James Weldon Johnson
Cane, considered by some to be one of the best novels written by a Black writer, was written by whom?
Jean Toomer
Katherine Dunham and Pearl Primus were noted in what field?
Dancing
Kunte Kinte was an African relative of that author?
Alex Hailey
Name the female star of the movie Carmen Jones.
Dorothy Dandridge
Who led a slave revolt in South Hampton County, Virginia, in which 66 Whites were killed?
Nat Turner
On March 7, 1966, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., led a massive march where in Alabama?
From Selma to Montgomery
What Black woman, first named Isabella Baumfree, was sold three times before she was twelve, was freed at thirty, and eventually became a lecturer and abolitionist?
Sojourner Truth
Name the first Black graduate from the University of Mississippi.
James Meredith
What United Nations Ambassador met secretly with the Palestinian Liberation Organization?
Andrew Young
Who shot John Picairn, a British major, and momentarily stopped the British charge up Bunker Hill?
Peter Salem
What was the name of the abolitionist who raided Harper’s Ferry?
John Brown
Name the first member of the U. S. Armed Forces to be killed in action in World War II.
Robert Brooks
What did the Native Americans call Black troops in the West?
Buffalo Soldiers
Name the man who was elected mayor of Gary, Indiana, in 1967.
Richard Hatcher
Wide receiver Cliff Branch consistently starred for what team?
Oakland Raiders
Roberto Clemente won the National Batting Championship in 1967 playing for what team?
Pittsburgh Pirates
Name the professional Black baseball team from Kansas City.
Monarchs
Ohio State’s Archie Griffin became the first football player in history to win what award?
Heisman Trophy
The name of the Black American tennis player who was a member of the 1964 Davis Cup Team.
Arthur Ashe
Who was the first and only fighter to hold three fighting champion titles at the same time?
Henry Armstrong
Who fought Max Schmeling in 1936?
Joe Louis
Meadowlark Lemon was a star of what professional basketball team?
Harlem Globetrotters
What Latin player for the Pittsburg Pirates won the National League Batting Championship in 1967?
Roberto Clemente
Professional basketball players Bill Russell, Oscar Robinson, K. C. Jones, Walt Bellamey, and Adrian Dantly have what in common?
Olympic Medal winners
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