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Along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, what type of music
is played with the accordion?

A

Zydeco

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Who wrote “Their Eyes Were Watching God?”

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Zora Neale Hurston

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Which one of composer/pianist Anthony Davis’ operas
premiered in Philadelphia in 1985 and was performed
by the New York City Opera in 1986?

A

The Life and Times of
Malcolm X

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Since 1987, who has held the position of director of
jazz at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New
York City?

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Wynton Marsalis

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Of what profession were Langston Hughes, Zora Neale
Hurston, and Countee Cullen, major contributors to the
Harlem Renaissance?

A

LiteraryWriters\Auth
ors

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Who wrote Clotel, or The President’s Daughter, the
first published novel by a Black American in 1833?

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William Wells Brown

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For what 1954 film was Dorothy Dandridge the first
black actress to receive an Academy Award nomination
for Best Actress ?

A

Carmen Jones

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What is the given name of blues great W.C. Handy?

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William Christopher Handy

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What aspiring fiction writer, journalist, and
Hopkinsville native, served as editor of three African
American weeklies: the Indianapolis Recorder, the
Freeman, and the Indianapolis Ledger?

A

William Alexander
Chambers

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Nat Love wrote what kind of stories?

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Westerns

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Cartoonist Morrie Turner created what world famous
syndicated comic strip?

A

Wee Pals

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Who was born in Florence, Alabama in 1873 and is
called “Father of the Blues”?

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WC Handy

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Georgia Douglas Johnson was a poet during the
Harlem Renaissance era. She often held writers‟
workshops at her home in what city?

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Washington
DC

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Growing up with a white Jewish mother and an African
American father, who wrote Devil in a Blue Dress, A
Red Death, White Butterfly, and Black Betty?

A

Walter Mosley

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Name at least three nationally renowned 20th Century
tap dancers.

A

Bill Bailey; Charles
“Honi” Coles; Sammy
Davis, Jr.; Savion
Glover; Gregory
Hines; Maurice
Hines; Fayard
Nicholas; Harold
Nicholas; Bill
“Bojangles” Robinson

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Known for his social and political views, who published

The Souls of Black Folks in 1903?

A

W.E.B. Du Bois

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Who was the first Black American woman chosen as

Miss America?

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Vanessa Williams

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In addition to her outstanding career as a singer, what

was Marian Anderson
appointed to by President Dwight D. Eisenhower?

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U.S. Delegate to the
United States

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Harlem Renaissance writer Eric Walrond was born in
Georgetown, British Guiana and penned what book
that consists of a collection of ten stories?

A

Tropic Death

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What Hopkinsville natives and brothers owned and

edited The Detroit Contender?

A

Ulysses and Robert
Poston

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Name the three journalist sons of educator, poet, and

author Ephraim Pastor?

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Ulysses, Robert, and
Ted Poston

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Gustavus Vassa was a slave who had written the first
autobiography. His African name was Olaudah
Equiano. How many volumes made up his narrative?

A

two

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Sallie Martin was the “mother of gospel music.” She
and Thomas A. Dorsey founded what group in 1933?

A

the National
Convention of Gospel
Choirs and Choruses

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Langston Hughes was responsible for publishing what

Black American magazine?

A

The Nation

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George Shirley was a tenor and member of what opera

company?

A

the Metropolitan
Opera

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What Broadway show became the longest running
one-person show in the history of Broadway?

A

The Lady and Her
Music

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What New York library houses rare collections of Black

culture?

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The Schomburg
Center

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What is the name of the sculpture designed as a
tribute to the four Black girls killed during a church
bombing in Alabama in 1963?

A

The Crucifixion

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What is the name of the newsletter which was
originally edited by W.E.B. Du Bois and published by
the NAACP in 1910?

A

The Crisis

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What is the name of the Harlem club where many
famous Black American entertainers began their
careers?

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The Cotton Club

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Music historians refer to what type of music as the first

Black American music?

A

Spiritual

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This director, screenwriter and actor was born in
Atlanta but relocated to Brooklyn, where he later
established a film company. Whether working with a
low-budget and unknown actors or Hollywood
heavyweights, his films continue to be controversial
and push racial boundaries. Name him.

A

Spike Lee

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Porgy was a black musical play that had its debut in
1927. It became a film in 1959 entitled Porgy and Bess
and had an all star black cast. Name two of the
actors/actresses that performed in this film?

A

Sidney Poitier,
Dorothy Dandridge,
Pearl Bailey, Sammy
Davis, Jr., Brock
Peters, Diahann
Carroll, Ivan Dixon,
Clarence Muse

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34
Q

Kunta Kinte was one the characters in what Alex Haley

book?

A

Roots

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What Alex Haley novel was made into a television

mini-series in 1977 and 1979?

A

Roots

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What one-time Negro League professional baseball
player, turned-artist created collages on the lifestyles
of blacks in the 1960s?

A

Romare Bearden

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What artist’s painting is entitled After Church?

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Romare Bearden

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Q

Julian Abele was involved in the design of what

museum?

A

Philadelphia
Museum of Art

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In what city was Marian Anderson born?

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Philadelphia

40
Q

What actor appeared in the play Emperor Jones in

1925?

A

Paul Robeson

41
Q

What city and what college did Paul Robeson live and

attend?

A

Princeton New Jersey
and Rutgers
University

42
Q

Who was the first Black American poet to be nationally

recognized for his writing?

A

Paul Lawrence
Dunbar

43
Q

Arthur Mitchell became the first black man to dance
for a major ballet company in 1955. Name the
company.

A

New York City Ballet

44
Q

What was the name of the newspaper started by

Malcolm X?

A

Muhammad Speaks

45
Q

She was known as the “queen of gospel music.” Her
first recording “Move On Up a Little Higher” sold over
a million copies in 1945. What was her name?

A

Mahalia Jackson

46
Q

Gordon Parks was voted “Photographer of the Year” in
1960 while working for what popular magazine?

A

Life

47
Q

Who was the first black to perform at the opening of
the new Metropolitan Opera House in 1966?

A

Leontyne Price

48
Q

What term refers generally to the artistic and
socio-cultural awakening among black people in the
1920s and early 1930s?

A

Harlem Renaissance

49
Q

In 2015, who was the 1

st African American woman to
be promoted to principal ballerina in American Ballet
Theater’s 75 year history?

A

Misty Copeland

50
Q

In 1957, Who was the African American man who

became the 1

st Black principal dancer in the New York

City Ballet?

A

Arthur Mitchell

51
Q

Who was the African American singer who performed
a historic open-air concert at the Lincoln Memorial
after the Daughters of the American Revolution had
barred her from singing to an integrated audience at
Constitution Hall?

A

Marian Anderson

52
Q

Who was the 1st African American to publish a book of
poetry, in 1773?

A

Phillis Wheatley

53
Q

In 1933, who was the 1st African American woman and
composer whose original music was played by a major
orchestra at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra?

A

Florence Price

54
Q

From 1919-1929 there was a resurgence of literature,
knowledge, and the period?

A

Harlem Renaissance

55
Q

What American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and
composer was the leader of the first Black American
band to play in Carnegie Hall?

A

William “Count”
Basie

56
Q

What was the venue called where classic blues singers:
Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith,
and Alberta Hunter, performed?

A

Vaudeville Music
Houses

57
Q

The first rap song to achieve commercial success was
“Rapper’s Delight.” What was the name of the group
who recorded this single in 1979?

A

The Sugar Hill Gang

58
Q

In the 1920s the Lindy Hop was made famous at this

Harlem dance venue.

A

The Savoy Ballroom

59
Q

Name three dance steps from the Disco era?

A

the Hustle, the
Bump, and the Bus
Stop

60
Q

Who became Hollywood’s first Black millionaire actor?

A

Stepin’ Fetchit

61
Q

What is MC Hammer’s real name?

A

Stanley Kirk Burrell

62
Q

In 1972, Cicely Tyson was nominated for Best Actress

for her performance in what film?

A

Sounder

63
Q

What will be the longest, continuously running,
first-run syndicated television program until at least
2016?

A

Soul Train

64
Q

Who was the first black entertainer to sleep in the

White House?

A

Sammy Davis, Jr.

65
Q

Name the hip-hop group that created the theme song
“Fight the Power” to Spike Lee’s film Do The Right
Thing.

A

Public Enemy

66
Q

What instrument did Count Basie play, while leading

his group “The Count Basie Orchestra”?

A

Piano (or organ)

67
Q

What musical instrument did Nat King Cole play?

A

Piano

68
Q

What was the name of the first successful TV variety
show starring a Black American?

A

Nat King Cole Show

69
Q

Which rapper known for such albums as Black on Both
Sides began rhyming at age nine in his hometown of
Brooklyn, New York?

A

Mos Def

70
Q

The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin recorded how many

albums?

A

She recorded more
than 50 albums

71
Q

This trumpet player was also a vocalist and was the
first to use a technique known as scat singing. What
was his name?

A

Louis “Satchmo”
Armstrong

72
Q

What famous singer hosts the annual Parade of Stars in
order to raise money for the United Negro College
Fund?

A

Lou Rawls

73
Q

What was the given name of popular comedienne and
pioneer of African American vaudeville, Moms
Mabley?

A

Loretta Mary Aike

74
Q

She witnessed the East St. Louis riots in 1917 and
immigrated to France just six years later. She was a
singer, dancer, nightclub owner and a member of the
French resistance during World War II. Name this
popular entertainer.

A

Josephine Baker

75
Q

Who provided the voice for Darth Vader in the movie

Star Wars?

A

James Earl Jones

76
Q

Who was the first Black American woman to win an

Academy Award?

A

Hattie McDaniel

77
Q

Musician and Hopkinsville native John Brim taught

himself to play what two instruments?

A

Guitar and
harmonica

78
Q

Sidney Poitier starred in a famous movie about an
interracial marriage. What was the name of the
movie?

A

Guess Who’s Coming
to Dinner

79
Q

What was the name of the first screenplay produced

by a Black American woman?

A

Georgia, Georgia

80
Q

Name 3 movies that Eddie Murphy starred.

A

Trading Places,
Coming to America,
Beverly Hills Cop II &
II

81
Q

From 1975 to 1980 this Disco star had eight gold
records and two platinum records. Name her.

A

Donna Summer

82
Q

Who is called “The Queen of the Blues”?

A

Dinah Washington

83
Q

Name the Grammy award-winning Philadelphia quartet
that sold over 4 million copies of their album Cooley
High Harmony?

A

Boyz II Men

84
Q

Portrayed by Diana Ross in the film Lady Sings the
Blues, what was the name of the singer whose song
“Strange Fruit” became her signature piece?

A

Billie Holiday

85
Q

What famous female vocalist toured with “The Count

Basie Orchestra”?

A

Billie Holiday

86
Q

What is the name of B.B. King’s guitar? “

A

Lucille

87
Q

Sung by Diahann Carroll, this song was made popular
in the film version of “Porgy and Bess.” Name it. “

A

Summertime”

88
Q

In what year did the cable network BET begin

broadcasting music videos?

A

1980

89
Q

The book Roots was made into a movie in what year?

A

1977

90
Q

What hit song made Ella Fitzgerald a national celebrity

at the age of 20?

A

“A Tisket, A Tasket”

91
Q

What all-black situation comedy television show
started as a radio program in the 1920s to 1950s
whose actors were all white?

A

“Amos n’ Andy”

92
Q

What non-performer, founder of Motown was
inducted into the hall of fame in 1988 with The Drifters
and The Supremes?

A

Berry Gordy, Jr.

93
Q

This former beauty queen from Ohio started her career
as a model. In 2001 she won the Academy Award for
Best Actress. Who is she?

A

Halle Berry

94
Q

What does the nickname of rapper and actor LL Cool J

stand for?

A

Ladies Love Cool
James

95
Q

During the 1860’s and the period leading up to
Juneteenth, there was a composer, musician and
activist who worked with Frederick Douglas on the
Underground Railroad. Who was he?

A

Justin Holland

96
Q

Who was George Washington Johnson?

A

In 1890, George
Washington
Johnson became
the first
African-American
to make
commercial
records. The Library
of Congress is now
adding Johnson’s
“The Laughing
Song” to the
National Recording
Register

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