Passport Questions and Answers​

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Q1: What is the oldest Historic Black College and University still in operation?

A1: Cheyney University of Pennsylvania founded in 1837.

 

Q2: How many African American Greek Organization exist?

 

A2: Nine

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Omega Psi Phi                                                 

Alpha Kappa Alpha

Alpha Phi Alpha                                             

Delta Sigma Theta

Kappa Alpha Psi                                             

Zeta Phi Beta

Phi Beta Sigma                                                

Sigma Gamma Rho

Iota Phi Theta

 

Q3: How many HBCUs are considered to be “Black Ivy League”

A3: Seven:

Fisk University

Howard University

 

Hampton University                                  

Morehouse College

Tuskegee University                                   

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

Morgan State University

 

Q4: How many HBCUs are there?

A4: There are 101

 

Q5: What is the name of the African American Ballet Company?

A5: Dance Theatre of Harlem, also known as the Harlem Ballet, founded 1955

 

Q6: What are the most popular Christian Denomination faiths in the African American Community?

A6: Seven

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African Methodist Episcopalian

African Methodist Episcopal Zion

Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Church of God in Christ

United Methodist Church

Presbyterian Church (USA)

Baptist

         National Baptist Convention

         Progressive Baptist Convention

         The Baptist Convention of America

 

Q7: What is the way Black people got married until 1866?

A7: They jumped the broom

 

Q8: What was the first commercial successful rap record?

A8: Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight

 

Q9: Who is the Godfather of Soul?

A9: James Brown

 

Q10: Who created the Rock n Roll sound?

A10: Chuck Berry

 

Q11: Who was the 1st Black woman to become a Doctor of Medicine?

A11: Rebecca Lee Crampon

 

Q12: Who was the 1st Black Supreme Court Justice?

A12: Thurgood Marshall

 

Q13: Who was the first Black person to receive an Oscar?

A13: Hattie B. McDaniel

 

Q14: Who was the 1st Black person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?

A14: Ralph Bunchee for arragning the cease fire between the Israelis and Arabs

 

Q15: What is Juneteenth?

A15: The day the last salve was freed in Galveston, TX on June 19th, 1865

 

Q16: Who is considered the most famous African American Soldier?

A16: Henry Johnson of the Harlem Hellfighters

 

Q17: What were the Black Soldiers Calvary Troops nicknamed by Native Americans?

A17: The Buffalo Soldiers

 

Q18: Who is the African American artist famous for the “Migration Series”

A18: Jacob Lawrence

 

Q19: Who is the poet that delivered the poem “The Hill We Climb” at the 46th Presidential Inauguration?

A19: Amanda Gorham

 

Q20: Who is photojournalist the help chronicle the Civil Rights Movement and Black poverty?

A20: Gordon Parks

 

Q21: What is the genre of food African Americans are most famous for?

A21: Soul Food