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1 2 3 9 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 #1 for $5 6 1 7 8 4 10 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10 Arts & EntertainmentHistory Sports

2 Name the Black male singer who first starred in The Emperor Jones.

3 Paul Robeson

4 “My soul has grown deep like the rivers,” writes what poet?

5 Langston Hughes

6 Bill Kinny was the lead singer for what famous 1940s male singing group?

7 The Ink Spots

8 This woman became a millionaire after developing a system of hair and beauty products for Black women.

9 Madam C. J. Walker

10 The Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow this singer to perform in their hall in Washington, D. C

11 Marian Anderson

12 In jazz circles this singer was known as “Lady Day”.

13 Billie Holiday

14 Zora Neale Hurston gained fame as a novelist, but she was also renowned as an expert in which social science?

15 Anthropology

16 Who wrote the Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man?

17 James Weldon Johnson

18 What is Nikki Giovanni’s profession?

19 Poet

20 The autobiographical work Black Boy was written by whom?

21 Richard Wright

22 This famous Black insurrectionist killed his slave master’s family

23 Nat Turner

24 This Black explorer went with Admiral Peary to the North Pole.

25 Matthew Henson

26 This African country’s name means “Land of the Blacks”.

27 Sudan

28 This Black man published an almanac in Maryland in 1791.

29 Benjamin Banneker

30 Senator Edward Brooke was elected from what state?

31 Massachusetts

32 Who wrote The Negro in Colonial New England?

33 Dr. Lorenzo Greene

34 This man was the first Black to be elected to the U. S. House of Representatives.

35 Joseph Rainey

36 Name the first Black elected sheriff in the South after the Civil War

37 Lucius Amerson of Macon County, Georgia

38 This famous Black intellectual earned a doctorate degree from Harvard University In 1895.

39 W. E. B. DuBois

40 Dr. James Evans was appointed to supervise the desegregation of U. S. Military bases by which American President?

41 President Harry Truman

42 What famous track star’s real name is James Cleveland Owens?

43 Jessie Owens

44 While playing baseball in Chattanooga, this man was nicknamed “Satchel” because of his “satchel-sized” feet.

45 Satchel Paige

46 In 1932, White and Black baseball clubs could not play within two blocks of each other in this southern city.

47 Atlanta, Georgia

48 This baseball homerun hitter was known as the “Say Hey Kid”.

49 Willie Mays

50 Name the first Black person to qualify for the Masters Golf Tournament

51 Lee Elder

52 This woman was a three time Olympic gold winner in track and later became a well-known author and lecturer on health.

53 Wilma Rudolph

54 This boxer was nicknamed “Hammerin’ Hank”.

55 Henry Armstrong

56 This man announced his retirement as undefeated world heavyweight champion on September 27, 1950

57 Joe Louis

58 For what team did Jim Brown play?

59 Cleveland Browns

60 Ezzard Charles was famous in what sport?

61 Boxing


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