If you correctly answered Singer Tina Turner, chances are you have been playing Rise 'n fly, a best-selling new board game that gives a short course in black history. More than 30,000 copies have been sold since the $29.95 game reached store shelves last December, and retailers such as Macy's in New York City and Kiddie World in Wilmington, Del., are struggling to keep it in stock.
The game was created by Merton Olds, a Du Pont marketing manager with a Ph.D. in chemistry, and his wife Linda, a high school biology teacher. Noting the popularity of Trivial Pursuit, the black...
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