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What slogan called for recognition of the cultural achievements of African Americans
"Black is Beautiful"
Famous cowboy Nat Love was involved in gun battles with bandits and Indians, and earned what nickname for his expert marksmanship
"Deadwood Dick"
What recording, performed by Count Basie and sung by Frank Sinatra, was played on the moon by U.S. astronauts on July 20, 1969
"Fly Me to the Moon"
What was the name of composer Scott Joplin's best known piece, which became the theme song for the Academy Award-winning movie The Sting
"The Entertainer"
What was the name of composer Scott Joplin's best known piece, which became thetheme song for the Academy Award-winning movie The Sting
"The Entertainer"
What was singer Marian Anderson sometimes called
"Voice of the American Soul"
What amendment to the Constitution states: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude,.....shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
13th
Sugar Ray Robinson ended his boxing career with a total of how many wins and how many knockouts?
175 wins, 106 KO's
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in what year
1863
How many trips did Harriet Tubman make to the South to escort over 300 slaves to freedom
19
In what year was Martin Luther King, Jr. born
1929
In what year did the first African Americans Earl Lloyd, Chuck Cooper and Nate Clifton play in the NBA?
1950
In what year did Joe Louis enter the Boxing Hall of Fame
1954
In what year did the Supreme Court unanimously declare, "In the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place"
1954
In what year did Marian Anderson debut as the first African American singer at the Metropolitan Opera
1955
In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court order school integration "with all deliberate speed"
1955
In what year did the "Greensboro Four" stage their first sit-in
1960
Equal Employment Opportunity, Public Accommodation, Desegregation of Public Facilities, Desegregation of Public Education, and Voting Rights are key provisions of the Civil Rights Act which was passed in what year
1964
In what year did Cassius Clay join the Nation of Islam and change his name to Muhammad Ali
1964
In what year was Carl Stokes elected the first black mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, and Richard Hatcher elected the first black mayor of Gary, Indiana
1967
In what year did Black History Month officially begin
1976
Julie Dash wrote, directed and produced Daughters of the Dust, the first full-length film by an African American woman to be distributed nationally in the U.S. In what year was the film released
1991
Although its ranks were not exclusively black, this regiment of the Continental Army is generally regarded as the first black military regiment because it contained several companies of black soldiers. What was the name of this regiment
1st Rhode Island Regiment
How many African Americans received the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Civil War
23
How long did the Montgomery bus boycott, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., last
385 days
How many African Americans lost their lives in the Vietnam War
5,681
101. Q What is the name of the song published in 1856, written from the point of view of an African American male slave, that brought attention to the human toll of slavery?
A "Darling Nelly Gray"
130. Q What song was the first hit for Gladys Knight and the Pips?
A "Every Beat of My Heart
71. Q What popular expression, which typically is used to mean the real thing or the genuine article, refers to a famous African American inventor?
A "Is it the real McCoy?"
43. Q What was the name of the music/dance TV show first hosted by Dionne Warwick, and then by Marilyn McCoo?
A "Solid Gold"
105. Q What was Chubby Checker's longest-running hit song on the Top 40 Charts?
A "The Twist"
99. Q What was the amount of the first royalty check that Berry Gordy, Jr. received, prompting him to start his own record label?
A $3.19
80. Q In 1901, Garrett Morgan sold his first invention, a belt fastener for sewing machines, for how much money?
A $50
111. Q The Medico-Chirurgical Society of Washington, D.C., the first African American medical society, was founded in what year?
A 1884
37. Q In what year did the TV miniseries Roots, based on a book by Alex Haley, receive 37 Emmy nominations and win 9 Emmy Awards?
A 1977
64. Q In what year did Black Entertainment Television (BET) become the first African American oriented cable channel?
A 1980
65. Q In what year did Vanessa Williams become the first African American to be chosen Miss America?
A 1983
126. Q In what year did Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino and Little Richard become the first African Americans inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
A 1986
106. Q After Dr. Daniel Hale Williams successfully performed open-heart surgery in 1893, how many more years did his patient live?
A 20
66. Q Opening on March 11, 1959, what play by Lorraine Hansberry became the first play written by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway?
A A Raisin in the Sun
189. Q What caused the of the space shuttle Challenger disaster, which led to the death of astronaut Ronald McNair and others?
A A faulty "O" ring
174. Q What black painter was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance and is known for his African American murals?
A Aaron Douglas
162. Q What is the book Blues People, published in 1963, about?
A African American music
135. Q Who ghostwrote the Autobiography of Malcolm X?
A Alex Haley
142. Q Who wrote the number one best-selling book Roots that became an award winning 12-hour TV miniseries?
A Alex Haley
182. Q In 1908, who founded the town of Allensworth, California, the only town in the state to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans?
A Allen Allensworth
56. Q Who became the first African American to star in a network television sitcom when she appeared in The Laytons in 1948?
A Amanda Randolph
154. Q What is the name of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize winning book of poetry written by Gwendolyn Brooks?
A Annie Allen
192. Q What African American mathematician and engineer formed the company that constructed the Whitehurst Freeway and the Tidal Basin Bridge?
A Archie Alexander
127. Q In 1987, who became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
A Aretha Franklin
80. Q What award winning singer of "Respect" and "Chain of Fools" was known as the "Queen of Soul"?
A Aretha Franklin
167. Q Due to his accomplishments as an Arctic explorer, Matthew Henson and his wife were buried next to Robert Peary in what famous cemetery?
A Arlington National Cemetery
176. Q In 1955, who became the first African American dancer to become a member of a classical ballet company when he joined the New York City Ballet?
A Arthur Mitchell
74. Q Who is the founder of the Dance Theater of Harlem?
A Arthur Mitchell
170. Q Ronald McNair, Charles Bolden and Frederick Golden all pursued what career?
A Astronaut
197. Q In 2007, who became the first known African-American woman to reach the North Pole?
A Barbara Hillary
97. Q Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker were innovators of what type of music in the early 1940s?
A Bebop
125. Q What notable scientist, astronomer, and inventor was commissioned to help layout Washington, D.C.?
A Benjamin Banneker
129. A What scientist corresponded with Thomas Jefferson, explaining both his scientific insights and his criticisms of slavery?
A Benjamin Banneker
135. Q Who built the first American-made wooden clock?
A Benjamin Banneker
138. Q What African American scientist predicted a solar eclipse in 1789 that other astronomers of the time did not know was coming?
A Benjamin Banneker
144. Q Who developed mathematical formulas to calculate weather and astronomical events?
A Benjamin Banneker
157. Q What black scientist's grandfather claimed to have been born a prince in Africa?
A Benjamin Banneker
158. Q Whose Almanack contained information on the motions of the sun, moon and planets, as well as a tide table for the Chesapeake Bay region?
A Benjamin Banneker
153. Q What African American built an engine large enough to run the first steam-powered warship, but was not allowed to get a patent for this invention because he was a slave?
A Benjamin Bradley
164. Q This black minister and educator wrote an autobiography titled Born to Rebel, and delivered the eulogy at Dr. Martin Luther King's funeral. Who was he?
A Benjamin E. Mays
166. Q Who wrote the book Black Abolitionists?
A Benjamin Quarles
187. Q What daring aviator became the first African American woman to hold an international pilot license?
A Bessie Coleman
114. Q What blues woman, also known as "The Empress of the Blues", recorded the hit songs "Down Hearted Blues" and "Gulf Coast Blues"?
A Bessie Smith
155. Q In 1974, who became the first African American to appear on the cover of Vogue magazine?
A Beverly Johnson
131. Q This singer has sold over 100 million records worldwide, is the second most honored female artist in history with 23 Grammy Awards, and the most awarded artist in Video Music Award history with 24 MTV Video Music Awards. Who is she?
A Beyoncé
128. Q In 2001, as a member of the group Destiny's Child, who became the first African American woman to win the ASCAP Pop Music Songwriter of the Year Award?
A Beyoncé Knowles
177. Q Who is regarded as "the King of Tap Dancers" and was the most highly paid African American entertainer in the first half of the twentieth century?
A Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
47. Q In 1965, who co-starred with Robert Culp on I Spy to become the first African American star of a network television drama?
A Bill Cosby
61. Q In 1966, what star of I Spy became the first African American male to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, and the first to win an award?
A Bill Cosby
103. Q What African American singer born in Pittsburgh, PA won the Esquire New Star Award in 1946?
A Billy Eckstine
121. Q Who was the composer of "Take the "A" Train", the signature tune of the Duke Ellington Orchestra?
A Billy Strayhorn
34. Q In 2019, Ruth E. Carter became the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, and Hannah Beachler the first to win for Best Production Design. For which film did they both win their Oscar?
A Black Panther
85. Q B.B. King achieved fame performing what kind of music?
A Blues
55. Q When he was hired by CBS in 1948, who became the first African American star to host a regularly broadcast network television series?
A Bob Howard
92. Q Who is the Grammy Award-winning quartet that sold over 4 million copies of their very first album, Cooleyhighharmony?
A Boyz II Men
136. Q Who received an award from the U.S. Army for developing techniques to decontaminate missiles?
A Bruce Lee
97. Q What black woman was a pioneering physician in the Philadelphia African American community in the 19th century?
A Caroline Still Anderson
163. Q Who is the author of The Destruction of Black Civilization?
A Chancellor Williams
171. Q In 2009, what former U.S. astronaut became the first African American to serve as NASA Administrator on a permanent basis?
A Charles Bolden
119. Q Who became the first black doctor to treat a U.S. president when he helped care for James A. Garfield after he was wounded by an assassin's bullet?
A Charles Burleigh Purvis
124. Q What African American scientist is known for his work with insects?
A Charles Henry Turner
139. Q Who developed an advanced method for determining the metal content of ore?
A Charles Spurgeon Fletcher
On July 20, 2013, what woman became the first black president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which is known for its annual Academy Awards (Oscars)?
A Cheryl Boone Isaacs
48. Q In 1978, who starred as Harriet Tubman in the TV miniseries A Woman Called Moses?
A Cicely Tyson
63. Q In 1974, who became the first African American woman to win a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie?
A Cicely Tyson
115. Q In 1966, Leontyne Price opened the Metropolitan Opera Season as what character?
A Cleopatra
106. Q Who was the leader of the first African American band to play Carnegie Hall?
A Count Basie
29. Q In 1994, who became the first African American woman to direct a major-studio movie, Columbia Pictures' I Like it Like That?
A Darnell Martin
113. Q What African American doctor served as the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, then was appointed Surgeon General by President Bill Clinton?
A David Satcher
94. Q What physician was the director of the U.S. Government 1976 Swine Flu immunization program?
A Delano Meriwether
184. Q Who wrote The Negro Trailblazers of California, the first record of many black pioneers' contributions?
A Delilah Beasley
What actor won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Private Silas Trip in Glory, and a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Detective Alonzo Harris in Training Day?
A Denzel Washington
100. Q Successful music acts The Four Tops, the Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, and Mary Wells all came from what major city?
A Detroit
41. Q Who was the first African American actress to star in her own television series, "Julia"?
A Diahann Carroll
59. Q In 1963, who became the first African American to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role?
A Diahann Carroll
130. Q Renowned African American scientist George Washington Carver was born into slavery in what city?
A Diamond, Missouri
107. Q What singer and pianist, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, is known as the "Queen of the Blues"?
A Dinah Washington
108. Q Who rose to the top of the Rhythm and Blues charts in 1964 with the hit song "Reach Out For Me"?
A Dionne Warwick
98. Q What famous musician's trademark was puffing cheeks and a trumpet bell that pointed skyward?
A Dizzy Gillespie
109. Q What African American neurosurgeon is known for successfully separating conjoined twins, and for developing a technique for controlling brain seizures?
A Dr. Benjamin Carson
110. Q What retired African American neurosurgeon was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election?
A Dr. Benjamin Carson
102. Q Who is responsible for perfecting the technique of preserving plasma for blood banks?
A Dr. Charles Drew
108. Q Who resigned as coordinator for the American Red Cross blood bank program because he disagreed with a directive from the War Department stating that blood from black donors should not be mixed with blood from white donors?
A Dr. Charles Drew
116. Q Who was credited with setting up the first blood banks in England and the United States?
A Dr. Charles Drew
175. Q What pioneering doctor launched a campaign in 1947 to open membership in the American Medical Association to blacks?
A Dr. Charles Drew
89. Q What African American general surgeon from Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, performed the second documented successful open heart surgery to repair a wound?
A Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
88. Q Who is a pioneer in tooth transplantation research and a graduate of Howard University?
A Dr. Harold S. Fleming
38. Q What was the name of the character played by Bill Cosby in "The Cosby Show"?
A Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable
107. Q Born into slavery in Philadelphia, who purchased his own freedom by working as a nurse, then became an expert in throat diseases and the relationship between climate and disease?
A Dr. James Derham
103. Q Who led groundbreaking tests in the use of chemotherapy while director of the Harlem Hospital Cancer Research Foundation?
A Dr. Jane C. Wright
96. Q What African American physician introduced the intradermal method of vaccination?
A Dr. Louis T. Wright
104. Q From 1983-85, who served as the Medical Officer responsible for the health of Peace Corps Volunteers serving in Liberia and Sierra Leone in West Africa?
A Dr. Mae Jemison
122. Q What African American was the lead engineer for the tires used on the Lunar Rover Vehicle, and also designed the waste management system used aboard Skylab?
A Dr. Robert E. Shurney
87. Q What pediatrician gained international prominence as an authority on sickle cell disease, and was a driving force behind the Sickle Cell Anemia Control Act of 1971?
A Dr. Roland Scott
100. Q Who developed the largest kidney transplant research and training program in the country at the University of California, San Francisco?
A Dr. Samuel L. Kountz
101. Q Who performed the first successful kidney transplant between humans who were not identical twins?
A Dr. Samuel L. Kountz
123. Q Who was the first African American professor at Harvard University?
A Dr. William Hinton
119. Q What musical instrument used in Africa was frequently chosen as a royal or sacred instrument to symbolize the power of the king?
A Drum
120. Q In 1969, President Richard Nixon awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to what famous composer and bandleader?
A Duke Ellington
86. Q What bandleader, who gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at The Cotton Club in Harlem, is known as one of the greatest African American jazz piano players?
A Duke Ellington
159. Q Who is the publisher of the monthly magazine Black Enterprise?
A Earl Graves
36. Q From 1967-68, what African American entertainer played Catwoman in the Batman TV series?
A Eartha Kitt
54. Q What American journalist spent twenty-six years on 60 Minutes, and was the first black TV correspondent to cover the White House?
A Ed Bradley
171. Q Who was the first African American to achieve fame as a sculptress?
A Edmonia Lewis
202. Q What African American physicist and educator became one of the first African Americans to graduate from Yale College in 1874, and was the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. from any American university?
A Edward Bouchet
73. Q What inventor has over 50 patents for devices that deal with lubricating systems, including the oil lubricating cup?
A Elijah McCoy
131. Q What African American biologist gained fame for his work with marine eggs?
A Ernest Everett Just
134. Q Who became known as the "Black Apollo of Science" because of his many contributions as a biologist, academic and science writer?
A Ernest Everett Just
140. Q What African American did research at the renowned Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, in the early 1900s?
A Ernest Everett Just
145. Q Who was the first African American to be awarded the NAACP Spingarn Medal?
A Ernest Everett Just
156. Q Who began doing most of his research at the Sorbonne in Paris to escape American racial prejudice?
A Ernest Everett Just
166. Q What African was enslaved by the Spanish and spent eight years exploring with Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, making him the first known native African to reach the present-day continental United States?
A Estevanico
81. Q What African American singer reached #1 with hits such as "Ain't That a Shame", "I'm Walkin'," and "Blueberry Hill"?
A Fats Domino
117. Q What outspoken advocate for public health issues was the first African American and youngest person ever to become president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America?
A Faye Wattleton
102. Q Who was the first African American woman to be recognized as an award-winning symphonic composer?
A Florence Price
157. Q With the publication of Iola Leroy in 1892, who became one of the first African American women to have a full-length novel published?
A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
185. Q Who was the first African American to pilot a space shuttle mission?
A Frederick Gregory
143. Q Whose refrigeration system completely changed the way food could be transported?
A Frederick McKinley Jones
133. Q What African American became nationally known after using his patented smoke mask to rescue six workers trapped under Lake Erie by a gas explosion?
A Garrett A. Morgan
121. Q Apollo 16 used the Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph designed by what African American?
A George E. Carruthers
179. Q What Irish and African American pioneer became one of the first settlers on Puget Sound in what would become the state of Washington?
A George Washington Bush
126. Q What African American scientist became an honorary member in the Royal Society of London in 1916?
A George Washington Carver
142. Q What famous black inventor once considered becoming a painter instead of a scientist?
A George Washington Carver
148. Q Who was regarded as the savior of southern agriculture?
A George Washington Carver
150. Q Whose concept of a movable school, with teachers and equipment travelling to remote areas to instruct the poor in agriculture and nutrition, was later adopted in underdeveloped areas around the world?
A George Washington Carver
154. Q What famous African American scientist said of his discoveries and inventions, "God gave them to me, why should I claim to own them?"
A George Washington Carver
195. Q The first national monument dedicated to an African American honors which revered scientist?
A George Washington Carver
Southern states held down the number of African American voters by issuing a provision known as what
A Grandfather Clause
69. Q What famous African American inventor worked as a machinist, blacksmith, railroad fireman, and a railroad engineer?
A Granville T. Woods
73. Who won a Tony Award in for his performance in the Broadway musical Jelly's Last Jam in 1992?
A Gregory Hines
132. Q What aerospace engineer was awarded 10 Air Force medals for competence and bravery during the Vietnam War?
A Guion Bluford, Jr.
160. Q Who was the first African American astronaut to fly into space?
A Guion S. Bluford, Jr.
151. Q In 1950, what poet became the first black to win a Pulitzer Prize for her work?
A Gwendolyn Brooks
200. Q Who was the first African-American department chair at Harvard Medical School?
A Harold Amos
140. Q In 1852, who wrote the anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin", the novel that "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to many people?
A Harriet Beecher Stowe
112. Q Who nursed thousands of sick and wounded soldiers and former slaves during the Civil War?
A Harriet Tubman
68. Q What was the first Broadway musical written by African Americans, and the first to star African Americans?
A In Dahomey (1903)
173. Q What was the significance of the 10th Cavalry Regiment in the Old West?
A It was an all-black cavalry
186. Q On August 30, 1983, Guion Bluford, Jr. became the first African American in space. What else was special about this shuttle mission?
A It was the first shuttle launch at night
147. Q What famous African American nuclear scientist entered the University of Chicago at the age of 13, and later researched the extraction of fissionable nuclear materials for the "Manhattan Project"?
A J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr.
81. Q What famous boxer received a patent on an improved monkey wrench?
A Jack Johnson
40. Q What African American female comic who appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show was known as "Moms"?
A Jackie Mabley
203. Q Who co-discovered Rutherfordium (element 104) and Hafnium (element 105) while working at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in California?
A James A. Harris
139. Q What famous black author once said, "Black writers must do more than merely exhibit rage, they must analyze the roots of racial oppression"?
A James Baldwin
165. Q What African American mountain man and fur trader is credited with discovering a passage through the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1850?
A James Beckwourth
83. Q Who co-wrote and performed the famous song "Say It Loud-I'm Black and I'm Proud"?
A James Brown
90. Q Who was the first black physician in the United States?
A James Derham
72. Q Who became the first African American to win Broadway Theater's Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for his work in The Great White Hope in 1969?
A James Earl Jones
What famous African American actor provided the voices for both Darth Vader in Star Wars, and Mufasa in The Lion King?
A James Earl Jones
172. Q Who became the first African American executive of a major airline company when he was named vice president of Eastern Airlines?
A James O. Plinton, Jr.
201. Q Who is the first African-American woman to receive a patent for a web-based software invention?
A Janet Bashen
133. Q This famous rapper and entrepreneur has won 22 Grammy Awards, founded the companies Roc-A-Fella Records, Rocawear clothing, the Roc Nation entertainment company, and has a net worth of over 1 billion dollars. Who is he?
A Jay-Z
181. Q Who came from Haiti, spoke French, and explored and settled in the Great Lakes area of the United States?
A Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
39. Q What company had a successful series of TV commercials that started in 1974 and featured Bill Cosby?
A Jell-O Pudding
153. Q Who founded the magazine Ebony?
A John H. Johnson
111. Q What famous ballad singer has had 73 albums make the Billboard charts and has sold 350 million records worldwide?
A Johnny Mathis
110. Q This grandson of Frederick Douglass was an accomplished concert violinist, and was the first African American musician to perform concert tours. Who was he?
A Joseph Douglass
191. Q What African American was involved in the design and construction of the Holland Tunnel in New York City?
A Joseph L. Parker
115. Q In 1993, who became the first African American Surgeon General of the United States?
A Joycelyn Elders
69. Q In 1950, who became the first African American to win a Tony Award for her work as Bloody Mary in the musical South Pacific?
A Juanita Hall
173. Q What African American architect was acclaimed for his involvement in the design of the Philadelphia Museum of Art?
A Julian Abele
117. Q This black man helped slaves on the Underground Railroad, was regarded as a master guitar player, and gained fame for developing a program for learning the guitar. Who was he?
A Justin Holland
175. Q What acclaimed dancer/choreographer blended African and Caribbean rhythms into modern dance?
A Katherine Dunham
178. Q What dancer became interested in the African roots of dance while studying anthropology at the University of Chicago?
A Katherine Dunham
149. Q What African American politician worked as a chemist before entering law school?
A L. Douglas Wilder
76. Q The play Mule Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life was written in 1930, but not staged until 1991. Who co-wrote the play with Zora Neale Hurston?
A Langston Hughes
52. Q What actor made his acting debut in 1977 when he played Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries Roots?
A LeVar Burton
82. Q What African American opera singer sang for 18 seasons as a leading spinto soprano at the Metropolitan Opera in New York?
A Leona Mitchell
57. Q In 1955, who became the first African American singer to appear in a telecast opera when she sang Puccini's Tosca for the NBC Opera Theater?
A Leontyne Price
95. Q In 1980, what African American surgeon was the first to successfully implant an automatic defibrillator in a human patient?
A Levi Watkins, Jr.
127. Q Who became the only African American member of the famous "Edison Pioneers," Thomas Edison's collaborators?
A Lewis Howard Latimer
141. Q What African American inventor lied about his age so that he could join the U.S. Navy and fight the South in the Civil War?
A Lewis Latimer
146. Q Who prepared the blueprints for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone?
A Lewis Latimer
194. Q Who taught himself French and German in order to instruct foreign workers installing electric lights?
A Lewis Latimer
76. Q What African American inventor worked for both General Electric and Westinghouse?
A Lewis Latimer
196. Q In 2009, who became the first African-American woman Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency?
A Lisa P. Jackson
206. Q What African American chemist worked with Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi on the Manhattan Project, and helped accumulate the U-235 that was used to make Little Boy, the uranium bomb that was exploded over Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945?
A Lloyd Quarterman
204. Q Who holds over 120 patents, and invented the Super Soaker water gun while researching thermal energy transfer engines?
A Lonnie Johnson
190. Q Paul Williams served as co-architect of what major international airport?
A Los Angeles
89. Q What was jazz trumpeter and singer was known by the nickname "Satchmo"?
A Louis Armstrong
51. Q What actor won an Emmy award in 1977 for portraying Fiddler in the TV miniseries Roots?
A Louis Gossett, Jr.
58. Q Who became the first African American television journalist when he joined WNTA-TV in New York in 1958?
A Louis Lomax
148. Q In 1972, who became the first African American superhero to star in his own comic-book series?
A Luke Cage
122. Q What musical artist won two American Music Awards and one Grammy Award for his album Power of Love?
A Luther Vandross
95. Q What hip-hop artist sold more than 20 million albums and collected more than 700,000 pounds of food for charity during his 1992 "Too Legit to Quit" tour?
A M.C. Hammer
82. Q Who became a millionaire from developing and selling hair care products and designing a hot comb for black hair?
A Madam C. J. Walker
188. Q Who carried some small West African art objects on a space mission to show that space belongs to all countries?
A Mae Jemison
149. Q What African American television journalist and news correspondent is regarded as the first African American journalist?
A Mal Goode
42. Q Who played the role of Bill Cosby's son Theo on "The Cosby Show"?
A Malcolm Jamal Warner
104. Q Who was the first African American singer to be admitted to the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City?
A Marian Anderson
75. Q Who portrayed "Ulrica" in the play The Masked Ball, was named a delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
A Marian Anderson
169. Q What pioneering African American nurse was thought to be the first black woman in Boston to register to vote after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment?
A Mary Eliza Mahoney
180. Q Who was known as "Stagecoach Mary" and was the first African American woman employed as a mail carrier in the United States?
A Mary Fields
137. Q Who was the first woman assigned by the U.S. Navy to study underwater acoustics?
A Mary Middleton
77. Q Who became the first African American to sing at Carnegie Hall in 1892?
A Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones
163. Q What associate of Robert Peary was the first African American Arctic explorer to reach the geographic North Pole, and the man who planted the American flag there?
A Matthew Henson
49. Q In 1978, who became the first black network news anchor when he was hired by ABC to broadcast World News Tonight?
A Max Robinson
141. Q What famous African American author/poet read her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993?
A Maya Angelou
98. Q What was the name of the first all-black medical school in the South?
A Meharry Medical College
118. Q What pop-rock star devoted much of his life and music to his belief that "children are the future"?
A Michael Jackson
60. Q Who became the first African American cast member of a daytime soap opera when she joined the cast of Another World in 1965?
A Micki Grant
30. Q What prestigious African American actor has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus, and won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby?
A Morgan Freeman
150. Q What African American cartoonist created the world famous "Wee Pals"?
A Morrie Turner
90. Q What record company, founded by Berry Gordy, Jr., played an important role in the racial integration of popular music?
A Motown
113. Q What electric guitar player was regarded as the "King of Chicago Blues"?
A Muddy Waters
143. Q What famous autobiographical slave narrative was written by Frederick Douglass, a fugitive slave?
A My Bondage and My Freedom
99. Q Where is Meharry Medical College located?
A Nashville, Tennessee
125. Q Who became the first African American solo singer to have a #1 hit on the Billboard charts with the song "Mona Lisa" in 1950?
A Nat King Cole
45. Q In 1956, what renowned singer became the first African American star of his own TV variety show?
A Nat King Cole
50. Q Who was the first African American master of ceremonies of a nationally televised show?
A Nipsey Russell
160. Q Where was Ralph Waldo Ellison, the famous African American novelist, born?
A Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
105. Q What Sudanese slave of Puritan Minister Cotton Mather introduced inoculation against smallpox to the American colonies?
A Onesimus
46. Q Who was the first black woman to own a TV Studio?
A Oprah Winfrey
198. Q In 1981, who became the first African-American female physician to receive a patent for a medical invention, the Laserphaco Probe, a medical device that improves on the use of lasers to remove cataracts?
A Patricia Bath
136. Q In a matter of months, who went from running an elevator in Dayton, Ohio to being the first African American poet to be nationally recognized for his writing?
A Paul Laurence Dunbar
120. Q George Washington Carver made paint and ink from what common food item?
A Peanuts
151. Q What did George Washington Carver use to develop shaving cream, paper, ink, rubbing oil, synthetic rubber, and instant coffee?
A Peanuts
114. Q Who discovered a soybean extract that gave relief to arthritis sufferers?
A Percy Julian
93. Q What African American research chemist was lauded for his synthesis of cortisone, which became used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis?
A Percy Julian
85. Q What machine patented by Marjorie Stewart Joyner was used by black women to straighten their hair?
A Permanent waving machine
78. Q What African American patented a mechanical potato digger and a grain binder?
A Peter D. Smith
112. Q In 1905, the first black symphony was founded. What was it called?
A Philadelphia Concert Orchestra
134. Q What poet became the first known African American woman to publish a book in 1773?
A Phillis Wheatley
146. Q In 1773, who became the first known African American woman to publish a book, earning her praise from George Washington for her literary achievements?
A Phillis Wheatley
71. Q Who became the first African American to win Broadway Theater's Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play in 2004?
A Phylicia Rashad
109. Q What musical instrument did Nat "King" Cole play?
A Piano
75. Q What item used by professional sports teams and the military was patented by Frederick McKinley Jones?
A Portable X-ray machine
177. Q Who was the first African American inducted into the National Academy of Sciences?
A Professor David H. Blackwell
What award-winning Broadway play depicted a black family moving into a white neighborhood
A Raisin in the Sun
161. Q What African American novelist wrote Invisible Man, for which he won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1952?
A Ralph Waldo Ellison
91. Q In 1864, who became the first African American woman to become a physician in the United States?
A Rebecca Lee Crumpler
79. Q What inventor is best known for a patent he received on automobile directional signals, which he installed on a Pierce-Arrow car in 1913?
A Richard Spikes
145. Q Who authored the book Uncle Tom's Children in 1938, and Native Son, one of the best-selling novels of 1940?
A Richard Wright
205. Q What African American biologist achieved renown in the 1990s for his pioneering work in tracing the ancestry of African Americans via DNA testing?
A Rick Kittles
35. Q In 2001, this founder of Black Entertainment Televison (BET) became the first African American billionaire, and in 2002 he became the owner of the Charlotte Bobcats NBA franchise. Who is he?
A Robert L. Johnson
172. Q Best known for creating renowned landscape paintings, who was the first African American artist to gain national recognition?
A Robert Seldon Duncanson
44. Q What actress, featured in the hit TV series "Head of the Class", was once married to boxer Mike Tyson?
A Robin Givens
199. Q In 1940, who became the first African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in zoology?
A Roger Arliner Young
161. Q What African American physicist and astronaut died in the 1986 space shuttle disaster?
A Ronald McNair
70. Q What device used by firefighters was invented by Garrett A. Morgan in 1914?
A Safety hood smoke protection device
178. Q Who was the first African American appointed to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission?
A Samuel Nabrit
86. Q In 1885, who received a patent for a "folding cabinet bed", a predecessor of the convertible sofa?
A Sara E. Goode
91. Q What African 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?
A Sarah Vaughan
169. Q What type of poetry best describes James Weldon Johnson's "The Creation", "The Judgement Day", and "God's Trombones"?
A Sermon poetry
53. Q What actor became famous for playing George Jefferson in two CBS television series, All in the Family and The Jeffersons?
A Sherman Hemsley
176. Q In 1973, who became the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology?
A Shirley Ann Jackson
84. Q Who worked for Samuel Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, and later became the first African American employee of the Smithsonian Institution?
A Solomon G. Brown
155. Q George Washington Carver revolutionized the agricultural industry with his methods of extracting products from peanuts, sweet potatoes and what other plant?
A Soybeans
174. Q What spacecraft exploded shortly after takeoff on January 28, 1986, killing Ronald McNair and the other astronauts on board?
A Space Shuttle Challenger
62. Q In 1968 Nichelle Nichols and William Shatner performed the first interracial kiss on a network television drama. What was the name of the show they starred in?
A Star Trek
116. Q Who was known as the "Godfather of Disco Soul" and had hits with the songs "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and "Sir Duke"?
A Stevie Wonder
152. Q What did George Washington Carver use to develop postage stamp glue?
A Sweet potatoes
118. Q Dr. William Hinton, the first black professor in the history of Harvard University, developed a test to detect what disease?
A Syphilis
84. Q Who began his career as the drummer for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, then went on to become a popular solo artist with hits such as "Only You" and "Love TKO"?
A Teddy Pendergrass
170. Q What was the name of Toni Morrison's first novel, which explored the deep-seated effects of racism on concepts of beauty and self-esteem?
A The Bluest Eyes
138. Q What is the title of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the lives of African American women in the southern United States in the 1930s?
A The Color Purple
183. Q James Beckwourth lived with what Indian tribe, rising in their society from warrior to chief and leader of the "Dog Clan"?
A The Crow
67. Q In 1858, what William Wells Brown play became the first published play by an African American?
A The Escape; or A Leap for Freedom
147. Q What character debuted in Marvel Comics Captain America #117 in 1969, becoming the first African American superhero in mainstream comic books, and the first not to have the word "black" as part of his superhero name?
A The Falcon
152. Q What was the name of James Baldwin's 1963 best-seller, which electrified both black and white Americans?
A The Fire Next Time
129. Q The Roaring Twenties introduced an unprecedented outpouring of black art, literature and music. What was this period known as?
A The Harlem Renaissance
144. Q What was the name of the first novel published by African-American author, essayist, political activist and lawyer Charles W. Chestnutt?
A The House Behind the Cedars
167. Q What is the name of the children's poetry book written by Countee Cullen about the animals that perished in the Flood?
A The Lost Zoo
124. Q In 1943, who became the first African American artists to have a #1 hit on the Billboard Charts with their song "Paper Doll"?
A The Mills Brothers
88. Q What group comprised of Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988?
A The Supremes
72. Q Lincoln F. Brown invented what device for use with horses?
A The bridle bit
83. Q What measuring instrument was invented by Frederick McKinley Jones?
A Thermostat and temperature control system
159. Q According to claims made by George Washington Carver during his lifetime, what famous scientist invited Carver to join him as an associate in his laboratory in Orange, New Jersey?
A Thomas Edison
123. Q What album by Michael Jackson won a record-breaking 8 Grammy Awards, contained 7 hit singles, and is the best-selling album of all time with estimated sales of between 66 and 110 million copies sold worldwide?
A Thriller
158. Q What African American author was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988 for the novel Beloved about an escaped slave?
A Toni Morrison
168. Q In 1993, who became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
A Toni Morrison
193. Q Where was George Washington Carver's laboratory?
A Tuskegee Institute, Alabama
162. Q Because of his extensive military service and his rating as a chief flight surgeon, who was assigned physician to the Project Mercury space program in 1960?
A Vance H. Marchbanks
93. Q Who is the award-winning singer who recorded the platinum album called The Comfort Zone?
A Vanessa Williams
70. Q Who became the first African American woman to direct on Broadway with the 1972 musical Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope?
A Vinnette Justine Carroll
96. Q Who was born in Florence, Alabama, in 1873 and is widely known as the "Father of the Blues"?
A W.C. Handy
The term "jumping the broom" is used by many African Americans to refer to what
A Wedding ceremony
92. Q What veterinarian experimented with injections of Vitamin C in cats and dogs in order to find a cure for epilepsy?
A Wendell Belfield
94. Q What award-winning artist recorded the #1 songs "I Will Always Love You", "The Greatest Love of All", and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"?
A Whitney Houston
What actor received Best Actor Oscar nominations in 2002 for his portrayal of boxer Muhammad Ali, and in 2007 for playing Chris Gardner in the film The Pursuit of Happyness?
A Will Smith
78. Q In 1931, who became the first African American composer to have a symphony performed by a leading orchestra when the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra performedhis Symphony No. 1?
A William Grant Still
79. Q When he conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in 1936, who became the first African American to conduct a major U.S. orchestra?
A William Grant Still
207. Q What civil engineer and inventor was the first African American to graduate from the Western University of Pennsylvania, now known as the University of Pittsburgh?
A William Hunter Dammond
137. Q In 1853, whose book Clotel; or The President's Daughter, became the first novel published in England by an African American?
A William Wells Brown
77. Q Who received a patent in 1966 for his invention of a mass-release mechanism for satellites?
A Wilson Hull
132. Q This graduate of Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with his songs "Black and Yellow" and "See You Again". Who is this accomplished rapper?
A Wiz Khalifa
164. Q What slave of William Clark participated as a full member of the Corps of Discovery, and proved to be of great help in making friends with the Indians during the expedition into the Louisiana Territory?
A York
74. Q Elijah McCoy received a patent on what landscaping tool?
A lawn sprinkler
128. Q Many of Percy L. Julian's accomplishments came from working with what plant extract?
A soybean oil
In 1919, what civil rights activist did the U.S. State Department label "the most dangerous negro in America" because of his determined opposition to racism
A. Philip Randolph
How did tennis great Arthur Ashe die
AIDS-related pneumonia
What black painter was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance and is known for his African American murals?
Aaron Douglas
In 1960, what African American football star became the AFL's first "Player of the Year"?
Abner Haynes
Who was the interpreter for the Seminole Indians who requested a guarantee that his people would not be returned to slavery upon leaving the Indian sanctuary
Abraham
Who was the first African American ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church of the United States
Absalom Jones
In 1944, who became the first African American from New York to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Who was elected to represent the district of Harlem in Congress in 1944, becoming the first person of African American descent to be elected to Congress from New York
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
In 1959, Bill Russell became the first NBA player to visit what continent
Africa
Political Scientist Ralph Bunche studied in and traveled extensively through what continent
Africa
Daniel Alexander Payne, who visited the White House frequently during the Civil War trying to convince Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves, was a bishop in what church
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Richard Allen spearheaded the fight against racial discrimination through his church ministry. What was the name of the church he founded in 1794
African Methodist Episcopal Church
What is basketball star Michael Jordan's nickname?
Air Jordan
What renowned scholar, an expert on African American history and a patron of African American arts, was the first black chosen as a Rhodes Scholar
Alain Locke
What NFL Hall of Fame defensive tackle later became the first African American to serve on the Minnesota Supreme Court?
Alan Page
Who invented the railway signal that was operated by the wheels of the train?
Albert Blackburn
Who ghostwrote the Autobiography of Malcolm X?
Alex Haley
What real-life person did Halle Berry portray in the TV miniseries "Queen"
Alex Haley's paternal grandmother
In 1897, an organization called the American Negro Academy started under whose leadership
Alexander Crummell
What African American inventor received a patent 1887 for improvements to the elevator, including creating an automatic mechanism that closed access to the elevator shaft when an elevator was not on that floor?
Alexander Miles
The grandson of a French nobleman and an African slave from Haiti, he wrote the adventure story The Three Musketeers. Who was he
Alexandre Dumas
Q Who became the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal when she won the high jump at the 1948 London Olympics ?
Alice Coachman
Who became the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal when she won the high jump at the 1948 London Olympics ?
Alice Coachman
Who advised movie director Steven Spielberg during the film production of The Color Purple
Alice Walker, the author of The Color Purple
What do Roy Wilkins, Benjamin Chavis, and Benjamin Hooks have in common
All have been executive secretary of the NAACP
What was the name of the first black Greek fraternity, founded at Cornell University in 1906
Alpha Phi Alpha
What was the name of the first black Greek fraternity, founded at Cornell University in 1906?
Alpha Phi Alpha
Who became the first African American woman to win a Grand Slam title (the French Open Title in 1956), and the prestigious Wimbledon singles title in 1957?
Althea Gibson
What was the name of the first national black convention that was organized by Richard Allen in 1830
American Society of Free Persons of Colour
What did a publish that was extremely useful to farmers
An Almanac
What pitcher claimed to have won 51 out of 55 games in the Negro Leagues during the 1905 season?
Andrew "Rube" Foster
Who founded the First African Baptist Church of Savannah, the first black Baptist church to be established in America
Andrew Bryan
What African American inventor received a patent on an evaporator for hot air registers in 1890?
Andrew F. Hilyer
Who served as an associate press secretary to President John F. Kennedy, and was a founder of 100 Black Men of America
Andrew Hatcher
What African American spent the first fifteen years of his life as a slave, received two patents for plows, and in 1892 filed a patent for an improvement to the rotary engine?
Andrew Jackson Beard
Who invented a device for coupling railroad cars, which saved many lives?
Andrew Jackson Beard
What post-Civil War president allowed the ex-Confederate states to form governments that completely excluded African Americans from the political process
Andrew Johnson
In 1977, who became the first African American U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
Andrew Young
In 1977, who did president Jimmy Carter appoint to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Andrew Young
What is the name of Gwendolyn Brooks second volume of verse that was published in 1949
Annie Allen
What film director, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, directed the crime thriller Training Day, for which Denzel Washington won an Oscar
Antoine Fuqua
What film director, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, directed the crime thriller Training Day, for which Denzel Washington won an Oscar?
Antoine Fuqua
In the 1980s, many college students and political activists in the U.S. urged colleges and companies to withdraw investments in South Africa as a protest against what
Apartheid
What Ohio State running back is the ONLY two-time winner of the Heisman Trophy?
Archie Griffin
What state was denied the opportunity to host the Super Bowl due to its failure to recognize Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday as a holiday?
Arizona
Who became the second-ever African American head coach in the NFL, and the first of the sport's modern era when he was named coach of the Los Angeles Raiders in 1989?
Art Shell
In 1975, what tennis star became the first African American to earn the number one world ranking?
Arthur Ashe
Who was the first black tennis player selected to the U.S. Davis Cup team, and the only black man ever to win singles titles at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Australian Open?
Arthur Ashe
In the early Civil Rights Movement, who was the leader of the March on Washington Movement
Asa Philip Randolph
Maynard Jackson became the first African American mayor of what city in 1974
Atlanta, Georgia
Who did author James Baldwin advise during the turmoil of the Birmingham Campaign
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy
Who won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people"
Barack Obama
In 1989, who became the first woman AND first African American bishop in the Episcopal Church
Barbara Clementine Harris
In 1972 she became the first black female elected to the U.S. Congress, and in 1976 the first black woman to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. Who was she
Barbara Jordan
In 1976, who became the first African American woman to give the keynote address at a national political convention
Barbara Jordan
Who was the first African American congresswoman from the South
Barbara Jordan
What former Pittsburgh Pirate and San Francisco Giant finished his career with 762 home runs, the highest total in major league history, and won 7 MVP awards, also the most in history?
Barry Bonds
Who set the NFL record for most consecutive games of rushing for 100 yards or more when he topped 100 yards 14 times in a row in 1997?
Barry Sanders
In addition to becoming a track star, Jesse Owens became the owner of three business ventures. What were they
Basketball team, a dry cleaning company and a public relations firm
What did Madam C.J. Walker invent in 1905 that was sold door-to-door
Beauty and hair care products for black women
What was the name of the route through the Sierra Nevada Mountains discovered by James Beckwourth
Beckwourth Pass
What did Thurgood Marshall's victory in the Brown V. Board of Topeka case inspire Barbara Jordan to do
Become a lawyer
What mentor of Martin Luther King, Jr. was the president of Morehouse College, and also the first black president of the school board in Atlanta, Georgia
Benjamin Elijah Mays
What U.S. president appointed Frederick Douglass U.S. general counsel to Haiti in 1889
Benjamin Harrison
What slave, owned by future Confederate President Jefferson Davis' brother, invented a boat propeller which would provide propulsion to boats in shallow water?
Benjamin Montgomery
Following in his father's footsteps, who was the first African American general officer in the United States Air Force
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
In 1940, who became the first African American to rise to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Army
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.
Who received her pilot's license in 1922, making her the first African American woman aviator
Bessie Coleman
Starting with $1.50 in cash, Mary McLeod Bethune founded the Literary and Industrial School for Negro Girls. This school grew and is now know by what name
Bethune-Cookman University
What is the name of the California hotel designed by renowned African American architect Paul Williams
Beverly Hills Hotel
In 2001, as a member of the group Destiny's Child, who became the first African American woman to win the ASCAP Pop Music Songwriter of the Year Award?
Beyoncé Knowles
What was the name of the fictional character in Richard Wright's book Native Son, a young man who lives in utter poverty in a poor area of Chicago's South Side
Bigger Thomas
Who is regarded as "the King of Tap Dancers" and was the most highly paid African American entertainer in the first half of the twentieth century?
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
Who was the first African American cowboy admitted into the National Rodeo Hall of Fame
Bill Picket
Along with Henri Richard of the NHL's Montreal Canadiens, who holds the record for most championships (11) won by an athlete in a North American Sports League
Bill Russell
Starting in 1959, what center led the Boston Celtics to an unprecedented 8 straight NBA championships?
Bill Russell
What basketball superstar became the first African American head coach in NBA history when he was named player/coach of the Boston Celtics before the 1966-67 season?
Bill Russell
What former all-star first baseman became the highest-ranking black baseball executive when he was named President of the National League in 1989?
Bill White
Who was the first African American to appear on the cover of Life magazine
Billy Eckstine
Who was the first African American to appear on the cover of Life magazine?
Billy Eckstine
Who was the composer of "Take the "A" Train", the signature tune of the Duke Ellington Orchestra?
Billy Strayhorn
With what famous outlaw did black cowboys George Washington and Sabrien Bates ride
Billy the Kid
In 1945, author Richard Wright published his autobiography. What was the title
Black Boy
In 1945, author Richard Wright published his autobiography. What was the title?
Black Boy
Mary McLeod Bethune formed a coalition of leaders from black organizations called the Federal Council of Negro Affairs, which served as an advisory group to President Franklin Roosevelt. This group of federal officials became known by what name
Black Cabinet
What political slogan was popularized by Stokely Carmichael (later known as Kwame Ture)
Black Power
What was the name of Marcus Garvey's shipping company that was owned and operated entirely by blacks
Black Star Line
In 1881, who was appointed by President Garfield to be the Register of the Treasury, becoming the first African American to have his signature appear on U.S. paper money
Blanche K. Bruce
Who is the only athlete ever to be named an All-Star in two major American sports, Major League Baseball and the NFL?
Bo Jackson
Q Who set the Olympic record in the long jump in 1968 when he jumped 29 feet, 2 ½ inches?
Bob Beamon
Who set the Olympic record in the long jump in 1968 when he jumped 29 feet, 2 ½ inches?
Bob Beamon
What Hall of Fame pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals had an ERA of 1.12 in 1968, setting the Major League record for a season?
Bob Gibson
4. Q This man won a Gold Medal in the 100m at the 1964 Olympics, won Super Bowl VI as a wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys, and became only the second Olympic gold medalist after Jim Thorpe to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Who is he?
Bob Hayes
This man won a Gold Medal in the 100m at the 1964 Olympics, won Super Bowl VI as a wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys, and became only the second Olympic gold medalist after Jim Thorpe to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Who is he?,
Bob Hayes
What three African American NBA Hall of Fame players all attended the University of North Carolina?
Bob McAdoo, James Worthy and Michael Jordan
Who was the first former Black Panther Party member elected to Congress
Bobby Rush
In 1946 a fifty-cent coin was issued that was the first coin to honor an African American and the first one designed by an African American. Who did it commemorate
Booker T. Washington
In Boston in 1900, who founded the National Negro Business League to promote the interests of African American businesses
Booker T. Washington
What African American educator, author and orator advised presidents Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt
Booker T. Washington
Who was the principal and president at Tuskegee Institute who recruited and hired George Washington Carver
Booker T. Washington
In what city is the Crispus Attucks monument located
Boston
In 1963 in Chicago, what did students participating in Freedom Day do
Boycott school to protest de facto segregation
What actor appeared in To Kill a Mockingbird and Heavens Above
Brock Peters
In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a monumental decision against segregation in public schools in what famous case
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
In 1954, what landmark Supreme Court case did lawyer Thurgood Marshall help orchestrate
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
In 1954, what landmark Supreme Court case did lawyer Thurgood Marshall help orchestrate?
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
What religion has Tiger Woods practiced since his childhood
Buddhism
What religion has Tiger Woods practiced since his childhood?
Buddhism
What were the black soldiers who primarily fought Native Americans in the West after the Civil War called
Buffalo Soldiers
For what skill did Charles Sampson become the first black to win the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association championship in 1982?
Bull Riding
Bill Pickett was a rodeo star who invented a style of steer wrestling where he would chase down a steer on horseback, jump off, and wrestle the animal to the ground. By what name was it known?
Bulldogging
As a member of the 1974 House Judiciary Committee, Barbara Jordan earned national praise for doing what
Calling for the impeachment of Richard Nixon
Who served on the Board of Directors of the NAACP for 36 years
Carl J. Murphy
Q What track star won 4 gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics?
Carl Lewis
What track star won 4 gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics?
Carl Lewis
Who became the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city when he took office in Cleveland, Ohio on January 1, 1968
Carl Stokes
What famous historian said, "If a race has no history, ...it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated"
Carter G. Woodson
Who was responsible for starting Negro History Week in February, 1926, considered the precursor of Black History Month
Carter G. Woodson
Who won the light-heavyweight gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome?
Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)
Born in 1810, this Kentucky planter and politician gained fame working for the abolition of slavery. He is also the namesake of a famous heavyweight boxing champion. Who was he
Cassius Marcellus Clay
In 1989, to what position was Colin Powell appointed, making him the highest ranking military officer, and the first African American to hold this post
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
On January 28, 1986, what space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after lift-off, killing African American astronaut Ronald McNair and six of his colleagues
Challenger
In 2016, this woman became president of ABC Entertainment Group, making her the first African American president of a major broadcast TV network. Who is she
Channing Dungey
Who was the leading scorer for the 1992 U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball "Dream Team"?
Charles Barkley
Who obtained a patent in 1974 for his design of a folding chair?
Charles Beckley
Who designed the street sweeper and obtained a patent for it on March 17, 1896?
Charles Brooks
Early in World War II, what African American spearheaded the first blood bank program
Charles Drew
What African American was the executive director of the National Basketball Players Association from 1988-1995?
Charles Grantham
Who holds the record for most Super Bowl Championships as a player with 5?
Charles Haley
What lawyer played a key role in the legal struggle that led to the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision
Charles Hamilton Houston
What lawyer played a key role in the legal struggle that led to the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision?
Charles Hamilton Houston
What engineer for the Northrup Corporation was a key man in the design of the sequence controller that was used for the entire landing system of the Apollo spacecraft?
Charles O. Donaldson
In 1916, who became the first African American to achieve the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army
Charles Young
Despite his wish to never return to Kansas City, Missouri, even in death, what famous jazz saxophonist was buried there in accordance with his mother's wishes
Charlie Parker
Who was the first African American to play on the PGA Tour?
Charlie Sifford
What Washington Redskin player became the first African American to lead the NFL in receptions for two straight seasons in 1966-1967?
Charlie Taylor
Who became the first African American female lawyer in 1872
Charlotte E. Ray
Who was the first African American woman to be elected to the 20th Century Club of Boston
Charlotte Hawkins Brown
In 1995, who became the first African American Miss Universe
Chelsi Smith
In 1983, Harold Washington became the first African American mayor of what city
Chicago
The Harlem Globetrotters got their start in 1926 in what city?
Chicago
Marian Wright Edelman is the Founder and President of what child advocacy group
Children's Defense Fund
Marian Wright Edelman is the Founder and President of what child advocacy group?
Children's Defense Fund
What is Wally Amos famous for
Chocolate chip cookies
Who was the first African American to win the "Mr. America" title
Chris Dickerson
Who wrote and performed the classic rock and roll song "Johnny B. Goode"
Chuck Berry
Born in Pittsburgh, this graduate of Westinghouse High School and Duquesne University became the first African American player drafted by an NBA team when the Boston Celtics took him in the second round. Who was he?
Chuck Cooper
What famous actress portrayed Rebecca Morgan in the movie Sounder?
Cicely Tyson
Who became the first African American manager to win a World Series when he guided the Toronto Blue Jays to the 1992 title?
Cito Gaston
What former enslaved African woman dedicated her life to finding her lost family, which had been separated by slave owners, and paid the way for 16 or more relatives and other former slaves to move to Colorado
Clara Brown
What African American inventor received a patent in 1958 for the venetian blind restringer, and one in 1963 for an improved lawnmower?
Clarence Nokes
During the Great Migration, Jesse Owens family left Oakville, Alabama and moved north in search of better opportunities. In what city did the Owens family settle
Cleveland, Ohio
What former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers received a financial settlement from the NFL after teams refused to sign him because he knelt during the National Anthem to protest against racial injustice and systematic oppression in the country
Colin Kaepernick
What former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers received a financial settlement from the NFL after teams refused to sign him because he knelt during the National Anthem to protest against racial injustice and systematic oppression in the country?
Colin Kaepernick
As Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who coordinated Operation Desert Storm during the 1991 Persian Gulf War
Colin Powell
In 1987, who did President Ronald Reagan appoint to the position of National Security Advisor
Colin Powell
Serving under George W. Bush from 2001-2005, who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State
Colin Powell
Who was the first African American to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest leadership position in the military next to the president
Colin Powell
Who was the first African American to head the National Security Council
Colin Powell
The first and second African Americans to be Secretary of State of the U.S. both served under President George W. Bush. Who were they
Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice
Who replaced Colin Powell as Secretary of State in 2005, making her the first female African American to hold this office
Condoleezza Rice
What organization was formed by James Farmer in 1942 to end racial segregation through nonviolence
Congress of Racial Equality
James Farmer, George Houser and Bernice Fisher advocated for civil rights through this organization, founded in Chicago in 1942. What is the name of the organization
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
James Farmer was the co founder and executive director of what civil rights organization?
Congress of Racial Equity
James Farmer was the co-founder and executive director of what civil rights organization
Congress of Racial Equity
James Farmer, George Houser and Bernice Fisher advocated for civil rights through this organization, founded in Chicago in 1942. What is the name of the organization?
Congress or Racial Equality (CORE)
What NAACP lawyer, who won the case of James Meredith against the University of Mississippi, went on to become the first African American female federal judge in 1966
Constance Baker Motley
Who invented a method for growing single oxide crystals known as "Duggerite"?
Cortland Dugger
What man of Native American and African descent was killed during the Boston Massacre in 1770, and is widely considered to be the first American casualty in the American Revolution
Crispus Attucks
In 1938, who became the first female African American state legislator when she was elected to the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives
Crystal Bird Fauset
In 1954, who became the first African American to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates?
Curt Roberts
In 1975, who became the first African American to reach the rank of four-star general in the U.S. military
Daniel James, Jr.
What basketball player was named the 1967 Rookie of the Year for the Detroit Pistons after scoring 1,601 points?
Dave Bing
What former Pittsburgh Pirate was the first professional athlete in ANY sport to earn an average of one million dollars per year, after signing a 5-year, $5 million dollar contract in 1979?
Dave Parker
What four African American players have won MVP awards for the Pittsburgh Pirates?
Dave Parker, Willie Stargell, Barry Bonds, and Andrew McCutchen
Q Who became the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event when he won the long jump at the 1924 Paris games?
DeHart Hubbard
Who became the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event when he won the long jump at the 1924 Paris games?
DeHart Hubbard
Winning a bronze medal for figure skating in 1988, who became the first African American to win a medal of any kind in the Winter Olympics
Debi Thomas
Kwanzaa is observed between what two dates
December 26th to January 1st
Kwanzaa is observed between what two dates?
December 26th to January 1st
Who is the only man to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series, and the only man to hit a Major League home run and score a touchdown in the NFL in the same week?
Deion Sanders
In 1958, to what position did President Eisenhower appoint Marian Anderson
Delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Committee
Who wrote The Negro Trailblazers of California, the first record of many black pioneers' contributions?
Delilah Beasley
What sorority dedicated to public service in the African American community was founded in 1913 at Howard University
Delta Sigma Theta
What free black man was accused in 1822 of being a ringleader of a potential slave revolt in South Carolina, and hanged
Denmark Vesey
In 2003, who became the first African American lawyer to serve as president of the American Bar Association
Dennis Archer
In 2003, who became the first African American lawyer to serve as president of the American Bar Association?
Dennis Archer
Bertram Lee and Peter Bynoe became the first black owners of a major league sports franchise in 1989 when they purchased a controlling interest in what NBA team?
Denver Nuggets
In 2017, who was named CEO of the Florida Marlins, making him the first African-American CEO of a Major League Baseball team
Derek Jeter
What African American inventor received a patent in 1970 for a urinalysis machine?
Dewey Sanderson
In 1986, who was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his performance in the film Round Midnight?
Dexter Gordon
Who was the first black woman to have a non stereotypical role in her own television series?
Diahann Carroll
Who was the first black woman to have a non-stereotypical role in her own television series
Diahann Carroll
What African American Actress portrayed Beneatha Younger in the movie A Raisin in the Sun?
Diana Sands
What famous African American civil rights activist is also well known as a political activist and comedian
Dick Gregory
Who became the first black head coach in the NHL when he led the Chicago Blackhawks for part of the 1998-99 season?
Dirk Graham
What famous jazz trumpeter paid for Charlie Parker's funeral
Dizzy Gillespie
What famous jazz trumpeter paid for Charlie Parker's funeral?
Dizzy Gillespie
After finishing his graduate work at Columbia University, Charles Drew became the first African American to obtain what degree
Doctor of Science in Medicine
What pitcher was the first player ever to win the Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player and the Cy Young awards in his career?
Don Newcombe
Who was the first African American to pitch in the National League, and the first to win a National League Cy Young Award?
Don Newcombe
What navy mess attendant, a noncombatant with no training in operating guns, shot down four enemy planes in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and became the first American hero of World War II
Dorie Miller
Who became the first black actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1954 film Carmen Jones?
Dorothy Dandridge
What African American microbiologist developed a fungicide that protected storage materials but did not harm the people who used it?
Dorothy McClendon
Who was the first black starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl, and the first to be named Super Bowl MVP when he led the Washington Redskins to victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXII?
Doug Williams
Who contributed greatly to liver disease treatment with two developments: a simple method for diagnosing it, for which he holds a patent, and an almost painless method for obtaining liver biopsy samples?
Dr. Carroll M. Leevy
What African American surgeon and medical educator was one of the physicians who attended to President James A. Garfield after he was shot
Dr. Charles Purvis
Who was the first accredited African American woman dentist in America
Dr. Ida Gray
Born into slavery in Philadelphia, who purchased his own freedom by working as a nurse, then became an expert in throat diseases and the relationship between climate and disease?
Dr. James Derham
Who introduced intradermal vaccination for smallpox while serving as an army lieutenant during World War I?
Dr. Louis T. Wright
In 1992, who became the first African American woman astronaut when she flew into space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor
Dr. Mae Jemison
What African American chemist was the first person to synthesize physostigmine, a drug which was used as a treatment for glaucoma?
Dr. Percy Julian
Who performed the first successful kidney transplant between humans who were not identical twins?
Dr. Samuel L. Kountz
Who was the first African American professor at Harvard University?
Dr. William Hinton
In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that blacks were not U.S. citizens and therefore had no rights in what famous case
Dred Scott v. Sandford
In what famous court case did the justices rule that, "Blacks are an inferior class of beings who had no rights which the white man was bound to respect"
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Who was the assistant trainer that coined Muhammad Ali's famous slogan, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, your hands can't hit what your eyes can't see."
Drew Bundini Brown
What 1987 play, written by Alfred Uhry, became an Academy Award winning movie starring Morgan Freeman?
Driving Miss Daisy
In 1962, who became the first African American composer nominated for an Academy Award for his score of the film Paris Blues?
Duke Ellington
President Richard Nixon presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 to what great musician
Duke Ellington
Who was the first black player born in the United States to win the Stanley Cup?
Dustin Byfuglien (BUFF-linn)
What was rodeo star Bill Pickett's nickname
Dusty Demon
What African American cartoonist became famous for the cartoon "Cuties"
E. Simms Campbell
On October 31, 1950, who became the first African American to play in an NBA game?
Earl "The Big Cat" Lloyd
What basketball Hall of Famer is part of a group of investors that purchased the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2012 and the Los Angeles Sparks in 2014
Earvin "Magic" Johnson
What goal did Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam preach for African Americans
Economic independence
What famous African American journalist is known for his 26 years of award-winning work on the CBS News program 60 Minutes
Ed Bradley
What comedian starred in the blockbuster movies Beverly Hills Cop and Trading Places, and provided the voice of Donkey in the Shrek movies?
Eddie Murphy
Who was the first African American to be appointed as a member of the United States delegation to the United Nations
Edith Sampson
As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, what committee was Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. chairman of
Education and Labor
What three things did Booker T. Washington emphasize
Education, work, and economic development
Who won a gold medal in the 400m hurdles at both the 1976 and 1984 Olympic Games, as well as 122 consecutive races between 1977 and 1987?
Edwin Moses
Who invented an automatic lubricator for steam engines, and obtained a patent on it in 1872?
Elijah McCoy
What African American artist created the Peanut Man character for Planters' Peanuts
Elmer Stoner
What basketball star perfected the "turn-around jumper"?
Elvin Hayes
James E. Huntley received a patent in 1975 for what life-saving mechanism?
Emergency fire escape
What profitable inventor obtained patents for bulletproof Plexiglas used in banks and a time-delayed door latch used in airports and government buildings?
Emmanuel L. Logan
In 1955, what 14 year-old boy was brutally murdered in Mississippi because he allegedly whistled at a white woman
Emmett Till
Who passed Walter Payton on October 27, 2002 to become the NFL's all-time career rushing leader?
Emmitt Smith
CORE, SCLC, and the NAACP share what common goal
Equal rights for African Americans
CORE, SCLC, and the NAACP share what common goal?
Equal rights for African Americans
Who holds the NFL record for most rushing yards in a season with 2,105?
Eric Dickerson
In 2009, who became the first African American Attorney General of the U.S.
Eric Holder
Who began doing most of his research at the Sorbonne in Paris to escape American racial prejudice?
Ernest Everett Just
What Hall of Fame infielder earned the nickname "Mr. Cub" after spending 19 seasons playing for Chicago?
Ernie Banks
Who played halfback at Syracuse University and became the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy?
Ernie Davis
What magazine is known as "The magazine of today's Black Woman"
Essence
What running back from Avonworth High School in Pittsburgh teamed with Larry Csonka to become the first teammates in NFL history to rush for 1,000 in the same season?
Eugene "Mercury" Morris
When he was installed as Archbishop of Atlanta on May 5, 1988, who became the first African American Catholic archbishop in the U.S.
Eugene A. Marino
Q What female track star ran under the 11 second barrier over 30 times, and was the first to run under 11 seconds in an Olympic Games?
Evelyn Ashford
What female track star ran under the 11 second barrier over 30 times, and was the first to run under 11 seconds in an Olympic Games?
Evelyn Ashford
What was writer Amiri Baraka's given name
Everett LeRoi Jones
What was writer Amiri Baraka's given name?
Everett LeRoi Jones
What is meant by the phrase "de facto segregation"
Exists in fact, but not required by law
Freed black men and freed black women often put what at the end of their names
FMC or FWC (Free Men Colored/Free Women Colored)
Who is recognized as the "First Lady of Civil Rights"
Fannie Lou Hamer
Who was called the "First Lady of Civil Rights"
Fannie Lou Hamer
Who was responsible for the program that organized special night classes to teach newly freed slaves
Fanny Coppin
What occupation do Iman, Beverly Johnson, Naomi Campbell and Tyra Banks have in common
Fashion model
Bill Cosby created what cartoon characters and used them to teach educational lessons to kids
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
In 1886, who became the first American born black man to be ordained a Roman Catholic priest?
Father Augustus Tolton
In 1886, who became the first American-born black man to be ordained a Roman Catholic priest
Father Augustus Tolton
What is the nickname of singer Antoine Domino
Fats
Black History Month is celebrated during what month
February
On March 31, 1870, Thomas Mundy Peterson became the first African American to vote in an election in the United States. What amendment to the Constitution gave him the right to vote
Fifteenth
In what event did Debi Thomas win a bronze medal, becoming the first African American athlete to win ANY medal at the Winter Olympic Games?
Figure Skating
Q In what event did Debi Thomas win a bronze medal, becoming the first African American athlete to win ANY medal at the Winter Olympic Games?
Figure Skating
Earvin "Magic" Johnson led the Los Angeles Lakers to how many NBA championships?
Five
Q What African American female track athlete won three gold medals at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and has held world records in the 100m and 200m dash since 1988?
Florence Griffith-Joyner
What African American female track athlete won three gold medals at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and has held world records in the 100m and 200m dash since 1988?
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Bethune-Cookman, the first four-year, accredited college founded by a woman (Mary McLeod Bethune), is located in what state
Florida
Who financed and built the "Emancipation Memorial" in Washington, D.C.'s Lincoln Park in 1876
Former slaves
Roscoe Robinson, Jr. was the first African American to obtain what rank in the U.S. Army
Four-Star General
Roscoe Robinson, Jr. was the first African American to obtain what rank in the U.S. Army?
Four-Star General
What two African American Hall of Fame running backs rank first and second in career rushing yards for the Pittsburgh Steelers?
Franco Harris and Jerome Bettis
In 1966 he became the first black player to win the Triple Crown award for hitting. He was also the first player to win the honor of "Most Valuable Player" in both the National and American baseball leagues. Who is he?
Frank Robinson
In 1975, what major league outfielder was named manager of the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first African American to manage a Major League Baseball team?
Frank Robinson
Who was the first African American manager of a major league baseball team
Frank Robinson
Who patented the envelope seal on September 21, 1897?
Frank W. Leslie
What African American security guard alerted police to a break-in at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., an action that led to the Watergate scandal and the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon
Frank Wills
What U.S. president developed a coalition of African American advisers called the Black Cabinet
Franklin D. Roosevelt
In 1999, who became the first African American CEO of a Fortune 500 company
Franklin Raines
The first military ship named after an African American was named in whose honor
Frederick Douglass
What former slave served as the U.S. Ambassador to Haiti from 1889-1891
Frederick Douglass
Who is often called "The Father of the Civil Rights Movement"
Frederick Douglass
Who designed a portable air-cooling unit for trucks carrying perishable food, and obtained a patent for in in 1940?
Frederick McKinley Jones
The interracial group of civil rights activists that rode interstate buses through the South to test compliance with integration orders were known by what name
Freedom Riders
Abolitionist John Russwurm was the cofounder of the first African American owned and operated newspaper published in the U.S. What was it called
Freedom's Journal
What was the name of the first newspaper published by John B. Russwurm in 1827, written by and for African Americans
Freedom's Journal
Who became the first African American head coach in the NFL when he was named co-head coach of the Akron Pros in 1921?
Fritz Pollard
In 1920, what two players became the first African Americans players in the NFL?
Fritz Pollard and Bobby Marshall
Three of the most famous slave revolts were led by what three men
Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vessey, and Nat Turner
After witnessing a serious traffic accident at an intersection, who received a patent for his three-position traffic signal in 1923?
Garrett A. Morgan
Once recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest man in the U.S., this 7 ft. 8 in. player was employed by both the Harlem Wizards and Harlem Globetrotters show teams. Who was he?
George Bell
Who received a patent in 1892 for improvements made to the mailbox?
George E. Becket
What former two-time heavyweight boxing champion won a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, and went on to become a minister?
George Foreman
Who became, at age 45, the oldest heavyweight champion in history when he defeated Michael Moorer on November 5, 1994?
George Foreman
Q Who was the first African American to compete in the Olympics, and also the first to win an Olympic medal, earning Bronze in the 200m and 400m hurdles at the 1904 Olympics?
George Poage
Who was the first African American to compete in the Olympics, and also the first to win an Olympic medal, earning Bronze in the 200m and 400m hurdles at the 1904 Olympics?
George Poage
Who was responsible for securing equal rights for black troops during the Civil War
George T. Downing
In 1927, what African American scientist and inventor received a patent for his process of producing paint?
George Washington Carver
Where did Patrick Francis Healy become the first black president of a predominantly white university in 1871
Georgetown University
In 1961, W.E.B. DuBois left America and moved to what country to create a new encyclopedia of the African diaspora
Ghana
In early 1963, W.E.B. DuBois became a citizen of what African country
Ghana
During Reconstruction (1867-77), congressman Thaddeus Stevens offered what strategy for dealing with freed slaves
Give each 40 acres and a mule
What famous photojournalist also directed the movie Shaft
Gordon Parks
Who was the first director of a major Hollywood motion picture, and what film did he direct?
Gordon Parks-The Learning Tree
What politician attempted to physically block two black students from integrating the University of Alabama in 1963
Governor George C. Wallace
What member of the Edmonton Oilers was the first black goalie in the NHL, the first black player to win the Stanley Cup, and the first elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame?
Grant Fuhr
In 1885, who patented an apparatus that was a combination of a telephone and telegraph, then sold the rights to this device to the American Bell Telephone Company?
Granville T. Woods
What African American inventor filed for a patent on the electric third rail for railway trains in 1901, and for the air brake for trains in 1904?
Granville T. Woods
Who invented the Multiplex Telegraph, a device that sent messages between train stations and moving trains?
Granville T. Woods
Who received a patent for over 50 inventions, including an automatic brake and an egg incubator?
Granville T. Woods
Who was the first African American astronaut in space
Guion Bluford, Jr.
Who was the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize when she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950
Gwendolyn Brooks
In 2002, who became the first African American woman to win a Best Actress Academy Award for her role in the film Monster's Ball?
Halle Berry
What nickname was given to baseball great Henry Aaron due to his lightning quick homerun swing
Hammerin' Hank
In 1963, Amiri Baraka founded the Black Arts Repertory Theater/School, which is located where
Harlem, New York City
What is the name of Oprah Winfrey's TV production company
Harpo
What antislavery activist was nicknamed after Moses, the biblical figure who led his people from servitude to the Promised Land
Harriet Tubman
What African American singer was the first cultural adviser to the Peace Corps
Harry Belafonte
What black inventor received a patent for enhancing the hearing aid?
Harry Hopkins
At the urging of Walter White, what president issued a landmark executive order to exercise fair hiring practices in federal agencies
Harry S Truman
At the urging of Walter White, what president issued a landmark executive order to exercise fair hiring practices in federal agencies?
Harry S Truman
What U.S. president ended segregation in the U.S. Armed Forces by issuing Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948
Harry S Truman
In 1940, who became the first African American to win an Academy Award when she was awarded the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Gone With the Wind
Hattie McDaniel
Who became the first African American woman to win an Academy Award when she was recognized as Best Supporting Actress for her role in Gone With the Wind?
Hattie McDaniel
Who became the first female AND first black principal in the Pittsburgh Public School District when she took over at Fifth Avenue High School in 1968
Helen S. Faison
Who became the first female AND first black principal in the Pittsburgh Public School District when she took over at Fifth Avenue High School in 1968?
Helen S. Faison
Who was named interim superintendent in 1999, becoming the first black leader of the Pittsburgh Public Schools
Helen S. Faison
What professional baseball player hit his 715th home run on April 8, 1974, surpassing Babe Ruth as the major league career home run leader?
Henry Aaron
Who invented the Corn Seed-Planter and became the second African American to receive a patent in 1834?
Henry Blair
Who invented the corn harvesting machine, and obtained a patent on it in 1836?
Henry Blair
Who was the first African American to graduate from West Point Military Academy and to later become an adviser to the U.S. Government
Henry Flipper
Whose image did Madam C.J. Walker use on her product's package
Her own
This Hall of Fame cornerback played for both the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys, and is the only player to have appeared in four of the first six Super Bowls. Who is he?
Herb Adderley
Who represented Mississippi in the U.S. Senate in 1870 and 1871, becoming the first African American to serve as a Senator
Hiram Revels
According to his autobiography, what did Muhammad Ali throw into the Ohio River after he and a friend were denied service at a "whites only" restaurant?
His Gold Medal from the 1960 Summer Olympics
Born in West Chester, PA, his paintings about the injustice of slavery and American segregation led to him being regarded as the first important African American painter. Who was he
Horace Pippin
What team was coached by Don Chaney, the first African American to be named NBA Coach of the Year
Houston Rockets
Who received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his portrayal of Coalhouse Walker, Jr. in the 1981 film Ragtime?
Howard Rollins
What theologian and preacher was considered one of the great spiritual influences of the 20th century, even affecting Martin Luther King Jr.'s nonviolent beliefs
Howard Thurman
Located in Washington, D.C., what was the first black school to establish undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools
Howard University
What is the name of the famous black college in Washington, D.C. where Charles Drew taught medicine
Howard University
In 1921 who patented the "Airplane Safety Appliance", a combination parachute and propeller?
Hubert Julian
Two different black chefs are often given credit for making the first potato chips. Who are they
Hyram S. T. Bennett and George Crum
After working as a White House chef in the 1820s, Augustus Jackson invented new recipes and a better technique for making what well-known dessert
Ice cream
What journalist, newspaper editor and suffragist sued a Tennessee railroad for not allowing her to sit in the "Whites Only" first-class car when she had paid for a first-class ticket
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
What leading crusader against lynching founded the first black women's suffrage organization, the Alpha Suffrage Club, in Chicago in 1913
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Who lost her teaching job due to a lawsuit she filed against a railroad for forcing her to give up her seat on a car marked "Whites Only"
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Who lost her teaching job due to a lawsuit she filed against a railroad for forcing her to give up her seat on a car marked "Whites Only'?
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Who started the anti-lynching crusade in America
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Who was the famous African American newspaper writer in the early 1900s who led an anti-lynching campaign
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Carol Moseley-Braun, the first female African American to serve in the U.S. Senate, was elected in 1992 from what state
Illinois
The first workers, both black and white, that the colonists purchased and brought to America were called what
Indentured Servants
Born in 1856 at Hale's Ford, Virginia, was Booker T. Washington born into slavery or as a free man
Into slavery
Who became the first African American to win an Academy Award in a non-acting category when he was awarded an Oscar for Best Original Song for "Theme From Shaft"?
Isaac Hayes
What was Sojourner Truth's name when she was a slave
Isabella Baumfree
What was the significance of the 1944 U.S. Supreme Court ruling of Smith v. Allwright
It banned the "white primary" that prevented blacks in the South from voting
What was the significance of the Fourteenth Amendment, adopted on July 9, 1868
It made African Americans citizens
What was significant about Josephine Baker's performance at Carnegie Hall
It was a benefit performance for the civil rights movement
On December 26, 1908, who became the first black heavyweight champion when he defeated Canadian Tommy Burns for the title?
Jack Johnson
What boxer bolstered African American pride in the early 1900s by beating James J. Jeffries, whom the white media had dubbed "The Great White Hope"
Jack Johnson
Q What female track star won three gold, one silver and two bronze medals in the heptathlon and long jump at four different Olympic Games?
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
What female track star won three gold, one silver and two bronze medals in the heptathlon and long jump at four different Olympic Games?
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Who became the first African American to win baseball's Most Valuable Player Award, and the first to be elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Jackie Robinson
This Baltimore Raven holds the record for the longest scoring play in Super Bowl history, a 108 yard kickoff return. Who is he?
Jacoby Jones
What Negro League player for the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords was said to be so fast, he could turn out the light in the room and be in bed before the room got dark?
James "Cool Papa" Bell
Who patented corrosion-resistant alloy steels?
James A. Parsons, Jr.
Who wrote The Fire Next Time, a disturbing vision of the destruction that faced American society if it could not solve its racial problems
James Baldwin
Who wrote The Fire Next Time, a disturbing vision of the destruction that faced American society if it could not solve its racial problems?
James Baldwin
Who was given an Honorary Academy Award in 1948 for his portrayal of Uncle Remus in the Disney movie Song of the South, making him the first black male performer to receive an Oscar?
James Baskett
Who received a patent in 1970 for a coin-changing machine?
James Bauer
Who was the first African American to receive a certificate to practice medicine in the United States, though he never received an M.D. degree
James Derham
What actor's most famous role was as Private Peter Moss in the 1949 film The Home of the Brave, in which he portrayed an African American soldier experiencing racial prejudice while serving in the South Pacific during World War II?
James Edwards
What African American businessman developed a tool to help maneuver the large sails of ships, which helped him to build up one of the most successful sail lofts in Philadelphia?
James Forten
As a member of the Los Angeles Rams he became the first African American quarterback to startand win an NFL playoff game. As a member of the Buffalo Bills he became the first African American player to start a season at quarterback in the history of pro football Who is he?
James Harris
The record for the longest interception return in Super Bowl history, 100 yards, is held by what Pittsburgh Steelers' player?
James Harrison
Who was refused admission to the University of Mississippi in 1961, forcing U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to order U.S. Marshals to escort him to class
James Meredith
Who said "Every race and every nation should be judged by the best it has been able to produce, not by the worst"
James Weldon Johnson
Who wrote the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing", often referred to as the "Black National Anthem"
James Weldon Johnson
Who invented the shoe-lasting machine, which attaches the soles to the upper shoe?
Jan E. Matzeliger
Who became the first black woman to serve as a judge in the United States when she was sworn into the bench of the New York City Domestic Relations Court in 1939
Jane M. Bolin
The first African American woman to graduate from Yale Law School, the first to join the New York City Bar Association and the first to join the New York City Law Department. In 1939, she became the first black woman to serve as a judge in the United States. Who was this trailblazing woman
Jane Matilda Bolin
In 1997, famed actor Sidney Poitier was appointed ambassador of the Bahamas to what country
Japan
Who is the first black player to surpass 500 goals in the NHL?
Jarome Iginla
What form of music did Duke Ellington elevate to a serious art form
Jazz
What type of music did Louis Armstrong revolutionize and help establish as the nation's first highly black art form
Jazz
Langston Hughes introduced a new form of poetry that used elements of which musical styles
Jazz and Blues
What man of African descent is regarded as the first permanent resident of what became Chicago, Illinois, and is thus regarded as the "Founder of Chicago"
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
What NFL wide receiver is the all-time leader in receptions, touchdowns and receiving yards?
Jerry Rice
What civil rights activist and Baptist Minister is famous for saying, "Keep hope alive"
Jesse Jackson
Who founded an economic program called PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) in 1971
Jesse Jackson
Who urged Americans to "keep hope alive" in his speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention
Jesse Jackson
The National Rainbow Coalition was a political organization that grew out of whose 1984 presidential campaign
Jesse Jackson's
Q Who set world records in the 200m and long jump while winning four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics?
Jesse Owens
Q Who set world records in the 200m and long jump while winning four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics?
Jesse Owens
Who set world records in the 200m and long jump while winning four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics?
Jesse Owens
Who became the first African American to lead the NFL in rushing, led the league in rushing in 8 of his 9 seasons for a total of 12,312 yards, and scored 126 touchdowns?
Jim Brown
Barbara Jordan's rousing keynote address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention helped elect what U.S. presidential candidate
Jimmy Carter
What black slave helped Cyrus McCormick invent his famous mechanical reaper?
Jo Anderson
On October 1, 1952, who became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game?
Joe Black
What boxer gave Muhammad Ali his first professional loss?
Joe Frazier
What heavyweight boxing champion successfully defended his title against Muhammad Ali on March 8, 1971?
Joe Frazier
The Detroit sculpture of a powerful arm with a clenched fist is a memorial to what boxing great?
Joe Louis
Who held the heavyweight championship title from 1937 until his retirement in 1949?
Joe Louis
Who became the first African American running back to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a single season, and the first NFL running back ever to have consecutive 1,000 yard rushing seasons?
Joe Perry
Who started the Gold Medal Awards, later renamed in his honor, which is awarded annually by the NAACP for outstanding achievement by an African American
Joel E. Spingarn
On May 9, 1899, who patented an improved rotary blade lawn mower?
John Albert Burr
What white abolitionist urged both Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass to join in the attack on Harpers Ferry, where he hoped to acquire weapons to lead an armed slave revolt
John Brown
What was the name of the jazz saxophonist that stirred emotions with albums such as Blue Train and A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
What was the name of the jazz saxophonist that stirred emotions with albums such as Blue Train and A Love Supreme?
John Coltrane
What African American businessman owned a publishing company, a cosmetic line, and a TV showcase
John H. Johnson
Who was the first African American to attend the U.S. Naval Academy
John Henry Conyers
Who wrote From Slavery to Freedom, a comprehensive book on the history of African Americans first published in 1947
John Hope Franklin
What Chicago abolitionist led a l2-year campaign to abolish the Illinois laws that denied African Americans the right to vote
John Jones
In 1957, who became the first black actor to win a best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in the Yugoslavian film Valley of Peace?
John Kitzmiller
Who invented the portable pencil sharpener?
John Lee Love
Who became the first African American representative to the U.S. Congress from Virginia when he was elected in 1888
John Mercer Langston
In 1884, who became the first African American to preside over a national political convention
John Roy Lynch
Who published Freedom's Journal, the first newspaper to be owned, operated, published and edited by African Americans
John Russwurm
Who was the first African American to compete in the U.S. Open golf tournament?
John Shippen
In 1991, who became the first African American nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, and what film did he direct?
John Singleton-Boyz n the Hood
What African American received a patent in 1889 for an improved oil stove, and one in 1891 for an improved refrigerator?
John Standard
In 1986, who became the first African American coach to win the NCAA Basketball Championship when Georgetown defeated Houston?
John Thompson
Who became the first African American woman president of Spellman College in 1987, calling herself "sister president"
Johnnetta Betsch Cole
In 1988, who became the first African American referee in the history of the NFL?
Johnny Grier
What was the first black-owned company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange
Johnson Products, Company
In 1870, who became the first African American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
Joseph H. Rainey
What inventor obtained patents in 1897 and 1898 for a lawn sprinkler?
Joseph H. Smith
In 1970, who became the first African American member of the New York Stock Exchange
Joseph L. Searles
Who was the first African American to have a seat on the New York Stock Exchange
Joseph L. Searles
Who was the first African American to have a seat on the New York Stock Exchange?
Joseph L. Searles
What inventor obtained a patent in 1894 for a bread making machine, and one in 1895 for a bread crumbing machine?
Joseph Lee
Who invented the wagon mounted fire escape ladder in 1878?
Joseph Richard Winters
Who invented the wagon-mounted fire escape ladder in 1878?
Joseph Richard Winters
In 1927, what actress became the first African American to star in an international motion picture when she appeared in La Sirène des tropiques?
Josephine Baker
What famous entertainer was the only official female speaker at the March on Washington in 1963
Josephine Baker
What famous entertainer was the only official female speaker at the March on Washington in 1963?
Josephine Baker
Who won the French Legion of Honor award for her work in entertaining Allied troops during World War II
Josephine Baker
Who is considered the greatest slugger in Negro Baseball League history, and is estimated to have hit almost 800 career home runs?
Josh Gibson
In 1993, who did president Bill Clinton appoint Surgeon General of the United States, making her the first African American and the second woman to hold the position
Joycelyn Elders
What African American was nominated as a vice presidential candidate at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, but declined the nomination because he was too young
Julian Bond
What NBA Hall of Famer was known simply as "Dr. J"?
Julius Erving
What basketball legend is credited with perfecting a new type of shot called the "skyhook"?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Who is the all-time leading scorer in NBA history with 38,387 points?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Who began his career with the Seattle Mariners at the age of 19, then in 1990 became the first player in history to play with his father on the same team at the same time?
Ken Griffey, Jr.
What is the name of the colorful fabric worn by African royalty
Kente cloth
What Pittsburgh native and graduate of Penn Hills High School is best known for his role as the title character in the first two films of the Predator franchise
Kevin Peter Hall
What is the name of the memorial center of which Coretta Scott King was chairwoman and chief executive officer, and where she is now buried
King Center for Nonviolent Social Change
On January 22, 2006, what member of the Los Angeles Lakers scored 81 points, the second most points ever scored in an NBA game?
Kobe Bryant
During what war did PFC William Thompson receive his Congressional Medal of Honor
Korean War
The name of what African celebration derives from the Swahili phrase meaning "first fruits of the harvest
Kwanzaa
Jazz singer Billie Holiday's life was the subject of what famous film?
Lady Sings the Blues
What are the three most populous cities in Africa
Lagos, Cairo and Kinshasa
John M. Langston, the first representative of color to be elected to the U.S. Congress from Virginia, was a great-uncle of what renowned poet
Langston Hughes
Who is best remembered as the poet laureate of Harlem
Langston Hughes
Who is best remembered as the poet laureate of Harlem?
Langston Hughes
Who was the first African American player in the American League, as well as the first African American player to lead Major League Baseball in home runs?
Larry Doby
What former New York Giants' Linebacker was a 10 time All-Pro, a 3 time Defensive Player of the Year, a 1 time MVP, and is generally considered the greatest defensive player in league history?
Lawrence Taylor
Who won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2004 for the Cleveland Cavaliers, one year after being drafted out of St. Vincent-St. Mary's High School?
LeBron James
Who became the first African American to play in the Masters Tournament in 1975?
Lee Elder
In the 1988 United States presidential election, heading the New Alliance Party ticket, who became the first woman and the first African American to appear on the presidential ballot in all 50 states
Lenora Fulani
Who were the first brothers to hold the heavyweight boxing title?
Leon and Michael Spinks
165. Q Who wrote the book What Manner of Man: A Biography of Martin Luther King?
Lerone Bennett, Jr.
What author's best-known works include Before the Mayflower (1962) and Forced into Glory (2000), a book about U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
Lerone Bennett, Jr.
In 1881, who received a patent for an improved method for the production of carbon filaments used in lightbulbs?
Lewis Latimer
Gordon Parks was voted "Magazine Photographer of the Year" in 1961 while working for what popular publication
Life
Sidney Poitier became the first African American to win the Best Actor Oscar for his starring role in what film?
Lilies of the Field
What is the name of the nation's first black college
Lincoln University
Who was the first player to dunk in a WNBA game?
Lisa Leslie
What school in Arkansas was desegregated by local NAACP leader Daisy Bates and the "Little Rock Nine" in 1957
Little Rock Central High School
Who designed and patented the dustpan connected to a short wooded handle, which allowed people to sweep up trash without getting their hands dirty?
Lloyd P. Ray
In 2018, who became the first African-American woman U.S. Marine Corps general officer
Lorna Mahlock
What African American player broke Ty Cobb's career stolen base record with his 893rd steal?
Lou Brock
Beginning in 1980, what famous singer hosted the annual Parade of Stars in order to raise money for the United Negro College Fund
Lou Rawls
In 1978, who replaced Elijah Muhammad in leading the Nation of Islam
Louis Farrakhan
In 1978, who replaced Elijah Muhammad in leading the Nation of Islam?
Louis Farrakhan
For what college team did Shaquille O'Neal play?
Louisiana State University
On January 21, 2007, who became the first TWO African American head coaches to lead their team to the Super Bowl?
Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears and Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts
Who received a patent in 1898 for a hairbrush that could be taken apart in order to be easily cleaned?
Lyda A. Newman
What president appointed Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who was the first African American lawyer to be admitted to the bar when he passed the bar exam in Maine in 1844
Macon B. Allen
What African American women used the trial and error method to invent hair care products in 1905?
Madam C.J. Walker
Who was the first African American, and first female of ANY race, to establish and head a bank in the United States
Maggie Lena Walker
Who was the first African American, and first female of ANY race, to establish and head a bank in the United States?
Maggie Lena Walker
The Bible called her "The Queen of Sheba." What was this African queen called by her people
Makeda
What is Malcolm X's given name
Malcolm Little
What was Malcolm X's real name
Malcolm Little
What African American leader became more willing to work with nonviolent civil rights organizations and liberal whites after experiencing a change of heart in Mecca
Malcolm X
Who advocated "equality for every man, self-defense and self-help"
Malcolm X
Who founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity in 1964
Malcolm X
What educator introduced a unique approach to teaching inner-city children
Mana Collins
What famous march helped influence the Voting Rights Act, passed in August 1965
March to Selma
What publisher, journalist, entrepreneur and orator was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism movement
Marcus Garvey
Who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL), this nation's first major African American nationalist movement
Marcus Garvey
What African American artist, poet and educator co founded the DuSable Museum of African American History, located in Chicago, Illinois?
Margaret Taylor-Burroughs
What African American artist, poet and educator co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History, located in Chicago, Illinois
Margaret Taylor-Burroughs
Who was the first black woman to speak to a mixed audience of men and women, as well as the first to make a public antislavery speech
Maria W. Stewart
Who was the first African American singer to be admitted to the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City?
Marian Anderson
Who patented a home security system in 1969 that utilized television surveillance?
Marie Van Brittan Brown
In 1968, who became the first starting quarterback in the history of the American FootballLeague?
Marlin Briscoe
Who became the first African American to hold the rank of major during the Civil War
Martin Delany
On January 3, 1964, who did Time magazine name as the first African American "Man of the Year"
Martin Luther King, Jr.
What African American activist said, "The content of one's character is the important thing, not the color of one's skin"
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, and served as its first president from 1957-1968
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Whose role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott earned him admiration for his nonviolent stance and transformed him into the best-known spokesman for the civil rights movement
Martin Luther King, Jr.
What congressional law is listed as Federal Public Law 98-144
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
What abolitionist became the first female African American newspaper editor in North America when she edited the Provincial Freeman in 1853
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
What abolitionist became the first female African American newspaper editor in North America when she edited the Provincial Freeman in 1853?
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
What woman was a founding member of the NAACP, and also was the first president of the National Association of Colored Women from 1896 to 1900?
Mary Church Terrell
What woman was a founding member of the NAACP, and also was the first president of the National Association of Colored Women from 1896-1900
Mary Church Terrell
Who is known as the Mother of Civil Rights struggle in California
Mary Ellen Pleasant
Who is known as the Mother of Civil Rights struggle in California?
Mary Ellen Pleasant
What African American educator also served as an adviser to five U.S. presidents
Mary McLeod Bethune
Who became the first African American woman to head a federal agency
Mary McLeod Bethune
In 1641, what was the first colony to recognize slavery as a legal institution
Massachusetts
In 2008, Serena Williams helped fund the construction of the Serena Williams Secondary School. Where is this school located
Matooni, Kenya
In 2008, Serena Williams helped fund the construction of the Serena Williams Secondary School. Where is this school located?
Matooni, Kenya
What African American explorer accompanied Robert Peary on many Arctic expeditions and became the first black to reach the North Pole
Matthew Henson
What African American explorer accompanied Robert Peary on many Arctic expeditions and became the first black to reach the North Pole?
Matthew Henson
What African American served as a navigator and craftsmen for Robert Peary, and was a member of the first expedition to reach the Geographic North Pole in 1909
Matthew Henson
In 1999, who became the first African American to be awarded the International Grandmaster title in chess
Maurice Ashley
Who was the first major league baseball player to steal more than 100 bases in a single season?
Maury Wills
What famous African American author/poet read her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993?
Maya Angelou
In 2001, who became the first African American manager or head coach of any of Pittsburgh's three major sports teams when he was named manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates?
McClendon
What NAACP field secretary led voter registration efforts in Mississippi in the late 1950s, and was murdered by a white supremacist in 1963, just hours after President John F. Kennedy's nationally televised Civil Rights Address
Medgar Evers
What company's popular commercial featured a tape recording of Ella Fitzgerald's voice shattering a glass
Memorex
What African American engineer and physicist won a Silver Medal in the long jump at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and obtained 25 patents, including one for an apparatus that suppresses airborne particles?
Meredith Gourdine
Who is responsible for inventing the method of converting gas into electricity for everyday use?
Meredith Gourdine
In 1963, Katherine Dunham became the first African American choreographer to work at what New York City theater
Metropolitan Opera House
Who is the only male athlete in history to win both the 200m dash and 400m dash events at the same Olympics, a feat he accomplished at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta?
Michael Johnson
What basketball great was cut from the varsity basketball team in high school because at 5' 11", he was deemed to be too short to play at that level
Michael Jordan
Who was the first player in NBA history to win both the MVP and the Defensive Player of the Year awards in the same season?
Michael Jordan
What four players have won both the MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards in the same season?
Michael Jordan, David Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Kevin Garnett
Who was the first African American lightweight-heavyweight champion to also win the heavyweight boxing title?
Michael Spinks
Who holds the NFL record for most career rushing yards for a quarterback with 6,010 yards as of the end of the 2014 season?
Michael Vick
In 2014, who became the first African American female four star admiral in the U.S. Navy?
Michelle J. Howard
In 2014, who became the first African American female four-star admiral in the U.S. Navy
Michelle J. Howard
In 2009, who became the first African American First Lady of the United States
Michelle Obama
Earvin "Magic" Johnson won an NCAA championship with what team in 1979?
Michigan State
On February 1, 2009, what African American became the YOUNGEST head coach to lead his team to a Super Bowl victory?
Mike Tomlin
Who became the youngest heavyweight champion when he won the title at the age of 20 years, 4 months, and 22 days?
Mike Tyson
Who published the first African American medical journal in 1892
Miles Vandahurst Lynk
Q Who became the first African American to win a gold medal in the decathlon during the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin?
Milt Campbell
Who became the first African American to win a gold medal in the decathlon during the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin?
Milt Campbell
Who was the first African American soldier to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for service in the Vietnam War
Milton Olive
In 1990, Debbye Turner became the second African American to win what title
Miss America
What landmark Supreme Court ruling required all railroad companies to provide equal accommodations for blacks
Mitchell vs. U.S Interstate Commerce Act
In what city was baseball legend Hank Aaron born
Mobile, Alabama
Martin Luther King, Jr. adopted the strategy of nonviolence from what world figure
Mohandas Gandhi
Who was the first African American to lead either league in RBI's when he led the National League in 1951 with 121 runs batted in?
Monte Irvin
When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in 1955, she sparked a 381 day bus boycott in what city
Montgomery, Alabama
Because of her success in leading many slaves to freedom, what nickname did abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison give to Harriet Tubman
Moses
This man is credited by some with being the first African American to play Major League Baseball after he played one season as the catcher of the Toledo Blue Stockings in 1884. Who is he?
Moses Fleetwood Walker
In 1974, the Utah Stars of the American Basketball Association drafted this high school player, making him the first player to go directly from high school basketball into a professional league. Who was he?
Moses Malone
Chris Dickerson became the first African American to win what body building title in 1970?
Mr. America
He was born Cassius Clay but changed his name after he joined the Nation of Islam. Who is this former Olympic gold medal prizefighter?
Muhammad Ali
Q He was born Cassius Clay but changed his name after he joined the Nation of Islam. Who is this former Olympic gold medal prizefighter?
Muhammad Ali
What famous boxer was born with the name Cassius Clay
Muhammad Ali
What professional boxer was stripped of his title by the World Boxing Association after he refused to be drafted into service during the Vietnam War?
Muhammad Ali
In 1909, what black woman founded the National Trade and Professional School for Women and Girls in Washington, D.C.
Nannie Helen Burroughs
In 1866, the private historically black Fisk University was founded in what city
Nashville, Tennessee
Who won a Grammy Award in 1992 for "Unforgettable", a musical tribute to her late father
Natalie Cole
Who won a Grammy Award in 1992 for "Unforgettable", a musical tribute to her late father?
Natalie Cole
Who became the first NBA player to officially record a quadruple-double on October 18, 1974 while playing for the Chicago Bulls?
Nate Thurmond
Elijah Muhammad traveled throughout the United States, spreading the teachings of what religious movement
Nation of Islam
In 1949, while in prison, what religious movement did Malcom X embrace
Nation of Islam
Booker T. Washington was opposed to the founding of what organization
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
What civil rights organization was founded on February 12, 1909, on what would have been Abraham Lincoln's 100th birthday
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Civil Rights leader Whitney Young, Jr., also served as president of what professional organization from 1969-1971
National Association of Social Workers
In 1935, Mary McLeod Bethune founded and became president of what national association
National Council of Negro Women
Dorothy Height served as president of what organization for 40 years, from 1957-1997
National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
Founded by Mary McLeod Bethune in 1935, this organization's goals are to advance the opportunities and the quality of life for African American women and their communities. What is the name of this organization
National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
What was the name of the first African American radio network, founded by Chicago advertiser W. Leonard Evans, Jr. in1954
National Negro Network
Founded in 1910 and based in New York City, this nonpartisan civil rights organization is the oldest and largest community-based organization of its kind in the nation. What is its name
National Urban League
What was the name of the first magazine published by John H. Johnson
Negro Digest
What did Carter G. Woodson start in 1926 to bring attention to the accomplishments of African Americans
Negro History Week
In what city was legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong born on August 4, 1901
New Orleans
Shirley Chisholm was elected to the House of Representatives to represent what state
New York
The Benue River in West Africa runs into what other river
Niger
What African country has the largest population
Nigeria
What African American inventor and engineer is most noted for his invention of the multiple effect evaporator, which provided an inexpensive method of refining sugar?
Norbert Rillieux
What African American inventor and engineer is most noted for his invention of the multiple-effect evaporator, which provided an inexpensive method of refining sugar?
Norbert Rillieux
What was the name of the influential antislavery newspaper published by Frederick Douglass from 1847-1851
North Star
Shirley Ann Jackson, the first black woman to earn a Ph. D from MIT, mastered in what subject
Nuclear Physics
What football Hall of Fame running back made several advertising endorsements, paving the way in an area of sports that was previously off-limits to black sports stars?
O. J. Simpson
Who won the Heisman Trophy in 1968 while playing at USC, then became the first NFL player to rush for over 2,000 yards in a single season while playing for the Buffal Bills?
O. J. Simpson
What black Aeronautical Engineer helped develop the first airborne radar beacon for use in searching for wrecked aircraft?
O.S. "Ozzie" Williams
In 1953, Ralph Ellison became the first African American to receive the National Book Award for his novel Invisible Man. In what city was he born
Oklahoma City
What African American jockey won the first Kentucky Derby in 1875?
Oliver Lewis
Who became the first African American jockey to win the Kentucky Derby when he won the very FIRST Kentucky Derby in 1875
Oliver Lewis
During his Hall of Fame career, how many times did Jackie Robinson lead the National League in batting
Once
What is the name of the 1964 film that was the first film to portray an African American interracial marriage?
One Potato, Two Potato
Who was the most well-known African American movie producer in the 1920s
Oscar Micheaux
In 1960, this player was a forward that helped his U.S. Olympic team win a Gold Medal. He was named NBA Rookie of the Year in 1961, became a twelve time all-star in the NBA scoring 26,710 points with the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks. Who was he?
Oscar Robertson
What was the name of the Broadway play that starred Paul Robeson, making him the first black lead with a white supporting cast
Othello
What was the name of the Broadway play that starred Paul Robeson, making him the first black lead with a white supporting cast?
Othello
What African American invented the control unit for the artificial heart pacemaker, then himself died of heart failure in 1982?
Otis Boykin
Approximately how many different products did George Washington Carver develop from peanuts
Over 300
68. Q Granville T. Woods, known as the "Black Edison", received patents on how many inventions?
Over 50
In 2002, who became the first African American general manager in the history of the NFL
Ozzie Newsome
Who served as governor of Louisiana for 15 days in 1872-1873, becoming the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state
P. B. S. Pinchback
What member of the Montreal Canadiens became the first black player to win the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the top defensive player in the NHL?
P.K. Subban
In 1984, Muhammad Ali was diagnosed with what disease
Parkinson's syndrome
Who is the New York Knicks all-time leading scorer and an 11 time NBA all-star?
Patrick Ewing
Who was the first African American to refuse to pay taxes because he was denied the right to vote
Paul Cuffe
Who was the first African American to receive international recognition as a poet and novelist
Paul Laurence Dunbar
What internationally renowned actor had his U.S. passport revoked for his activities in left-wing unions, the Progressive Party, the Council on African Affairs, and the National Negro Congress
Paul Robeson
What African American architect designed homes for celebrities such as Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, and Lucille Ball
Paul Williams
What famous African American boxer fought James Corbett in a 61-round draw on May 21, 1891?
Peter Jackson
What inventor received a patent in 1974 for a disposable syringe?
Phil Brooks
In what city was the first National Negro Convention held in September of 1830
Philadelphia
What medium did Gordon Parks use to call attention to African American deprivation and racial discrimination
Photography
In 2004, who became the first African American to win Broadway Theater's Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play
Phylicia Rashad
In what city was legendary jazz guitarist George Benson born and raised
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Gwendolyn Brooks, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Nikki Giovanni, Countee Cullen, and Langston Hughes became famous for what kind of writing
Poetry
What disease did Wilma Rudolph have to overcome as a child
Polio
What abolitionist and leader in the free black community of Boston founded the first African American Masonic Lodge
Prince Hall
Who became the first African American member of the fraternal society called the Masons
Prince Hall
Who turned his home into the first black school in Boston
Prince Hall
Who turned his home into the first black school in Boston?
Prince Hall
Who was the first African American inducted into the National Academy of Sciences?
Professor David H. Blackwell
In 1840, James Beckwourth started a trading post that led to the development of what settlement
Pueblo, Colorado
In 1976, what award was Scott Joplin awarded posthumously for his contributions to American music
Pulitzer Prize
What religious group petitioned the U.S. Congress in 1790 to abolish slavery, and played a large role in the abolition movement
Quakers
What is the stage name of female rapper Dana Owens
Queen Latifah
What American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, and film and television producer has career spans over 60 years in the entertainment industry with a record 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992
Quincy Jones
What societal injustice do many associate with the term "Jim Crow"
Racial segregation
James Baldwin was regarded as a writer who argued for what
Racial understanding
Q This man won a gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic games, and was chosen to ignite the Olympic Flame at the 1984 Olympic games. Who was he?
Rafer Johnson
This man won a gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic Games, and was chosen to ignite the Olympic Flame at the 1984 Olympic Games. Who was he?
Rafer Johnson
This man won a gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic games, and was chosen to ignite the Olympic Flame at the 1984 Olympic games. Who was he?
Rafer Johnson
What famous Olympic champion was standing at Senator Robert Kennedy's side when Kennedy was fatally shot by Sirhan Sirhan
Rafer Johnson
What civil rights leader and clergyman organized the Poor People's Campaign March on Washington, D.C. after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ralph Abernathy
What United Nations diplomat negotiated a historic settlement between Israel and the surrounding Arab states
Ralph Bunche
Q Who won a gold medal in the 4 x 100m relay at the 1936 Olympics, then went on to represent Illinois for four terms in the United States Congress?
Ralph Metcalfe
Who won a gold medal in the 4 x 100m relay at the 1936 Olympics, then went on to represent Illinois for four terms in the United States Congress?
Ralph Metcalfe
What African American novelist wrote Invisible Man, for which he won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1952?
Ralph Waldo Ellison
Who was the only accredited African American war correspondent in World War I
Ralph Waldo Tyler
What music is regarded by many as a form of street poetry
Rap
In 1864, who became the first African American woman to become a doctor in the United States
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
The flag representing the black struggle for freedom is comprised of what three colors
Red, black, and green
For what type of music is Bob Marley famous
Reggae
What former New York Yankee hit three home runs on three consecutive pitches during game six of the 1979 World Series?
Reggie Jackson
What former Oakland A's and New York Yankee star earned the nickname "Mr. October" because of his clutch hitting in the postseason?
Reggie Jackson
Who made a speech at the National Negro Convention in 1843 that made people regard him as one of the most militant abolitionists
Reverend Henry Highland Garnet
On the eve of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, what civil rights activist made a trip to Iraq and secured the release of several British and twenty American individuals being held there as the "human shield"
Reverend Jesse Jackson
What African American civil rights activist founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, PA in 1816
Richard Allen
Who was the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Richard Allen
In 1870, who became the first African American to receive a degree from Harvard College
Richard Greener
What comedian warned others of the dangers of drug abuse after his own near-death experience while filming the movie Bustin' Loose in 1980?
Richard Pryor
Who received a patent for an improved automatic gear shift in 1932?
Richard Spikes
Who became the career stolen base leader when he stole his 939th base on May 1, 1991 to pass Lou Brock, and is also the all-time leader in runs scored?
Ricky Henderson
During the 1960s, what erupted in Philadelphia, Chicago, and other major U.S. cities due to the turbulent social and political climate
Riots
Who served as the first United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1966 to 1968, thus becoming the first African American to be a member of a presidential cabinet
Robert C. Weaver
What African American received a patent in 1886 for a guitar?
Robert Flemmings, Jr.
Who became a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1972, becoming the first African American to be elected to a statewide office in Pennsylvania
Robert N.C. Nix, Jr.
This man originally attended the University of Pittsburgh on a football scholarship, but excelled on the school's track team. He then went on to win a gold medal in the 110m hurdles at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. Who is he?
Roger Kingdom
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, this African American grew up in New York City and Pittsburgh, and graduated from Peabody High School. He went on to become a writer, art historian, and artist best known for his collages. Who was he
Romare Bearden
In 1989, who was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major political party
Ron Brown
Who played defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams, was a member of the "Fearsome Foursome", and was a bodyguard for Robert F. Kennedy?
Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier
Kunta Kinte was one of the characters in what Alex Haley book
Roots
Who presented the Community Self-Determination Act of 1968 to Congress, a bill that would enable African Americans to control education, business, and social services within their communities
Roy Innis
What African American invented an exhaust purifier and an air pollution control device, both of which led to a direct improvement in air quality?
Rufus Stokes
Who was the first hip-hop group to have an album certified gold, to be nominated for a Grammy Award, to earn a platinum record, to earn a multi-platinum certification, the first to have their music videos broadcast on MTV, and the first to appear on American Bandstand and the cover of Rolling Stone magazine
Run-DMC
Who was the only hip hop act to perform at the U.S. Live Aid concert in 1985
Run-DMC
Paul Robeson, the famed African American singer and actor who became involved with the Civil Rights Movement, was also an outstanding football player. At what college did he play?
Rutgers College
Who was known as the "Black Daniel Webster" for his eloquence
Samuel Ringgold Ward
What was the first southern city to integrate ALL of its public facilities
San Antonio, Texas
What was the first southern city to integrate ALL of its public facilities?
San Antonio, Texas
During Paul Robeson's appearance in The Emperor Jones, he was asked to whistle but did what instead
Sang
What was Madam C.J. Walker's real name
Sara Breedlove Walker
What African American inventor obtained a patent on April 26, 1892 for her improvements to the ironing board?
Sarah Boone
On July 9, 1948, who became the oldest man ever to debut in the major leagues when he pitched for the Cleveland Indians at the age of 42 years and two days?
Satchel Paige
From what high school did Grammy Award winning jazz guitarist George Benson graduate
Schenley High School
On February 18, 2013, what tennis great became the oldest female World No. 1 player in WTA's history?
Serena Williams
In 2006, this speed skater became the first African American athlete to win a gold medal in an individual sport at the Olympic Winter Games. Who is he?
Shani Davis
What was the name of the system in which African Americans farmed someone else's land and received a portion of the season's crop
Sharecropping
In 1990, who was elected mayor of Washington, D.C., becoming the first African American woman mayor of a major U.S. city
Sharon Pratt Kelly
What actor became famous for playing George Jefferson in two CBS television series, All in the Family and The Jeffersons?
Sherman Hemsley
She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA when it was created, has won three Olympic Gold Medals, is a three time WNBA MVP, and is referred to as the "female Michael Jordan". Who is this basketball star?
Sheryl Swoopes
She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA when it was created, has won three Olympic Gold Medals, is a three-time WNBA MVP, and is referred to as the "female Michael Jordan". Who is this basketball star?
Sheryl Swoopes
In the late 1700s, Paul Cuffee owned and operated what kind of company in Massachusetts
Shipbuilding and shipping
In 1968, who became the first African American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
Shirley Chisholm
In 1972, who became the first female Democratic candidate for president of the United States
Shirley Chisholm
Who was the first African American to seek the presidential nomination of a major political party
Shirley Chisholm
Who was the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives
Shirley Chisholm
The movie Buck and the Preacher was directed by what famous African American actor?
Sidney Poitier
Paul Cuffee established a lucrative trade partnership with what African country
Sierra Leone
Joseph Lee's bread-making machine did the work of how many people each day?
Six
Although illiterate, this former slave became a leading abolitionist, a major women's rights activist, and an outstanding public speaker. Who was she
Sojourner Truth
What was the name of the music/dance TV show first hosted by Dionne Warwick, and then by Marilyn McCoo?
Solid Gold
Who received a patent in 1953 for thermostatic controlled hair curlers?
Solomon Harper
Who did Floyd Patterson lose his heavyweight title to in 1962?
Sonny Liston
Who did Muhammad Ali defeat on February 25, 1964 to win the heavyweight title?
Sonny Liston
In 2006, who became the first African American to reach the peak of Mount Everest
Sophia Danenberg
William H. Carney received his Congressional Medal of Honor for his participation in what war
Spanish-American War
What filmmaker produced and directed the hit films Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, and Malcolm X?
Spike Lee
What renowned film maker made his directorial debut with She's Gotta Have It, received Academy Award nominations for his films Do The Right Thing and 4 Little Girls, and won his first Oscar in 2019 for Best Adapted Screenplay for his film BlacKkKlansman?
Spike Lee
Music historians refer to what type of music as the first African American music
Spirituals
In 1992, what prestigious award did Arthur Ashe receive, making him the first person to attain this honor after retiring from a professional sport?
Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
In 1960, what did four African American students do at a "Whites Only" lunch counter to protest discrimination
Staged a sit-in
What actor and comedian became Hollywood's first black millionaire?
Stepin Fetchit
Who was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from 1966-1967
Stokely Carmichael
Marion Barry, Charles F. McDew, John Lewis and Stokely Carmichael were early chairmen of what civil rights organization
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Who was the first boxer to earn more than $100 million in purses while winning world titles in five weight divisions, and being named "Boxer of the Decade" in the 1980's?
Sugar Ray Leonard
Who was the SECOND black woman to be crowned Miss America, receiving the title when Vanessa Williams resigned
Suzette Charles
Dr. William Hinton, the first black professor in the history of Harvard University, developed a test to detect what disease?
Syphilis
Who received a patent in 1872 for improving the design of the fire extinguisher?
T.J. Marshall
Who was a reporter for the New York Post for 35 years and was regarded as journalism's "Father of Minorities"
Ted Poston
In 1966, what college became the first to play with an all-black starting line-up that went on to defeat an all-white Kentucky team for the National Championship?
Texas Western College
In what famous speech did Booker T. Washington ask blacks to postpone their demands for equal rights and focus on improving themselves through education
The "Atlanta Compromise"
Lauryn Williams, from Rochester, Pennsylvania, competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. In what three events to she earn medals?
The 4x100 meter relay, the 100 meters, and the two-woman bobsled.
In 1979, dancer Katherine Dunham received what prestigious award
The Albert Schweitzer Music Award
What organization did Charles Drew resign from in response to the U.S. War Department's order to segregate "white" and "black" blood
The American Red Cross
What organization did Charles Drew resign from in response to the U.S. War Department's order to segregate "white" and "black" blood?
The American Red Cross
African American Oliver Cromwell saw action at the Battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Monmouth and Yorktown during what war
The American Revolution
What Harlem music hall is a showcase for African American talent
The Apollo Theater
In 1950, Ralph Bunche became the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating what conflict
The Arab-Israeli conflict
What organization was started by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in Chicago in 1915
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Doris "Dorie" Miller became the first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross because of his bravery and quick response during what attack of World War II
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
Hall of Fame player Earl "The Pearl" Monroe had his number retired by what two NBA teams?
The Baltimore Bullets and New York Knicks
What document, written by James Forma, demanded $500 million be collected from white churches and synagogues for payment of injustices suffered by African Americans
The Black Manifesto
What revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization is most commonly associated with the term "Black Power"
The Black Panther Party
What was the name of Toni Morrison's first novel, which explored the deep seated effects of racism on concepts of beauty and self esteem?
The Bluest Eyes
What Major League organization was the last to integrate their team?
The Boston Red Sox
For what two teams did Hank Aaron play during his baseball career
The Braves and the Brewers
Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play major league baseball, began and ended his career with what team?
The Brooklyn Dodgers
Robert S. Abbott supported the great migration of blacks to northern cities as editor and publisher of what newspaper
The Chicago Defender
What federal law established a Civil Rights Commission and a Civil Rights Division in the Department of Justice
The Civil Rights Act of 1957
What book, written by Alice Walker, is a controversial story about the struggles faced by African American women in the southern U.S. in the 1930s
The Color Purple
What is the name of the Harlem night club where many famous African American entertainers began their careers
The Cotton Club
Whose theme song was "One O'Clock Jump
The Count Basie Orchestra
What is the name of the monthly publication that is published by the NAACP
The Crisis
James Beckwourth became part of what Native American tribe
The Crow
Q The 1992 Olympic Basketball Team, the first to feature active NBA players, featured 11 future Hall of Fame players and won by an average of almost 44 points per game en route to the gold medal. By what nickname was this team known?
The Dream Team
The 1992 Olympic Basketball Team, the first to feature active NBA players, featured 11 future Hall of Fame players and won by an average of almost 44 points per game en route to the gold medal. By what nickname was this team known?
The Dream Team
Frederick Douglass provided a powerful voice for human rights and fought for the ratification of what amendment that guaranteed all male citizens the right to vote, regardless of their race
The Fifteenth Amendment
What agency administered by the Union Army helped to protect the rights of former slaves?
The Freedmen's Bureau
What agency, administered by the Union Army from 1865-1872, helped to protect the rights of former slaves
The Freedmen's Bureau
For 22 years, what professional sports team did "Meadowlark" Lemon play over 16,000 games for?
The Harlem Globetrotters
In what movement was Zora Neale Hurston a leading figure
The Harlem Renaissance
What name was given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem in the 1920s
The Harlem Renaissance
In what track and field event did Cornelius Johnson, John Thompson, Leroy Brown, all win Olympic medals?
The High Jump
Q In what track and field event did Cornelius Johnson, John Thompson, and Leroy Brown, all win Olympic medals?
The High Jump
What Pittsburgh neighborhood is the setting for nine of the ten plays in August Wilson's "Pittsburgh Cycle"
The Hill District
What Pittsburgh neighborhood is the setting for nine of the ten plays in August Wilson's "Pittsburgh Cycle"?
The Hill District
For what Negro League team did Jackie Robinson play
The Kansas City Monarchs
For what Negro League team did Jackie Robinson play?
The Kansas City Monarchs
What team won the first Negro World Series?
The Kansas City Monarchs
On the steps of what memorial did Martin Luther King, Jr. utter the immortal words, "I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream."
The Lincoln Memorial
In what motion picture did Bill "Bojangles" Robinson teach Shirley Temple the famous stair dance
The Little Colonel
What was the name of Asa Philip Randolph's controversial, intellectual magazine
The Messenger
What federal statute regulated slavery within the Louisiana Purchase territory by prohibiting its practice north of the 36˚ 30′ parallel
The Missouri Compromise
James Bland wrote "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers", which is the theme song for what annual U.S. folk festival
The Mummers Parade
What civil rights group was organized on Abraham Lincoln's birthday in 1909 in New York City
The NAACP
Ralph Bunche was the first African American to win what prestigious award
The Nobel Peace Prize
What antislavery newspaper was founded by Frederick Douglass
The North Star
For what NFL team did actor Carl Weathers of Rocky fame play linebacker?
The Oakland Raiders
What is the name given to the series of 10 plays written by August Wilson for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama
The Pittsburgh Cycle
What baseball team fielded the first all minority lineup in Major League history, consisting of 1 Cuban, 1 Puerto Rican, 2 Panamanians, and 5 African Americans on September 1, 1971?
The Pittsburgh Pirates
George Monroe and William Robinson were among the first blacks to participate in what mail delivery service
The Pony Express
What religious organization helped to establish the Underground Railroad
The Quakers
What New York library houses rare collections of African American culture
The Schomburg Center
John Horse was of mixed African and Seminole Indian descent, and became an important tribal leader during what conflict
The Second Seminole War
In order to protest policies of the Reagan administration, labor and civil rights groups held a protest on September 19, 1981. By what name is this protest known
The Solidarity Day march
In 1957, what organization organized the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom in Washington, D.C., marking the first time Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed a national audience
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Joe Greene, L.C. Greenwood, Dwight White and Ernie Holmes were the dominant defensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the mid-1970's. What nickname were they given?
The Steel Curtain
1. Q What was the name of Wilma Rudolph's 4 x 100 relay team, which won the Gold Medal at the 1960 Olympics?
The Tennessee Tigerbelles
What was the name of Wilma Rudolph's 4 x 100 relay team, which won the Gold Medal at the 1960 Olympics?,
The Tennessee Tigerbelles
Q What nickname was given to Wilma Rudolph after she became the fastest woman on earth at the 1960 Olympics in Rome?
The Tennessee Tornado
What nickname was given to Wilma Rudolph after she became the fastest woman on earth at the 1960 Olympics in Rome?
The Tennessee Tornado
Ratified by the states on January 23, 1964, what Constitutional Amendment prohibits the requirement of a poll tax or any other tax for the privilege to vote
The Twenty-Fourth
What was the name of the network of hiding places, which helped slaves escape to freedom
The Underground Railroad
What two countries signed a treaty in 1862 for the suppression of the slave trade in Africa
The United States and Great Britain
James Meredith became the first African American admitted to what southern university in 1962
The University of Mississippi
In 1973, at the age of 29, Bernie Bickerstaff became the youngest assistant coach in NBA history when he joined what team now known as the Washington Wizards?
The Washington Bullets
On April 26, 1950, Harold Hunter became the first African American to sign a contract with an NBA team, but was cut during training camp. Which team signed him and cut him?
The Washington Capitols
What nickname did Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith earn due to his to his amazingly acrobatic play at shortstop?
The Wizard of Oz
In what movie did Oprah Winfrey portray a woman who helped others living in a tenement
The Women of Brewster Place
Lincoln F. Brown invented what device for use with horses?
The bridle bit
In 1753, at the age of 22, what did Benjamin Banneker build that continued to work until his death
The first wooden clock in the colonies
In 1905, Madam C.J. Walker invented and received a patent for what product
The hair-straightening comb
On what day is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrated
The third Monday in January
What was the famous "Scottsboro Case"
The trial of 9 blacks falsely accused of raping 2 white women
On February 26, 1926, who defeated Harry Greb to become the first African American middleweight boxing champion?
Theodore "Tiger" Flowers
What measuring instrument was invented by Frederick McKinley Jones?
Thermostat and temperature control system
How many of the 15 jockeys participating in the first Kentucky Derby in 1875 were African American?
Thirteen
What constitutional amendment was passed on April 8, 1864 and prohibited slavery throughout the United States
Thirteenth
According to stories told by George Washington Carver, what famous inventor offered him a job at the West Orange Laboratory
Thomas Edison
Benjamin Banneker convinced what U.S. President that African Americans were intelligent and deserved to be free
Thomas Jefferson
In 1821, who became the first African American to hold a patent when he was granted one for a dry-cleaning process?
Thomas Jennings
Who received a patent in 1893 for a clamping mop that could wring the water out of itself by the use of a lever?
Thomas W. Stewart
In 1939, the Daughters of the American Revolution refused permission for Marian Anderson to perform at Constitution Hall. What happened after this incident
Thousands of DAR members, including First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, resigned from the organization
On May 12, 1955, Sam Jones became the first African American major league pitcher to accomplish what feat?
Throw a no-hitter
In 1967, who became the first African American Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
Who earned the nicknames "the little man's lawyer" and "Mr. Civil Rights" for his work on behalf of the poor and minorities
Thurgood Marshall
Who is the most successful African American golfer with 79 PGA Tour wins and 14 major championships?
Tiger Woods
What editor of The New York Age was known as the "Dean of the Negro Newspapermen"
Timothy Thomas Fortune
The Congressional Black Caucus was organized for what primary purpose
To increase the political power of African Americans
What did the Freedom Riders seek to accomplish
To integrate interstate travel and bus stations
From the 1890s to the 1960s, why did many state governments in the Southern United States administer literacy tests to blacks
To prevent them from voting
In 1993, who became the first black woman of ANY nationality to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
Toni Morrison
In 1976, this running back from Hopewell High School led the Pitt Panthers to the National Championship, and became the only player in Pitt history to win the Heisman Trophy. Who is he?
Tony Dorsett
What Pittsburgh native set the NFL record for longest run from scrimmage with a 99 yard touchdown run on January 3, 1983?
Tony Dorsett
In 2007, who became the first African American head coach to win a Super Bowl when the Indianapolis Colts defeated the Chicago Bears?
Tony Dungy
Who has the highest career batting average among African American players at .338?
Tony Gwynn
Donald E. Jefferson invented what mechanism used by construction crews?
Triggered exploding wire device
first African American, NFL coach when he was hired as an assistant by the New York Giants?
Tunnell
Booker T. Washington was the founder and president of what educational institution
Tuskegee Institute
What is the name of the educational institution that was established by Booker T. Washington in 1881
Tuskegee Institute
Of his first 19 professional bouts, how many did Mike Tyson win in the first round?
Twelve
How many times did Joe Louis successfully defend his title, setting a record in the heavyweight division?
Twenty-Five
In 1997, who became the first African American model to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition
Tyra Banks
What organization helps fund scholarships for 37 private historically black colleges and universities
United Negro College Fund
What organization was formed by Marcus Garvey to promote racial pride and self-improvement
Universal Negro Improvement Association
In 1984, who became the first African American chosen as "Miss America"
Vanessa Williams
On February 25, 2002, who became the first black American woman to be ranked World No. 1 during the Open Era?
Venus Williams
What two sisters have won more Olympic gold medals (8) than any other female tennis players?
Venus and Serena Williams
In 1777, what state's constitution partially banned slavery, freeing men over 21 and women older than 18
Vermont
Who was both president of the United Negro College Fund and chief executive officer of the National Urban League
Vernon Jordan, Jr.
Who was both president of the United Negro College Fund and chief executive officer of the National Urban League?
Vernon Jordan, Jr.
Who was the first African American pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in the American League?
Vida Blue
Who was the first African American female lawyer to practice law before the United States Supreme Court
Violette N. Anderson
The first African American governor since Reconstruction, L. Douglas Wilder, was elected in what state in 1989
Virginia
At the 2002 Winter Olympics, who became the first African American to capture a gold medal in the winter games when she helped win the two women Bobsled event?
Vonetta Flowers
Who served as the first African American Mayor of Philadelphia from 1984 to 1992
W. Wilson Goode
What African American is known as the "Father of the Blues"
W.C. Handy
In 1895, who became the first African American to earn a doctorate degree (Ph. D) from Harvard University
W.E.B. DuBois
What civil rights leader was cofounder of the NAACP and the Pan-African Movement
W.E.B. DuBois
What was boxing great Sugar Ray Robinson's real name?
Walker Smith, Jr.
This man was the starting center on the gold-medal winning American basketball team at the 1960 Summer Olympics, then played in the NBA from 1961-1974. Who was he?
Walt Bellamy
While working at Bell Laboratories in the 1940s, what African American scientist developed a plastic to cover telephone wires, helping to make universal service possible?
Walter Lincoln Hawkins
In 1977, this Chicago Bears running back rushed for 1,852 yards to help his team make the playoffs for the first time in 14 years. Who was he?
Walter Payton
Who was the first African American driver in NASCAR, as well as the first to win a race?
Wendell Scott
What Grammy Award winning singer's first film role was as Rachel Marron in the 1992 film The Bodyguard?
Whitney Houston
Who organized the National Skills Bank in order to improve job opportunities for African Americans
Whitney Young, Jr.
What black actress won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a psychic in the movie Ghost?
Whoopi Goldberg
What actor received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of boxer Muhammad Ali?
Will Smith
Who invented and patented improvements to the fountain pen in 1890?
William B. Purvis
For his gallantry in saving the regimental colors (American Flag) during the Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863, who was the first African American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor
William Carney
In 1896, what African American obtained a patent for a riding saddle?
William D. Davis
Who was the first African American soldier to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for his outstanding bravery at the battle of Ft. Wagner in the Civil War
William H. Carney
What influential U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania resigned in September of 1991 to become executive director of the United Negro College Fund
William H. Gray III
What African American lawyer battled segregation in the military and the racist poll tax in the South
William H. Hastie
Who was the first African American ever appointed to a federal judgeship
William H. Hastie
What civil engineer and inventor was the first African American to graduate from the Western University of Pennsylvania, now known as the University of Pittsburgh?
William Hunter Dammond
Who built San Francisco's first hotel and opened California's first public school
William Leidesdorff
What black physician was referred to as "the principal historian of the Negro in medicine" in 1970
William Montague Cobb
What Chicago Bears football player was known as "The Refrigerator"?
William Perry
Who helped form the American Moral Reform Society, which helped blacks acquire farm land and aided runaway slaves in their escape to Canada
William S. Whipper
Who started the anti-Booker T. Washington campaign that led to the "Niagara Movement" and the formation of the NAACP
William Trotter
Who was the first black child born in colonial America at Jamestown, Virginia
William Tucker
What African American abolitionist co-founded the American Moral Reform Society, which helped blacks acquire farmland and aided runaway slaves in their escape to Canada
William Whipper
What Kansas City Chiefs' player is generally acknowledged as the NFL's first outstanding black middle linebacker?
Willie Lanier
What baseball great was nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid"?
Willie Mays
Who was the first African American player to hit more than 600 home runs?
Willie Mays
Who became the first black player in the NHL when he debuted with the Boston Bruins on January 18, 1958?
Willie O'Ree
What Pittsburgh Pirate played in the 1971 and 1979 World Series, and was named MVP of the 1979 series?
Willie Stargell
What New York Knicks player was named NBA Rookie of the Year in 1965, MVP in 1970, and NBA Finals MVP while winning championships in 1970 and 1973?
Willis Reed
In 1991, who became the first African American to qualify for and race in the Indianapolis 500?
Willy T. Ribbs
3. Q At the 1960 Olympics in Rome, this sprinter became the first American woman to win three Gold Medals. Who was she?
Wilma Rudolph
At the 1960 Olympics in Rome, this sprinter became the first American woman to win three Gold Medals. Who was she?
Wilma Rudolph
On March 2, 1962, what Philadelphia Warriors star scored 100 points, setting the record for most points scored in a single basketball game?
Wilt Chamberlin
Who is the all-time leading rebounder in NBA history with 23,924?
Wilt Chamberlin
What was the name of the newspaper published by Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, the first newspaper published by and for African American women
Women's Era
Where did the "sit-in" movement begin
Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina
Jimmy Carter honored the 761st Tank Battalion, an all-black unit, for fighting in what war
World War II
2. Q What Tennessee State University student became the first woman to retain the Olympic title in the 100m, winning gold in both the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games?
Wyomia Tyus
What Tennessee State University student became the first woman to retain the Olympic title in the 100m, winning gold in both the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games?
Wyomia Tyus
In 1981, who won both the Wimbledon and U.S. Open junior titles, becoming the first African American to do so?
Zina Garrison
Who is best known for the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, a masterpiece of American literature
Zora Neale Hurston
What African American union organizer helped open the door for the U.S. Congress to pass legislation outlawing job discrimination
n A. Philip Randolph
In 1963, George Olden became the first African American to design what product for the U.S. Postal Service
postage stamp
What does the term "peculiar institution" refer to
slavery