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HBCU is an acronym for this. Most HBCUs are located in this region of the United States.
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Category 1
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HBCU is an acronym for this.
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What is Historically Black Colleges and Universities?
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Most HBCUs are located in this region of the United States.
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What is the south?
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This university located in southwest Ohio was the first college to be owned and operated by African Americans.
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What is Wilberforce University?
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Established in 1837, this is the oldest HBCU in the U.S. and the alma mater of “60 Minutes” journalist Ed Bradley.
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What is Cheyney University of Pennsylvania?
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The first and only HBCU in California. It is located L.A. county.
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What is Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science?
Category 2
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She was the first black woman to work as a NASA scientist. Her calculations were critical to John Glenn’s orbits around earth.
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Who is Katherine Johnson?
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This American inventor patented the three-position traffic signal in 1923.
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Who is Garrett A. Morgan?
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In the 1870s, this inventor revolutionized railroads with his patents related to lubricating steam engines.
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Who is Elijah McCoy?
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This engineer and physician was the first black female astronaut.
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Who is Mae Carol Jemison?
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This research chemist invented synthetic cortisone, a medicine used to treat arthritis.
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Who is Percy Julian?
Category 3
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Creator of the critically acclaimed sketch comedy series “The Chappelle Show”.
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Who is Dave Chappelle?
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This comedian’s work includes writing for “The Chris Rock Show” and her Netflix special “Not Normal” .
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Who is Wanda Sykes?
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This comedian was a two time host of the Oscars. He appeared in films such as “Uptown Saturday Night” and “Car Wash”.
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Who is Richard Pryor?
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This comedian performed his1980s comedy special “Delirious” in a red leather jumpsuit.
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Who is Eddie Murphy?
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Issa Rae’s popular YouTube web-based series.
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What is “The Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl”?
Category 4
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This 6 time Grammy award-winning singer recorded “I Will Always Love You”.
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Who is Whitney Houston?
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The first black woman to become Miss America.
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Who is Vanessa Williams?
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This Atlanta based rapper’s real name is Nayvadius Wilburn.
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Who is Future?
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This woman became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993.
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Who is Toni Morrison?
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This dancer became the first black principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre.
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Who is Misty Copeland?
Category 5
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Martin Luther King Jr. graduated from this HBCU in Atlanta, Georgia at 16 years old.
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What is Morehouse College?
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She was one of the founders of the NAACP. Her activist work included documenting the lynching of blacks in the 1890s, a practice used to intimidate and oppress black Americans.
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Who is Ida B. Wells?
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The first southern city in the United States to integrate all of their public facilities.
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What is San Antonio, Texas?
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The Little Rock Nine arrived at this segregated high school on September 3, 1957. Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to block the school’s entrance.
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What is Little Rock Central High School?
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This group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961.
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What is the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)?
Category 6
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When ancient African kingdoms domesticated this animal, it revolutionized trade across the Sahara.
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What is a camel?
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This ruler of the Mali Empire built the Great Mosque at Timbuktu.
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Who is Mansa Musa?
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The Askumites of the Kingdom of Aksum developed one of Africa’s oldest indigenous written scripts.
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What is Ge’ez?
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The Kingdom of Kush was located in this modern day African country.
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What is Sudan?
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The highest mountain in Africa.
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What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
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