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How many historically black colleges and universities are there today in the United States?

105

Cheyney State, the oldest Black American college, was founded in what year?

1837

Fisk University was established in Nashville, Tennessee as a liberal arts institution in what year?

1865

In what year were the post-Civil War colleges Clark, Claflin, Dillard, and Tougaloo founded?

1869

Xavier University was the first black Catholic college. It opened in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1915 as a high school. In what year was the college department added?

1925

The 1890s was called the "women's era" in black history because of the rise of the black women's clubs and movement. For what reasons were these clubs and associations formed?

to provide social services and promote racial and gender equality for women in their communities

In what state is Tuskegee Institute located?

Alabama

This, the first and only black college consortium, was founded in 1929. Name it. Atlanta University System 139 HBCU In what state is Tuskegee Institu

Atlanta University

Starting with $1.50 in cash, what college did Mary McLeod Bethune found?

Bethune-Cookman College

Name 2 of the 4 colleges that make up the Atlanta University Center, the largest contiguous consortium of African-Americans in higher education in the United States.

Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, Morehouse College, and Morehouse School of Medicine

Coppin State College in Baltimore, Maryland was established in 1900 and named after what slave who became one of the leading black women educators of the nineteenth century?

Fanny Jackson Coppin

What US federal government agency founded over 4000 schools, including Howard University?

Freeman Bureau

What state has the most black institutions of higher learning?

Georgia

Hampton University in Virginia was originally established under what name in 1868?

Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute

The United Negro College Fund was established in 1944 to provide financial support to students who are enrolled in what educational institutions

Historically black colleges and universities (or HBCUs)

What is the name of the famous Black college in Washington, D.C. where Dr. Charles Drew taught medicine?

Howard University

Made to what is now Alcorn State University, the first land grant for a black college was made in 1871 in what in city?

Lorman, Mississippi

In 1904 the Daytona Normal and Industrial School in Daytona Beach, Florida was founded by whom?

Mary McLeod Bethunel

The University of the District of Columbia was organized by free black women in 1865 under what name?

Miner Normal School

What college, originally established as August Institute, was organized by three ministers in the basement of a Baptist church in 1867?

Morehouse College

Centenary Biblical Institute was established in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1865 by blacks after the Civil War. Under what name does it operate today?

Morgan State University

In 1865, Fisk University was founded in what city?

Nashville, Tennessee

Where was Ralph Ellison, the famous Black American novelist, born?

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

What famous Black American writer encouraged Ralph Ellison's efforts to become a writer?

Richard wright

Roots, the miniseries, was aired eight nights in 1977 with nearly 130 million viewers. Its 1979 sequel was named what?

Roots the next generation

In 1926 the Soul Stirrers were the first gospel quartet to add a second lead to solo over the usual four-part harmony. In 1950 what singer joined this group?

Sam Cooke

What Black American took jazz vocals to a new level and was called "The Divine One" because of her range and effortless mastery of the intricacies of music?

Sarah Vaughan

What musical instrument does jazz musician Grover Washington, Jr. play?

Saxophone

The operas A Guest of Honor and Treemonisha were written by whom in the early 1900s?

Scott Joplin

Elizabeth Catlett Mora is a graphic artist and printmaker. For what other type of work is she best known?

Sculpture

Currently the pastor of a large congregation in Raleigh, North Carolina, this well-known female singer worked with the gospel group The Caravans established by Albertina Walker. Name her.

Shirley Caesar

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?

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

For what talent did Elizabeth Taylor-Greenfield receive worldwide acclaim?

Singing in a range of 27 octaves

In 1938, who was the first gospel singer to record for a major record label, Decca Records?

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Established in 1881, what college holds the distinction of being America's oldest historically black college for women?

Spelman College

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.

Spike Lee

What is the name of the Grammy award winning gospel a cappella sextet whose hits include Spread Love and David & Goliath?

Take 6

What author promoted her first novel, Mama, by contacting colleges and universities?

Terry McMillan

What Harlem theatre is a showcase for Black talent?

The Apollo

Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now, a platinum hit by Gene McFadden & John Whitehead was known as what in 1979?

The Black National Anthem

Popularized by the 1923 musical Runnin' Wild, what 1920s dance is believed to have started in a coastal city of South Carolina?

The Charleston

George Shirley was a tenor and member of what opera company?

The Metropolitan Opera

Under what name was North Carolina Central University founded in1910 by James E. Shephard?

The National Religious Training School of Durham

What musical genre emerged from three heavily populated black isolated areas: the Mississippi Delta, the Piedmont, and East Texas?

The blues

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

The cotton club

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?

The crucifixion

What was the first serious uprising among slaves took place in 1739 and resulted in passage of the Negro Act, which placed restrictions on the ability of slaves in South Carolina to assemble and move freely?

The stono rebellion

In February 1960 four students from Greensboro Agricultural and Technical College in North Carolina sat at a whites-only lunch counter and asked to be served. The waitress refused. What happened next?

The students waited and left at the end of the day. The next two days students from the college and white students from a local women's college formed a "sit-in." Since that incident many sit-ins were organized throughout the South to protest segregated seating at public institutions.

Who were the exodusters

They were black people who left the South after Reconstruction who settled in Kansas in 1879

What attorney argued the case Abbington v Board of Education of Louisville resulting in the Louisville School Board agreeing to cease teacher salary discrimination if Ms. Abbington agreed to drop her lawsuit?

Thurgood Marshall

In 1993, she became the first black to be honored with the Nobel Prize for Literature for six novels. She is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved which became a motion picture, and in 1993 for Jazz. Name her

Tori Morrison

What is the name of the institute that was founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881?

Tuskegee Institue

In addition to her outstanding career as a singer, what was Marian Anderson appointed to by President Dwight D. Eisenhower?

US Delegate to the United States

What organization helps fund over forty Black American colleges?

United Negro College fund

What organization formed in 1914 by Marcus Garvey promoted racial pride and self improvement?

Universal Negro Improvement and Association and African Communities League

Who was the first Black American woman chosen as Miss America?

Vanessa Williams

Known for his social and political views, who published The Souls of Black Folks in 1903?

W.E.B. Du Bois

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

Wynton Marsalis

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

X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

Who wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God"?

Zora Neale Hurston

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

Zydeco