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