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What American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer was the leader of the first Black American band to play in Carnegie Hall?
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William "Count" Basie
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Who played the role of Celie in the movie version of Alice Walker‟s best-selling book, The Color Purple ?
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Whoopi Goldberg
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What Black actress won a Academy Award for her supporting role in the movie Ghost?
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Whoopi Goldberg
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The Best Supporting Actress award for this 1990 thriller/fantasy film went to a comedienne who had a one-woman show on Broadway in the mid-1980s. Who is she?
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Whoopi Goldberg
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What artist recorded the songs, “I Will Always Love You, ”The Greatest Love of All”, and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”?
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Whitney Houston
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Classic blues singers, Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, and Alberta Hunter, were women who came out of what performance tradition?
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Vaudeville
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Who is the award-winning recording/performing/video artist who recorded the platinum album called The Comfort Zone?
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Vanessa Williams
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In what motion picture did Bill “Bo Jangles” Robinson teach Shirley Temple the famous Stair Dance?
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The Little Colonel
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Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, who recorded the song "Twist and Shout"?
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The Isley Brothers
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Name three dance steps from the Disco era?
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The Hustle, the Bump, and the Bus Stop
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“Boogie Wonderland” was Earth, Wind & Fire‟s only Disco song. What was the name of the group of ladies that sang with them on this record?
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The Emotions
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Lena Horne began her career as a singer and dancer in what New York entertainment club?
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The Cotton Club
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What producer/songwriter originated the New Jack Swing?
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Teddy Riley
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In 1941, what jazz piece performed by Duke Ellington and his orchestra became an instant hit?
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Take the A Train
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On the TV series Magnum, P.I., what was Roger Mosely‟s nickname?
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T.C.
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